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'on my bucket list' e.g. Visiting Korea is on my bucket list.
True! It means something you want to do before you die.
'go back to the drawing board' e.g. This idea for my project isn't working, I have to go back to the drawing board.
True! It means start again.
'break a leg' e.g. Break a leg at the sports festival!
True! It means good luck.
'wrap your laughing gear around that' e.g. Here's your breakfast, wrap your laughing gear around that.
True! Australian idiom which means 'here, eat this'
'raining cats and dogs' e.g. I was woken up by the rain last night. It was raining cats and dogs.
True! It means raining heavily.
'ball is in your court' e.g. I've done all I can to help you, but the ball is in your court now.
True! It means it's up to you to go forward from here.
'scraping the bottom of the barrel' e.g. They must have been scraping the bottom of the barrel if they used that design.
True! It means settle for a bad option because nothing else was available.
'Not my circus, not my monkeys' e.g. He asked me to help with his essay, but not my circus, not my monkeys.
False. This is from Polish. It means 'not my problem'
'wearing gloves to throw snowballs'. e.g.
False. This is from German. It means to be cowardly; criticise from afar.
'see nothing but blue' e.g. He is totally oblivious, he sees nothing but blue.
False. This is French. It means to be uninformed.
'a pink lie' e.g. It's okay to tell a pink lie sometimes.
False. This is Turkish. It means a small lie or a white lie.
'riding an elephant to catch a grasshopper' e.g. She seems to be riding an elephant to catch a grasshopper preparing for this test. It's only 10% of her final grade.
False. This is Thai. It means put in a lot of work for little return.
