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  • On the ball
    Doing a good job
    Being good at soccer
    Jumping around
  • Call it a day
    To tell someone what time it is
    Go to sleep
    Stop working on something
  • Miss the boat
    It's time to go home
    It's too late
    You were too early
  • Hit the hay
    Feed the horses
    Go to sleep
    Wipe dust off of your house
  • Bite the bullet
    To let someone punch you
    To do something you don't want to do, as quickly as possible
    To do something slowly
  • Beat around the bush
    Avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is uncomforta
    To clean up your plants outside
    Tell someone to cut their hair
  • Let someone off the hook
    To be angry at someone
    To not hold someone responsible for something
    To punish someone
  • Pull yourself together
    Calm down
    Get stitches for a wound
    Put on clothes
  • Cut somebody some slack
    Tell someone to do better next time
    Don't be so critical
    Stop speaking to someone
  • That's the last straw
    My patience has run out
    Come back tomorrow
    To use the last straw available
  • Cutting corners
    Doing something poorly in order to save time or money
    Doing origami
    Sewing clothes to fit someone smaller
  • Wrap your head around something
    To have a headache
    Understand something complicated
    To confuse someone else
  • A blessing in disguise
    Someone bad who wears nice clothes
    Tricking someone into doing something bad
    A good thing that seemed bad at first
  • Speak of the devil
    When you see a demon
    To use bad words
    The person we were just talking about showed up!
  • Under the weather
    To be sad
    To be sick
    To have bad weather
  • Break a leg
    Good luck!
    Bad luck!
    Oh no!
  • Time flies when you're having fun
    Fun activities happen too fast
    Fun activities happen very slowly
    Something feels quicker when it's fun
  • The best of both worlds
    An ideal situation
    To eat 2 things at the same time
    A vacation to 2 different countries
  • To get bent out of shape
    To be very tired after exercising
    To be upset or angry
    To break something accidentally
  • A dime a dozen
    Something very common
    Something very small
    Something very shiny
  • Get something out of your system
    To throw something away
    Do the thing you've been wanting to do so you can move on
    To vomit
  • Pull someone's leg
    To hurt someone
    To forgive someone
    To joke with someone
  • Easy does it
    Slow down!
    That was easy to do!
    That was difficult to do!