British and American English - idioms | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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IDIOM: spanner in the works / wrench in the gears

something that distrupts or hinders a plan or process

DEFINITION: to give one's opinion

put in one's pennyworth/two cents' (worth)

DEFINITION: to go for a walk

to have/take a walk

DEFINITION: to make a (social) mistake

drop a brick / make a goof

DEFINITION: to make someone very angry

be like a red rag/flag to a bull

DEFINITION: to make someone pregnant

put somebody in the club / knock somebody up

IDIOM: keep your pecker/chin up

stay positive, don't lose hope

DEFINITION: to be very drunk

be pissed as a newt / be shit-faced

IDIOM: taking the mickey / pulling someone's leg

joking or teasing someone in a playful way

IDIOM: a dog's dinner / a mess

something done badly or chaotically

IDIOM: chuffed to bits / tickled pink

to be very pleased or delighted about something

DEFINITION: to keep something unpleasant/bad a secret

sweep under the carpet/rug

IDIOM: not my cup of tea / not my thing

something you don't particularly like or enjoy

DEFINITION: to praise oneself

blow one's own trumpet/horn

IDIOM: the penny dropped / it clicked

to suddenly understand something after a delay

IDIOM: throw a wobbly/tantrum

to get very angry or upset suddenly

DEFINITION: "the situation" / "how things stand"

to lie/lay of the land

DEFINITION: to kiss and touch in a sexual way

have a snog / make out