Idioms and collocations_C1.1 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

you don’t have enough money to buy smth (budget)

my budget doesn't quite stretch to

The (first, second, etc.) stage or portion of a trip (journey)

the first leg of the journey

develop a strong urge to travel or move from place to place (feet)

get itchy feet

in or into an isolated place (track)

off the beaten track

To make a prediction, estimate, or conjecture (guess)

to hazard a guess

make smb think that their opinion may not be correct (shake)

shake someone's belief

smth about which different people have different views (opinion)

it's a matter of opinion

feeling that smth is right even if you can't explain why (feeling)

gut feeling

you mean that smth is true, whether people think it's a good thing or bad (rightly)

rightly or wrongly

stop considering smth (lose)

lose sight of smth

consider the good and the bad aspects of smth before reaching a decision (weigh)

weigh smth up

make a mistake that many people make (trap)

fall into the trap of doing smth

stay where you are without taking any action (tight)

sit tight

face a difficult situation in a very direct and confident way (bull)

take the bull by the horns

refuse to do smth or change your mind about smth (dig)

to dig your heels

be sensitive about or feel offended by smth, as a result of smth that happened in your past (shoulder)

to have a chip on your shoulder

A lot of anger and worry about smth unimportant (storm)

a storm in a teacup

feel both positive and negative about smth (feelings)

have nmixed feelings about smth

upset smb by doing or saying more than you should (mark)

overstep the mark

try to keep smth a secret (carpet)

sweep smth under the carpet

try in a determined way to achieve smth (length)

go to great length

suffer the worst part os smth unpleasant (brunt)

bear the brunt of smth

tak a particula course of action (road)

go down that road

you do not need to tell them what happened next because everyone knows about it (history)

the rest is history

be on the alert; watch carefully (eyes)

keep your eyes peeled

Make somebody angry or upset (wind)

wind smb up

to be threatened with a gun (at)

at gunpoint

at a time of day when it's not dark (broad)

in broad daylight

Hide while waiting to surprise, attack or catch (wait)

lie in wait

Stop a bad situation from becoming worse by taking action at an early stage of its development (nip)

nip smth in the bud