The Most Common English Idioms | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Get out of hand

Get out of control

So far so good

Things are going well so far

Time flies when you're having fun

You don't notice how long something lasts when it's fun

Go back to the drawing board

Start over

Get your act together

Work better or leave

Wrap your head around something

Understand something complicated

To make matters worse

Make a problem worse

Cut somebody some slack

Don't be so critical

Cutting corners

Doing something poorly in order to save time or money

Get something out of your system

Do the thing you've been wanting to do so you can move on

To get bent out of shape

To get upset

It's not rocket science

It's not complicated

Pull yourself together

Calm down

On the ball

Doing a good job

Easy does it

Slow down

No pain, no gain

You have to work for what you want

Hang in there

Don't give up

Speak of the devil

The person we were just talking about showed up!

You can say that again

That's true, I agree

Your guess is as good as mine

I have no idea

Pull someone's leg

To joke with someone

Miss the boat

It's too late

Hit the sack

Go to sleep

That's the last straw

My patience has run out

Make a long story short

Tell something briefly

A dime a dozen

Something common

Give someone the benefit of the doubt

Trust what someone says

Break a leg

Good luck

We'll cross that bridge when we come to it

Let's not talk about that problem right now

Beat around the bush

Avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is uncomfortable

A blessing in disguise

a good thing that seemed bad at first

Under the weather

Sick

Better late than never

Better to arrive late than not to come at all

Bite the bullet

To get something over with because it is inevitable

Call it a day

Stop working on something

Let someone off the hook

To not hold someone responsible for something

The best of both worlds

An ideal situation