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Idioms

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Beat around the bush

Avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is uncomfortable.

Go back to the drawing board

Start over

Pull someone's leg

To joke with someone

To get bent out of shape

To get upset

Wrap your head around something

Understand something complicated

A penny for your thoughts

Tell me what you're thinking

Barking up the wrong tree

To be mistaken, to be looking for solutions in the wrong place

Comparing apples to oranges

Comparing two things that cannot be compared

Costs an arm and a leg

Very expensive

Every cloud has a silver lining

Good things come after bad things

Give someone the cold shoulder

Ignore someone

He's a chip off the old block

The son is like the father

Let the cat out of the bag

Give away a secret

Spill the beans

Give away a secret

Take it with a grain of salt

Don’t take it too seriously

There's no such thing as a free lunch

Nothing is entirely free