Idioms 1
Hard to swallow
Difficult to believe
Digging around
Looking
He’s a really bright spark
He’s an intelligent person
He’s kicked the bucket
He’s died
She’s hitting the books
She’s studying hard
Break a leg!
Good Luck!
Follow in someone’s footsteps
Do something the way another person did it before
One step at a time
Do something slowly and carefully
Milestones
Important events in a person’s life or career
Dead end job
A job that offers no opportunity for advancement
To walk someone through something
To show someone how to do something step by step
We need to come up with a road map
We need to make a plan
I wouldn’t go down that road if I were you!
I wouldn’t do that if I were you!
Don’t run before you can walk
Don’t try to do something difficult before mastering the basics
To move at a snail’s pace
To move slowly
We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it
To wait to worry about one problem at a time
To bite off more than you can chew
When someone makes a commitment that they cannot keep
To eat your words
When someone has to admit they were wrong
The cold shoulder
An unfriendly welcome
You’ll reap the rewards later
To collect the benefits of your work
Constructive criticism
Criticism that is useful because they can help improve something
Grounds for dismissal
A reason for you to be dismissed from your job, often due to your (negative) behavior
In the dark
A state of ignorance, to not have knowledge about something
Look down upon
To view someone or something as unworthy
Where I stand
Your opinion, point of view