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  • Add insult to injury
    To make a bad situation worse
  • Throw caution to the wind
    Take a risk
  • Saving for a rainy day
    Saving money for later
  • Let someone off the hook
    To not hold someone responsible for something
  • Put something on ice
    Put a project on hold
  • Take a rain check
    Postpone a plan
  • There's no such thing as a free lunch
    Nothing is entirely free
  • Cut somebody some slack
    Don't be so critical
  • Give someone the benefit of the doubt
    Trust what someone says
  • Get your act together
    Work better or leave
  • A perfect storm
    the worst possible situation
  • Rain on someone's parade
    To spoil something
  • Actions speak louder than words
    Believe what people do and not what they say
  • Spill the beans
    Give away a secret
  • Take it with a grain of salt
    Don’t take it too seriously
  • Hang in there
    Don't give up
  • The ball is in your court
    It's your decision
  • Go back to the drawing board
    Start over
  • A blessing in disguise
    a good thing that seemed bad at first
  • There are other fish in the sea
    It's OK to miss this opportunity. Others will arise.
  • Pull yourself together
    Calm down
  • Give someone the cold shoulder
    Ignore someone
  • call it a day
    stop working on something
  • Hit the sack
    Go to sleep
  • Pull someone's leg
    To joke with someone
  • The best thing since sliced bread
    A really good invention
  • Let the cat out of the bag
    Give away a secret
  • There's a method to his madness
    He seems crazy but actually he's clever