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  • Rarely
    Once in a blue moon
  • Work better or leave
    Get your act together
  • Better to arrive late than not to come at all
    Better late than never
  • Take a risk
    Throw caution to the wind
  • Ignore someone
    Give someone the cold shoulder
  • It's too late
    Miss the boat
  • Don’t take it too seriously
    Take it with a grain of salt
  • Doing a good job
    On the ball
  • On probation. If you make another mistake, there will be trouble.
    On thin ice
  • To not hold someone responsible for something
    Let someone off the hook
  • Tell something briefly
    Make a long story short
  • good luck
    break a leg
  • It's raining hard
    It's raining cats and dogs
  • It's OK to miss this opportunity. Others will arise. 
    There are other fish in the sea
  • Believe what people do and not what they say
    Actions speak louder than words
  • Calm down
    Pull yourself together
  • Sick
    Under the weather
  • What you have is worth more than what you might have later
    A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
  • You have to work for what you want
    No pain, no gain
  • Don't give up
    Hang in there
  • A really good invention
    The best thing since sliced bread
  • Tell me what you're thinking
    A penny for your thoughts
  • Better to show than tell
    A picture is worth 1000 words
  • It's easy
    It's a piece of cake
  • Give away a secret
    Let the cat out of the bag
  • Understand something complicated
    Wrap your head around something
  • very expensive
    cost an arm and a leg
  • It's not complicated
    It's not rocket science
  • Give away a secret
    Spill the beans
  • Trust what someone says
    Give someone the benefit of the doubt
  • Put a project on hold
    Put something on ice
  • To joke with someone
    Pull someone's leg
  • Something very common
    A dime a dozen
  • Nothing is entirely free
     There's no such thing as a free lunch
  • Saving money for later
    Saving for a rainy day
  • Don't be so critical
    Cut somebody some slack
  • It's your decision 
    The ball is in your court
  •  This person or thing may look bad, but it's good inside
    You can't judge a book by its cover
  • The worst possible situation
    A perfect storm
  • Start over
    Go back to the drawing board
  • To spoil something
    Rain on someone's parade
  • Postpone a plan
    Take a rain check
  • Go to sleep
    Hit the sack
  • wait a moment
    hold your horses
  • a good thing that seemed bad at first
    A blessing in disguise
  • To make a bad situation worse
    Add insult to injury
  • He seems crazy but actually he's clever
    There's a method to his madness
  • Take only calculated risks
    Look before you leap
  • stop working on something
    call it a day
  • Just barely
    By the skin of your teeth
  • Let's not talk about that problem right now
    We'll cross that bridge when we come to it