Idioms 1
What is 'beat around the bush'
Avoid talking about what's important.
What does you 'hit the nail on the head' mean?
It means to do or say something exactly right.
What does 'it's a piece of cake' mean?
It means it is very easy.
What is 'Let the cat out of the bag'
It means to reveal a secret.
What does 'the ball is in your court' mean?
It means it's your turn to make a decision.
What is it mean to 'put it on ice'?
It means to put a project or plan on hold for now.
It means to do it no matter how easy or difficult.
What is 'once in a blue moon'
It means something happens very rarely, not often at all
What does it mean to 'call it a day'?
It means to stop working on something.
What does 'a bone to pick with you' mean?
It means the person saying it has a complaint, dispute, or misunderstanding with you they want to settle.
What is 'bite the bullet'
To face a difficult situation with courage.
What does it mean 'pull someone's leg'
It means to joke with someone.
What does a blessing in 'disguise' mean?
It means that something that happens and seems bad at first turns out to be a good thing.
What is 'Kill two birds with one stone'
It is to accomplish two things with one action.
What does 'cutting corners' mean?
It means to do something poorly to save time or money.
What does it mean to 'sit on the fence'
It means to be undecided, to be unsure which way to go when there are two or more choices.
What does 'back to the drawing board' mean?
It means to go back to the beginning of something you are doing, to start planning it out again, usually becaus it's not going as well as you thought it would.
What does 'strike while the iron is hot' mean?
It means to do something right away, while you still have the opportunity.
If a company goes 'belly up,' what does that mean?
It means the company went bankrupt and had to close.
What does it mean to take something someone tells you with 'a grain of salt?'
It means don't take it too seriously, don't automatically believe it is true.
What does it mean to ask for a 'ballpark' number?
It means to ask for an estimate.
What does it mean to 'burn the midnight oil'?
It means to stay up very late or all night working or studying.
What does it mean if something costs 'an arm and a leg'?
It means it is very expensive.
What does it mean to 'bring home the bacon'?
It means to be the breadwinner, to bring in the money that the home needs to survive.
What does it mean to 'make a mountain out of a molehill'?
It means to make something simple seem more complicated than it really is, or to take something more seriously than it should be taken.