Idioms Meaning_________________
Miss the boat to miss the opportunity
Out of the blue something unexpected
A penny for your thoughts to ask someone what they are thinking about
If "you have finger in the pie", you are _____ in something: Involved
"To be at loggerheads”: To be in strong disagreement
Fine-tooth comb Examine something in detail
Scratch someone's back Do someone a favor
Read between the lines Find hidden meaning
Every cloud has a silver lining being optimistic in bad situation
"Dance with the death" Doing something that is very risky
Above the Fold means Upper half of the front page of a newspaper
"Mother of all" Extreme example of something
EAT HUMBLE PIE means to make offer apology and accept humiliation
'Cut to the Chase' Ignoring unnecessary stuff, to the point
Cut the mustard Achieving objective as discussed before
'Curiosity Killed the Cat' Minding own business
Burst one's Bubble ruining someone's mood
Barking Up The Wrong Tree A wrong interpretation
To eat humble pie to have to apologize
'To pick up the gauntlet' to accept a challenge
'Odds and Ends' Mixture of stuff
'Back to drawing board' trying again after failure
A dime a dozen an extremely common
'Primrose path' Pursuit of pleasure at cost of consequences
'Whole nine yards' everything, all of it
One-Trick Pony A person having one special feature, talent
Fender bender A small car accident
"Off and on" Occasionally
Idiom / phrase "at sea" Puzzled
Idiom/phrase "couch potato" Lazy person
To make clean breast of to confess without of reserves
To catch a tartar to catch a dangerous person
Give cold shoulder to ignore
Far cry from Very different from
Your guess is as good as mine to have no idea
At the drop of the hat done easily, without any preparation
Keep at bay Keep at a distance
Raining cats and dogs Raining very heavily
When pigs fly something that will never happen or is impossible
A litmus test A decisively indicative test
Black and blue Full of bruises
Go Dutch Share the cost of something, especially a meal, equally
Apple of discord Anything causing trouble, discord, or jealousy
Basket case one made powerless or ineffective, as by nerves, panic, or stress beating
a dead horse to uselessly dwell on a subject far beyond its point of resolution
A slap on the wrist A very mild punishment
A piece of cake A task that can be accomplished very easily
Crocodile tears Hypocritical Tears
To catch one's eye To attract attention
A bone of contention A source of quarrel
To burn candle at both ends To waste lavishly
By leaps and bounds Rapidly
At sea Confused and lost
Alpha and omega The beginning and the end
Kill two birds with one stone To achieve two results with one effort
Let the cat out of the bag Reveal a secret
To eat humble pie To apologize humbly
Smell a rat Suspect something foul
A thorn in the flesh A constant source of annoyance
Read between the lines Understand the hidden meaning
In cold blood Deliberately and without emotion
A man of straw A man of no substance
Take a leaf out of one’s book Imitate one
Take to one’s heels Run away
Sitting on the fence Hesitate between two decisions
At arm’s length To keep at a distance
Out of the question Impossible
Out of the way Strange
Hit the nail on the head Do or say the exact thing
An axe to grind A personal interest in the matter
To get rid of Dispose of
Burn the midnight oil Work or study hard
Call a spade a spade Speak frankly and directly
By fits and starts In short periods, not regularly
