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Put all your eggs in one basket
 
To rely on one single plan
 
To carry groceries inefficiently
Break new ground
 
To do something innovative
 
To destroy a building
In the blink of an eye
 
Very quickly
 
Looking at someone
Keep an eye on
 
To watch carefully
 
To cover your eye
In a nutshell
 
In summary
 
Inside a small container
Hit the sack
 
Go to bed
 
Hit something with a bag
Give someone the benefit of the doubt
 
Believe someone without proof
 
Ignore someone’s mistakes
Face the music
 
Accept consequences
 
Listen to a song
Break a leg
 
Good luck
 
To injure yourself badly
Blow off steam
 
To release stress
 
To boil water quickly
Barking up the wrong tree
 
To make a wrong assumption
 
Complaining about a pet
Back to square one
 
To start again
 
To go home
A piece of the pie
 
A share of something valuable
 
A dessert portion
Your guess is as good as mine
 
I don’t know either
 
You are good at guessing
Wrap your head around something
 
To understand something difficult
 
To wear a hat
Under your nose
 
Very obvious or nearby
 
Smell something closely
Throw in the towel
 
To give up
 
To dry your hands
The last straw
 
The final thing that makes a situation unbearable
 
A single piece of straw
Sit on the fence
 
To be undecided
 
Resting outdoors
Pull someone’s leg
 
To joke or tease someone
 
To help someone walk
On thin ice
 
In a risky situation
 
Walking on a frozen lake
Off the hook
 
Free from responsibility or trouble
 
Avoid answering a phone call
Let sleeping dogs lie
 
Don’t stir up old problems
 
Let your pets sleep peacefully
Keep your chin up
 
Stay positive
 
Look up at the ceiling
Jump the gun
 
Do something too soon
 
Compete in a race
In hot water
 
In trouble
 
Taking a hot shower
Hang in there
 
Don’t give up
 
Stay in one place physically
Get out of hand
 
Become uncontrollable
 
Escape from being held
Cut to the chase
 
Get to the point
 
Run quickly in a movie scene
By the skin of your teeth
 
Barely succeed
 
Smile confidently
Burn the midnight oil
 
Work late into the night
 
Use oil lamps for lighting
In the same boat
 
In the same difficult situation
 
Traveling together on a boat
Hit the books
 
To study hard
 
To damage your textbooks
Up in the air
 
Uncertain or undecided
 
Flying in an airplane
Take it with a grain of salt
 
Don’t fully believe it
 
Add salt to your food
Spill the beans
 
To reveal secret information
 
To make a mess in the kitchen
The ball is in your court
 
It’s your turn or responsibility
 
You are playing a sport
Piece of cake
 
Something very easy
 
A delicious dessert
Once in a blue moon
 
Something that happens very rarely
 
Something related to the moon
Let the cat out of the bag
 
To reveal a secret
 
To lose control of your pet
Keep someone posted
 
To keep someone informed
 
To send letters through the mail
Go the extra mile
 
To do more than expected
 
To travel far for work
Cut corners
 
To do something quickly and cheaply
 
To physically cut off the edges
Call it a day
 
To stop working on something
 
To name a specific day
A blessing in disguise
 
Something that seems bad but turns out good
 
A gift that looks ugly
Bite the bullet
 
To do something difficult you've been avoiding
 
To injure yourself on purpose
On the same page
 
To agree or understand each other
 
Reading the same book
Under the weather
 
Feeling ill or sick
 
Feeling cold due to the rain
Hit the nail on the head
 
To describe exactly what is causing a problem
 
To fix a broken object
Break the ice
 
To start a conversation in a social situation
 
To make someone feel nervous
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