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  • Get your act together
    Work better or leave
  • Hit the sack
    Go to sleep
  • A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
    What you have is worth more than what you might have later
  • A perfect storm
    the worst possible situation
  • On thin ice
    Making good decisions
    On probation; make another mistake + there will be trouble
    IN good standing
  • Make a long story short
    Tell something briefly
  • No pain, no gain
    You have to work for what you want
  • Let someone off the hook
    To not hold someone responsible for something
  • A penny for your thoughts
    Tell me what you're thinking
  • Give someone the benefit of the doubt
    Trust what someone says
  • Take a rain check
    Make a hard decision
    Follow through with what you say
    Wear a raincoat
    Postpone a plan
  • The ball is in your court
    Go play a sport
    I'm making the decision
    It's your decision
    You don't get a say
  • There's a method to his madness
    He does not know what is going on
    He makes plans and then doesn't follow them
    He seems crazy but actually he's clever
    He is a scientist
  • A blessing in disguise
    a good thing that seemed bad at first
  • Give someone the cold shoulder
    Ignore someone
    Tell someone you are angry
    Greet someone
  • The best thing since sliced bread
    Worst thing ever made
    Time for lunch
    A good day
    A really good invention
  • You can't judge a book by its cover
    Books have titles
    If it looks bad, it is bad
    This person or thing may look bad, but it's good inside
    wait until the last minute
  • Spill the beans
    Give away a secret
    Spill something on the floor
    Be upset
  • Throw caution to the wind
    Don't fall over
    Take a risk
    It's windy outside
    Be very careful
  • Let the cat out of the bag
    Give away a secret
    Keep a secret
    Hide a present
  • On the ball
    Doing a good job
  • Pull someone's leg
    To joke with someone
  • Add insult to injury
    Someone getting injured in a game
    Encourage someone
    To make a bad situation worse
  • call it a day
    stop working on something
  • Under the weather
    Sick
  • Miss the boat
    It's too late
  • Actions speak louder than words
    Believe what people do and not what they say
  • Pull yourself together
    Calm down
  • It's not rocket science
    It's not complicated
  • A dime a dozen
    Something very common
  • Hang in there
    Don't give up
  • Take it with a grain of salt
    It's super important
    Don’t take it too seriously
    Season your food
  • break a leg
    good luck
  • Once in a blue moon
    Everday
    only at night
    Rarely
  • We'll cross that bridge when we come to it
    Let's not talk about that problem right now
  • hold your horses
    wait a moment
  • Go back to the drawing board
    Start over
  • By the skin of your teeth
    Eating food
    Just barely
    With plenty of time
  • A picture is worth 1000 words
    Better to show than tell
  • Cut somebody some slack
    Don't be so critical
  • Wrap your head around something
    Understand something complicated
  • Rain on someone's parade
    To spoil something
    Heavy rain
    Wear a rainjacket
    Surprise someone with a present
  • There are other fish in the sea
    There will never be another opportunity
    It's OK to miss this opportunity. Others will arise.
    Fish live in the ocean
    There is only one person for you
  • Better late than never
    Better to arrive late than not to come at all
  • cost an arm and a leg
    very expensive