Synonyms, Idioms
Synonyms, Idioms
Synonyms, Idioms
idioms
1. A storm (tempest) in a tea cup - only for a short time, it is not important
2. Bob’s your uncle-a piece of cake/easy;
3. As dead as door nail - completely dead;
4. Kick the bucket - it died;
5. Everything but in the kitchen sink - everything;
6. The lights are on but no one’s home - stupid;
7. Donkeys years - long time ago;
8. To do a runner - run away;
9. Nothing to write home about - very bad performance;
10. Keep yours eyes peeled - be careful; keep one’s eyes open
11. To pick someone’s brain - to discuss something serious ;
12. To put feeler out - ask question; smth is the best and most useful
innovation
13. The best thing since sliced bread - something excellent;
14. Take a chill pill - relax;
15. I will show myself out - present oneself;
16. He is not the sharpest tool in the shelf - not very intelligent;
17. She is one sandwich short of a picnic - crazy;
18. Not the full ticket - idiot;
19. There is not much between the ears - idiot;
20. The village idiot - idiot;
21. As thick as plank - idiot; very stupid
22. Over the moon - happy;
23. To have a whale of a time - happy; to enjoy yourself very much
24. To be buzzing- happy; be very excited
25. To be happy as Larry- happy;
26. To be on top of the world - happy;
27. To feel as a fit as a fiddle - health; good physical condition
28. To be a picture of health - look very healthy;
29. To have a splitting headache - not healthy;
30. To look under the weather - slightly sick;
31. To take a turn for the worse - getting worse;
32. To be black and blue - ill;
33. To take a tumble - to fall suddenly to a lower level
34. To go under the knife - have surgery
35. To be on your last legs - extremely tired
36. To pop your clogs to die - has died
37. To be hanging by a thread - in a very dangerous situation
38. To look like death warmed up - very sick/ill
39. All ears - listening very carefully
40. Break a leg - good luck
41. By the skin of one’s teeth - barely/almost/about
42. To get/have cold feet - scared
43. cost an arm and leg - expensive
44. Rip off - very expensive
45. Paid through the nose - very expensive
46. Dirt cheap - cheap
47. On a shoe string - ver cheap
48. Cry your eyes/heart out - cry for someone
49. Get something off your chest - share feeling/asking for emotional support
50. Give / lend a hand - help me
51. Have one’s head in the clouds - you do not know the situation/not to know
anything
52. Head over heels in love - deeply in love
53. It is over my head - it is hard/difficult
54. It is all greek to me - hard
55. It is above/beyond my ken/head - difficult
56. Keep an eye on - observe
57. Keep one’s chin up - to be cheerful in a difficult situation
58. learn/know by heart - memories
59. Let one’s hair down - relax
60. My lips are sealed - keep a secret
61. Do not let the cat out the bag- do not tell anybody
62. Makes my blood boil - makes me angry
63. Over my dead body - never, ever
64. When pigs fly - never
65. A pat on the back - support / emotional support
66. Play something by ear - spontaneous
67. Pull one’s leg - do not play with me/do not kid me/ do not make fun of me
68. Rule of thumb - something which is not scientific, but it is
understandable/ based on feeling
69. See eye to eye - be in full agreement with agree
70. Sweet tooth - to like eating things that are sugary or taste sweet
71. Wash one’s hands off something - intentionally stop being involved in it
72. To come up out smelling of roses - to have people believe that you are
good
73. To go to seed - stop flowering as the development of
74. As fresh as a daisy - healthy , full of energy
75. A late bloomer - a person who feel fills their potential later than expected
76. No bed of roses - isn't as pleasant as it seems and there are some
unpleasant aspects to it
77. Pushing up daises - to stop , be dead and buried
78. Oops a daisy - smth said to young children when they fall over
79. A shrinking violet - an extremely shy person
80. To nip something in the bed - suppress or destroy
81. To smell the roses - to relax
82. I was not born yesterday - adult
83. The grass is always greener - comparing
84. A rays of sunshine - a happy person who makes others smile / fell happy
85. Spring fever - an increase in energy
86. Fell of the joys of spring - be lively and cheerful
87. A drop in the ocean - a very small compercol with what is needed
88. Actions speak louder than words - what someone actually does means
more than what they say they will do
89. Add fuel to the fire - to be worsen a conflict between people
90. The ball is in your court - responsibility to take the next action or decision
in a situation
91. To bend over backwards - especially to be fair or helpful, to achieve smth
92. Bite off more than you can chew - try to do something too much , more
than one is capable of doing
93. To cry wolf - call for help when it is needed with the effect that one is not
believed when one really does need help
94. To cut sb some slack - to not judge sb as severely as you usually would
95. To cut to the chase - get to the point focus
96. To get your head around smth - smth is difficult to understand
97. To hear on the grapevine - gossip
98. It takes two to tango - two people have made mistakes
99. To miss the goal - to lose an opportunity
100. A piece of cake - very easy
101. Pull yourself together - control emotions
102. To set / be on the fence - to be neutral
103. To sleep up one’s game - frequent to improve one’s performance
104. To sell someone out - to betray ( предать, сатып кету )
105. Your guess as good as mine - i don’t know
106. Spur of the moment - to do smth without planning
110. In a jiffy - a very short time