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