Study

Define IDIOMS with F:4

  •   0%
  •  0     0     0

  • Under the weather
    It's cloudy outside
    Healthy and strong
    Feeling sick
  • You can't judge a book by its cover
    Books have titles
    wait until the last minute
    If it looks bad, it is bad
    This person or thing may look bad, but it's good inside
  • Give someone the cold shoulder
    Tell someone you are angry
    Greet someone
    Ignore someone
  • Better late than never
    To be right on time, unlike those who are late
    If you are late, don't come at all
    Better to arrive late than not to come at all
  • The best thing since sliced bread
    A good day
    Worst thing ever made
    Time for lunch
    A really good invention
  • It's not rocket science
    I don't like science
    It's not complicated
    It's so hard to understand
  • Let someone off the hook
    To not hold someone responsible for something
    Go fishing with someone
    Make someone pay
  • Let the cat out of the bag
    Give away a secret
    Hide a present
    Keep a secret
  • No pain, no gain
    Nothing worth having will ever be painful
    You have to work for what you want
    Gaining painful things is good for you
  • break a leg
    doing a terrible job
    good luck
    have an accident and get hurt
  • We'll cross that bridge when we come to it
    Let's not talk about that problem right now
    Reconnect with nature
    Make a different decision
  • The ball is in your court
    You don't get a say
    Go play a sport
    I'm making the decision
    It's your decision
  • cost an arm and a leg
    cheap to buy
    put 100% effort into
    very expensive
  • By the skin of your teeth
    Just barely
    Eating food
    With plenty of time
  • call it a day
    having a bad day
    schedule a time to meet with someone
    stop working on something
  • Once in a blue moon
    only at night
    Rarely
    Everday
  • Throw caution to the wind
    Don't fall over
    It's windy outside
    Take a risk
    Be very careful
  • There's a method to his madness
    He is a scientist
    He does not know what is going on
    He seems crazy but actually he's clever
    He makes plans and then doesn't follow them
  • Hang in there
    Don't give up
    Quit while you are ahead
    Barely paying attention
    Standing from a tall place
  • Spill the beans
    Spill something on the floor
    Give away a secret
    Be upset
  • Take it with a grain of salt
    Don’t take it too seriously
    Season your food
    It's super important
  • Take a rain check
    Wear a raincoat
    Make a hard decision
    Postpone a plan
    Follow through with what you say
  • A blessing in disguise
    An angel sending you a message saying go for it
    a good thing that seemed bad at first, unexpected good
    A bad situation you always knew to be bad
  • hold your horses
    go to a farm
    buy a horse
    wait a moment
    keep moving very quickly
  • Pull someone's leg
    Encourage someone
    Push someone over
    To joke with someone
  • Rain on someone's parade
    To spoil something
    Heavy rain
    Surprise someone with a present
    Wear a rainjacket
  • On thin ice
    Making good decisions
    IN good standing
    On probation; make another mistake + there will be trouble
  • Wrap your head around something
    Getting a headstart
    Not understand something simple
    Have a bad headache
    Understand something complicated
  • Go back to the drawing board
    Draw a picture
    Finish a hard task
    Start over
  • Give someone the benefit of the doubt
    Give someone a bad present
    Trust what someone says
    Always doubt someone's words
  • Get your act together
    You need to work better or leave
    Put on a play
    Do a bad job
  • Cut somebody some slack
    Don't be so critical
    Give someone a hard time
    Buy someone new clothes
  • There are other fish in the sea
    It's OK to miss this opportunity. Others will arise.
    There will never be another opportunity
    There is only one person for you
    Fish live in the ocean
  • Add insult to injury
    Someone getting injured in a game
    To make a bad situation worse
    Encourage someone