Death by idiom [Oh snap!]
“Going to hell in a handbasket” (1)Meaning, (2) What’s with the handbasket?
Situation is rapidly deteriorating – disaster imminent.
“Goody two shoes” (1)Meaning, (2) What’s have two shoes to do with it?
A prudish self-frighteous individual. Ostentatiously virtuous
“Well, I’ll be a monkey’s uncle” (1)Meaning, (2) Why is a monkey my nephew?
Used to express complete surprise, amazement or disbelief
“Bringing home the bacon” (1)Meaning, (2) Significance of bacon?
To earn money, particularly for one's family
“It’s the bees knees” (1)Meaning, (2) Why the knees of bees?
If something is said to be the bee's knees it is excellent - the highest quality.
“It’s time to face the music” (1)Meaning, (2) What is the music?
To accept criticism or punishment for something you have done
“That takes the cake” (1)Meaning, (2) What is the cake about?
Outrageous example of something bad
“Now we’ve got the ducks in a row” (1)Meaning, (2) What’s the deal with lining up ducks?
Means to ensure all of the small details or elements are accounted for and in their proper positions before embarking on a new undertaking
“Eating high on the hog” (1)Meaning, (2) Why high and not low on the hog?
Affluent and luxurious
“Let’s shake a leg” (1)Meaning, (2) Why shake your leg?
To move, to hurry up.
“Behind the 8 ball” (1)Meaning, (2) Pool reference?
Finding yourself in an unfavorable or uncomfortable position
“Fish or cut bait” (1)Meaning, (2) Cut bait?
Make a decision now, stop hesitating
“happy as a clam” (1)Meaning, (2) Why think clams are happy?
Very happy and content
“Tough cookie” (1)Meaning, (2) How can a cookie be tough?
DAILY DOUBLE – need meaning only! A person who can endure physical or mental hardship; a hardened, strong-willed person
“Flash in the pan” (1)Meaning, (2) What is a flash in the pan?
Something which disappoints by failing to deliver anything of value, despite a showy beginning
“Three sheets to the wind” (1)Meaning, (2) Explain nautical reference
Drunk
“Bone to pick” (1)Meaning, (2) Why pick bones?
Having a grievance that needs to be talked out
“Now the cat’s out of the bag” (1)Meaning, (2) Why the cat is in the bag?
To disclose a secret, either deliberately or inadvertently
“Easy as pie” (1)Meaning, (2) Why is pie easy?
Something that is simple to do. It’s a job or task that is easy, requiring little effort
“He’s as mad as a Hatter” (1)Meaning, (2) Why would a hatter be mad?
Completely mad. Now commonly understood to mean crazy.
“Stole my thunder” (1)Meaning, (2) How can you steal thunder?
To upstage someone; to destroy the effect of what someone does or says by doing or saying the same thing first
“Driving me around the bend” (1)Meaning, (2) What’s ‘around the bend?’
To annoy or frustrate one to the point of exasperation.
“It’s time you got off your high horse” (1)Meaning, (2) What’s a high horse?
Time to stop talking as if you were better or more clever than other people
“from soup to nuts” (1)Meaning, (2) Significance of soup, nuts?
From the beginning to the end, the whole thing, the entire gamut.
“He’s as fit as a fiddle” (1)Meaning, (2) Why would a fiddle be fit?
To be 'as fit as a fiddle' is to be very fit and well. But when this phrase was coined 'fit' used to mean 'suitable, seemly, becoming',