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