Idioms
Under the weather
Not feeling well/ feeling sick
Bring home the bacon
Provide for your family/ Made a lot of money and will support the family
Cost an arm and a leg
Costs a lot
Put your foot in your mouth
Say something you wish you could take back
Hold your horses
Wait!
Top dog
Someone who is the best at something or in charge/ an important person
Butter someone up
Be extra nice to them/ Give lots of compliments in hopes of getting something
Give someone a hand
Help someone out with something
Back someone up
Support their story or idea, agree with what they are saying
Their bark is worse than their bite
Someone who looks mean, but isn’t really/someone who says mean or harsh things but can't do anything to harm you
Flying high
Really happy, feeling great
All your eggs in one basket
Counting on only one thing
Stick your neck out
Take a risk for someone else, vouch for someone
Face the music
Take your punishment or consequence
Ants in your pants
Dancing or wiggling around fast, cannot sit still
To be on the same page as someone
To both be talking about the same thing/ to both be understanding something
Bite off more than you can chew
Took on too much and can't come through on it
On the tip of my tongue
Trying really hard to remember something but can't
See eye to eye with someone
Believe the same thing, agree with them
To let the cat out of the bag
To tell a secret
Hit the nail on the head
To get something exactly right
Couch potato
Someone who sits around a lot, being lazy and not active
Hand over something
Give something to someone else
Two heads are better than one
When everyone works on something and contributes, the task becomes easier to manage
Sounds fishy
Odd, suspicious