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  • Let someone off the hook
    To let someone to be responsible for something
    To stop talking about someone who is absent
    To let someone go home from work earlier
    To not hold someone responsible for something
  • No pain, no gain
    There is always a paint if you must give up something
    You don't have to feel pain when you at the hospital
    You have to work for what you want
    There is no love without pain
  • A blessing in disguise
    A bad thing that seemed good at first
    A good thing that seemed bad at first
    A friend that cheated you
    A joke that makes you very happy
  • Saving for a rainy day
    Saving money for later
    Earn a lot of money
    Saving money for a very special occasion (wedding etc.)
    Saving money for a very expensive journey
  • cost an arm and a leg
    very expensive
    very cheap
    time consuming
    very hard decision
  • You can't judge a book by its cover
    This person or thing may look bad, but it's good inside
    This person or thing doesn't look good.
    This person or thing is being judged by behavior or look
    This person or thing looks extremely expensive
  • Add insult to injury
    To make a bad situation worse
    To laugh at somebody
    To make a complaint
    To make a mistake
  • It's not rocket science
    It is not time consuming
    It is home made
    It's not complicated
    It's not easy
  • Go back to the drawing board
    Retake a test
    Start over
    Finish
    Repeat a grade
  • A dime a dozen
    Something very expensive
    Something very common
    Something very unusual
    Something unfamiliar
  • Actions speak louder than words
    People eat louder than speak
    Believe what people do and not what they say
    Only good people say good things
    You can receive help if you ask for it.
  • Throw caution to the wind
    Take a rest
    Take a risk
    Take responsibility
    Take some time
  • Once in a blue moon
    always
    never
    Rarely
    often
  • Give someone the cold shoulder
    Lough at someone
    Ignore someone
    Tell someone the truth
    Lie to someone
  • break a leg
    good decision
    good luck
    bad luck
    cheers
  • Take it with a grain of salt
    Don’t take it too seriously
    Think about something constantly
    Don't think about it at all
    Take something very seriously
  • There are other fish in the sea
    Opportunity that you couldn't miss.
    It's OK to miss this opportunity. Others will arise.
    It's not good to cry over somebody who cheated you.
    You have to take every opportunity that arise.
  • Get your act together
    Calm down
    Work better or leave
    Wait a minute
    Make a decision
  • Take a rain check
    Choose a plan
    Postpone a plan
    Work on a plan very hard
    Accomplished a plan
  • Pull yourself together
    get well
    get dressed
    Calm down
    wait a minute
  • A perfect storm
    The situation that can not be solved
    the best possible situation
    the situation that need to be solved very quicly
    the worst possible situation
  • hold your horses
    don't worry
    wait for a very long time
    don't tell
    wait a moment
  • It's a piece of cake
    It's tasty
    It's very hard
    It's easy
    It's sweat
  • Hang in there
    Don't go there
    Wait a minute
    Don't give up
    Don't start without me
  • Wrap your head around something
    Understand something complicated
    Think about the problem all the time
    Think about something complicated
    Be responsible for the event organisation
  • Look before you leap
    take something for granted
    take a risk without hesitation
    check-up all ingredients before eating
    Take only calculated risks
  • call it a day
    stop working on something
    be sick and not at work
    find a new job
    make a decision
  • Spill the beans
    tell a bad joke
    Make a huge mess
    Start to argue with somebody
    Give away a secret
  • It's raining cats and dogs
    It's a blizzard
    It's snowing
    It's drizzling
    It's raining hard
  • Give someone the benefit of the doubt
    Give someone a piece of advice
    A new expensive purchase even if you don't have enough money
    Give someone chance to take a decision
    Trust what someone says
  • On the ball
    Doing a very hard work
    Doing something on a high budget
    Doing a good job
    Doing something fast and badly
  • Let the cat out of the bag
    tell something offensive
    tell bad joke
    Give away a secret
    tell a complement
  • The best thing since sliced bread
    A really good invention
    A great bergain
    A great meal
    A really good opportunity
  • Under the weather
    Thirsty
    Sick
    Tired
    Depressed
  • Miss the boat
    It's too late
    It's too early
    It's too expensive
    You're too young
  • There's no such thing as a free lunch
    you should avoid free meals
    You shouldn't buy sugar free products.
    Nothing is entirely free
    You always have to leave a tip
  • The ball is in your court
    It's your decision
    It's your order
    It's your duty
    It's responsibility
  • Cut somebody some slack
    Don't be so rude
    Tell somebody to stop doing somthing
    Give somebody a piece of advise
    Don't be so critical
  • We'll cross that bridge when we come to it
    Let's talk about the problem before we solve it.
    First do then think
    Don't bother about the consequences
    Let's not talk about that problem right now
  • Pull someone's leg
    To joke with someone
    To hurt someone's feeling
    To lie to someone
    To hurt someone
  • Rain on someone's parade
    to lose the race
    To spoil something
    To win the race
    To succeed in something
  • Hit the sack
    go to work
    Go to sleep
    visit your siblings
    Visit your parents
  • There's a method to his madness
    he doesn't like being called crazy.
    He is mad but handsome
    He seems normal but he is crazy.
    He seems crazy but actually he's clever