the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence - ,
the icing on the cake sweet things are considered to be particularly pleasant or luxurious
the law of the jungle it`s very depressing
there is no enough room to swing a cat
there`s no point/it`s no good crying over spilt milk there`s no point in getting upset over something bad that`s happened when you can`t change it ))
tighten your belt spend less than you did before, because you have less money
to be (talking) at cross-purposes not understand each other because they are trying to do or say different things -
to be a basket case so bad that it cannot be helped ,
to be a flavor of the month to be a very popular ,
to be a victim of their/its own success their/its success has negative effects as well as on instead of positive ones
to be after someone's blood to want to catch them in order to hurt or punish them
to be all there to be a little bit stupid or crazy
to be as fid as a fiddle to be in perfect health
to be as nutty as a fruitcake to be irrational or crazy ;
to be at loggerheads disagree strongly with each other
to be at my wits' end at the limit of one's mental resources ,
to be down-to-earth to be very practical ,
to be fed up (to the back teeth) with smth to have had too much of smthng; to be tired of, bored with
to be floating/ walking on air to be very happy about something good that has happened
to be headhunted to be invented to join a new workplace which had noticed his talents
to be in dire straits to be in difficult or dangerous situation
to be in seventh heaven to be extremely happy
to be in someone`s good books someone is pleased with you -
to be off his rocker to be crazy ,
to be off one`s trolley to be mentally unstable ;
to be on a level playing field in a fair situation
to be on the ball quick to understand and react
to be on the breadline to be very poor
to be on the cards to be likely happen
to be on the go - to be very busy
to be on the mend improving, especially in health
to be on the road to recovery getting better
to be one`s bread and butter to be an activity or job you do to get the money you need (, )
to be out for blood to be determined to find smone to attack or blame for something bad that has happened
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to be out of sorts slightly unhappy or slightly ill
to be out of touch not to know for some period of time
to be over the moon to be extremely happy
to be over the moon to be overjoyed
to be snowed under- to be very busy
to be the be all and end all is the most important thing ,
to be the best/greatest thing since sliced bread to be fantastic
to be thrilled to bits to be extremely pleased or excited about something
to be up to own eyes/ears- to be very busy
to be upper-crust to belong to a very high social class ; , ""
to be wide of the mark to be wrong or miss what you were trying to hit
to be/to turn out to be a blessing in disguise to hve a good effect even though at 1st it seemed it wld be bad .
to call someone`s bluff to make someone prove that what they are saying is true
to chase one`s tail to do a lot, but it is all pointless/without effect
to clear the air to make bad feelings between people disappear
to climb to the top of career ladder to get to a top position in a work organization or -
to clutch at straws to be in such a difficult situation that will try anything
to come (back) down to earth with a bang when something brings you suddenly back to reality
to come up against a brick wall something is blocking one from doing what I want to do
to come up against a stumbling block a problem which stops me from achieving something
to cut a long story short way of shortening a story by getting to to the end or the point
to dig smne into a hole to cause a problem that will be difficult to escape from
to do something for kicks to do something because it is exciting, usually something dangerous
to do something on the spur of the moment to do something suddenly
to do the trick to bring success in doing something ,
to drive someone up the wall to make someone very angry (or sometimes very bored) ,
to drive/send smne round the bend/twist to make smne very angry (-.) , (-.)
to face the music accept criticism or punishment for what you have done
to find out how the land lies to see how the situation is before you get involved - ,
to follow suit reference to playing same suit -
to get a (real) kick out of something very much enjoy doing something (informal) , -
to get on like a house on fire to get on extremely well with someone
to get out of a rut to escape from boring situation ,
to get own hands full- to be very busy
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to get smne over a barrel to put smne in a situation where smne has no choice over he can -
to get the sack to be dismissed from the work/job -
to get wrong end of the stick to understand incorrect, to come to the wrong conclusion
to get/put someone's back up- to make someone annoyed ,
to give someone a piece of your mind to tell somone how angry you are with them -
to give someone a taste/dose of their own medicine to do the same bad thing to someone that they have done to you in order to show them how unpleasant it is
to give someone an earful to tell smne how angry you are with them (informal) to give smne an earful -
to give someone free rein to give complete freedom -.
to give up the ghost they/it stop(s) working or they stop trying succeed because they know they will not
to go back to square one to go back to the beginning of a project, because it has failed -
to go from strength to strength to get better and better
to go off the deep end / go spare / do his nut / blow a fuse to be extremely angry ,
to go places to be successful (is not used in the simple tense
to have a familiar ring it seems I`ve heard it before -
to have a soft spot for to feel a lot of affection for one particular person, often without knwing why -.
to have a sweet tooth to like sweet things
to have bitten the dust this is a way of saying that smbd has died, especially if they are killed violently like a soldier in battle
to have butterflies in one`s stomach to feel very nervous
to have drawn a blank to be unable to find information or achieve something
to have egg on your face to be left feeling stupid or embarrassed because of something you did