“Let’s spring into action!”
Let’s quickly get started
“They sell everything under the sun there!”
A wide variety of things / a lot
“Don’t put all your eggs into one basket”
To depend only on one plan or one option / Don’t risk it
“Look, we all know I’m no spring chicken”
To be old / not young anymore
“You are quite the busy bee!”
Someone who is always busy / has something going on
“Thank you for doing that. You’re such a good egg”
friendly, old-fashioned way to talk about a good guy or a kind person
“The grass is always greener on the other side”
Life seems better somewhere else / someone else always has it better than you do / something you wish you could have
“She is the black sheep of the family”
Someone who sticks out / odd one out / doesn’t fit in / doesn’t behave well
“They need a little spring in their step”
To have energy / to get started / to get going
“The cat suddenly sprung to life”
To come alive / to suddenly start moving / to wake up
“Oh my! Look at it outside! It’s raining cats and dogs”
It’s raining heavily / pouring
“I don’t know. That’s not the first thing that springs to mind”
First thought / first thing to think of / First thing to come to my mind
“I feel like I have butterflies in my stomach”
Nervous / Excited
“I feel like I’m walking on eggshells”
Feel like you need to be extra careful / Scared
“You are such a ray of sunshine”
Someone brings joy to someone else
“Stop stealing my thunder!”
To get other people’s attention / to steal attention
