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