IDIOMS AND PHRASES UPDATED

 

IDIOMS AND PHRASES

 🔹 1. Break the ice

- Meaning: To start a conversation or do something to relieve tension.

- Example: He told a joke to break the ice at the party.

 

 🔹 2. Cut to the chase

- Meaning: To get to the main point quickly.

- Example: Let’s cut to the chase—what do you want from me?

 

 🔹 3. Bite the bullet

- Meaning: To accept something unpleasant that cannot be avoided.

- Example: I had to bite the bullet and take the exam even though I wasn’t ready.

 

 🔹 4. Spill the beans

- Meaning: To reveal a secret.

- Example: She accidentally spilled the beans about the surprise party.

 

 🔹 5. Go the extra mile

- Meaning: To go beyond what is expected.

- Example: He went the extra mile to help his colleague finish the project.

 

 🔹 6. Under the weather

- Meaning: Feeling unwell or sick.

- Example: I can't come to work today; I’m feeling under the weather.

 

 🔹 7. Hang in there

- Meaning: To keep going, especially during a difficult time.

- Example: Don’t give up—just hang in there.

 

 🔹 8. The ball is in your court

- Meaning: It is now your turn to act or make a decision.

- Example: I’ve given you all the information—the ball is in your court.

 

 🔹 9. Cost an arm and a leg

- Meaning: Very expensive.

- Example: That car cost him an arm and a leg.

 

 🔹 10. Burn the midnight oil

- Meaning: To stay up late working or studying.

- Example: I burned the midnight oil to finish my report on time.

 

 🔹 11. A piece of cake

- Meaning: Something very easy.

- Example: The test was a piece of cake.

 

 🔹 12. Call it a day

- Meaning: To stop working for the day.

- Example: We worked hard all day, so let’s call it a day.

 

 🔹 13. Keep your fingers crossed

- Meaning: To hope for good luck.

- Example: I’m keeping my fingers crossed for the results.

 

 🔹 14. Once in a blue moon

- Meaning: Rarely or very infrequently.

- Example: He visits us once in a blue moon.

 

 🔹 15. Put your foot in your mouth

- Meaning: To say something embarrassing or tactless.

- Example: She put her foot in her mouth when she mentioned his salary.

 

 🔹 16. Hit the sack

- Meaning: To go to bed.

- Example: I’m exhausted; I think I’ll hit the sack.

 

 🔹 17. Pull someone’s leg

- Meaning: To tease or joke with someone.

- Example: Don’t take him seriously—he’s just pulling your leg.

 

 🔹 18. Let the cat out of the bag

- Meaning: To reveal a secret.

- Example: He let the cat out of the bag before the surprise was ready.

 

 🔹 19. Rain cats and dogs

- Meaning: To rain heavily.

- Example: It rained cats and dogs last night.

 

 🔹 20. Turn over a new leaf

- Meaning: To change for the better.

- Example: He decided to turn over a new leaf after his accident.

 

 🔹 21. Get cold feet

- Meaning: To feel nervous or hesitant before doing something important.

- Example: She got cold feet before the interview and called in sick.

 

 🔹 22. Under pressure

- Meaning: In a stressful situation.

- Example: He did well under pressure during the exam.

 

 🔹 23. In hot water

- Meaning: In trouble.

- Example: He’s in hot water because he missed the deadline.

 

 🔹 24. On the same page

- Meaning: Agreeing or having the same understanding.

- Example: We need to be on the same page if we’re going to succeed.

 

 🔹 25. Go off the rails

- Meaning: To become chaotic or out of control.

- Example: The meeting went off the rails when they started arguing.

 

 🔹 26. Barking up the wrong tree

- Meaning: Looking in the wrong place or making a wrong assumption.

- Example: If you think I stole it, you're barking up the wrong tree.

 

 🔹 27. Have a heart of gold

- Meaning: Very kind and generous.

- Example: My neighbor has a heart of gold—she helps everyone.

 

 🔹 28. Piece of the pie

- Meaning: A share of something valuable.

- Example: Everyone wants a piece of the pie in this business.

 

 🔹 29. Raining buckets

- Meaning: Raining heavily.

- Example: It was raining buckets when we reached the station.

 

 🔹 30. Sit on the fence

- Meaning: To avoid taking sides in a disagreement.

- Example: He sat on the fence instead of supporting either side.

 

 🔹 31. The early bird catches the worm

- Meaning: People who act quickly or get an early start are more likely to succeed.

- Example: She applied for the job early, so she got it—proving that the early bird catches the worm.

 

 🔹 32. A wolf in sheep’s clothing

- Meaning: Someone who appears harmless but is actually dangerous.

- Example: Be careful—he may look friendly, but he’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

 

 🔹 33. Beat around the bush

- Meaning: To avoid talking about the main issue.

- Example: Stop beating around the bush and tell me what you really want.

 

 🔹 34. Break the leg

- Meaning: To wish someone good luck (especially in theater).

- Example: The actors broke a leg before the curtain call.

 

 🔹 35. By the skin of your teeth

- Meaning: By a very small margin.

- Example: He passed the exam by the skin of his teeth.

 

 🔹 36. Burn one’s bridges

- Meaning: To make it impossible to return to a previous situation.

- Example: He quit his job without looking for another—burning his bridges.

 

 

 🔹 37. Cut both ways

- Meaning: A situation that can have both positive and negative outcomes.

- Example: Working late might help you finish the project, but it also cuts both ways if you become exhausted.

 

 🔹 38. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch

- Meaning: Don’t assume success until it happens.

- Example: Don’t count your chickens before they hatch—just because you applied doesn’t mean you’ll get the job.

 

 🔹 39. Every dog has its day

- Meaning: Everyone gets their chance to succeed at some point.

- Example: Even though I failed this time, every dog has its day.

 

 🔹 40. Fish out of water

- Meaning: A person in an unfamiliar or uncomfortable situation.

- Example: The quiet librarian felt like a fish out of water at the loud party.

 

 🔹 41. Go to pot

- Meaning: To decline or fall into disrepair.

- Example: If we don’t fix this now, the whole system will go to pot.

 

 🔹 42. Hit the nail on the head

- Meaning: To be exactly right about something.

- Example: You hit the nail on the head with your analysis.

 

 🔹 43. In black and white

- Meaning: In writing; clearly stated.

- Example: We need this agreement in black and white.

 

 🔹 44. In the limelight

- Meaning: Being the center of attention.

- Example: She was in the limelight after winning the competition.

 

 🔹 45. In the red

- Meaning: Having a financial loss or debt.

- Example: His business is in the red and may have to shut down.

 

 🔹 46. Keep up with the Joneses

- Meaning: To try to match or outdo others in lifestyle or achievements.

- Example: They bought a new car just to keep up with the Joneses.

 

 🔹 47. Let sleeping dogs lie

- Meaning: Don’t bring up old issues or problems.

- Example: Some things are better left alone—let sleeping dogs lie.

 

 🔹 48. Make a mountain out of a molehill

- Meaning: To exaggerate a problem.

- Example: He made a mountain out of a molehill over a minor mistake.

 

 🔹 49. Miss the boat

- Meaning: To miss an opportunity.

- Example: He missed the boat when he didn’t apply for the scholarship.

 

 🔹 50. No pain, no gain

- Meaning: Hard work is necessary to achieve success.

- Example: If you want to pass the exam, remember—no pain, no gain.

 

 🔹 51. On cloud nine

- Meaning: Extremely happy.

- Example: She was on cloud nine after getting her dream job.

 

 🔹 52. Out of the blue

- Meaning: Unexpectedly.

- Example: He called me out of the blue after not speaking for years.

 

 🔹 53. Pass the buck

- Meaning: To avoid responsibility by shifting blame.

- Example: Instead of solving the problem, he just passed the buck to his colleague.

 🔹 54. Piece together

- Meaning: To gather information and form a complete picture.

- Example: The detective had to piece together the clues to solve the case.

 

 🔹 55. Pull yourself together

- Meaning: To calm down or compose oneself.

- Example: Take a deep breath and pull yourself together.

 

 🔹 56. Rain check

- Meaning: A promise to do something later.

- Example: I can’t join you today, but I’ll take a rain check.

 

 🔹 57. Rise and shine

- Meaning: Wake up early.

- Example: It’s morning—rise and shine!

 

 🔹 58. Rule of thumb

- Meaning: A general guideline or principle.

- Example: A common rule of thumb is to sleep 8 hours a night.

 

 🔹 59. See eye to eye

- Meaning: To agree with someone.

- Example: They finally saw eye to eye on the budget plan.

 🔹 60. Spill ink

- Meaning: To write or say something in detail.

- Example: He spilled ink trying to explain his side of the story.

🔹 61. Set your sights on

- Meaning: To aim for or plan to achieve something.

- Example: He set his sights on becoming a doctor from a young age.

 

 🔹 62. Show your teeth

- Meaning: To show strength, confidence, or assertiveness.

- Example: When the boss criticized him, he showed his teeth and stood up for himself.

 

 

 🔹 63. Sing one’s own praises

- Meaning: To boast about oneself.

- Example: She always sings her own praises at meetings.

 

 🔹 64. Sit tight

- Meaning: To wait patiently.

- Example: Sit tight; we’ll be there soon.

 

 🔹 65. Split hairs

- Meaning: To argue over small or unimportant details.

- Example: Don’t split hairs over such a minor issue.

 

 🔹 66. Take it lying down

- Meaning: To accept criticism or defeat without protest.

- Example: I won’t take it lying down if someone insults me unfairly.

 

 🔹 67. Take to heart

- Meaning: To be deeply affected by something.

- Example: His teacher’s advice took to heart and changed his life.

 

 🔹 68. Tell someone like it is

- Meaning: To speak the truth bluntly.

- Example: Just tell me like it is—did I pass the interview?

 

 🔹 69. The ball and chain

- Meaning: A spouse, often used humorously to refer to a husband or wife who restricts freedom.

- Example: He jokes about his wife being his ball and chain, but he loves her dearly.

 

 🔹 70. The last straw

- Meaning: The final problem or event that causes frustration or anger.

- Example: Losing my phone was the last straw—I quit the job.

 

 🔹 71. Think outside the box

- Meaning: To think creatively or differently.

- Example: We need someone who can think outside the box to solve this problem.

 

 🔹 72. Throw caution to the wind

- Meaning: To act recklessly or without thinking about the consequences.

- Example: He threw caution to the wind and invested all his money in the startup.

 

 🔹 73. Tip of the iceberg

- Meaning: A small part of a much larger problem or situation.

- Example: This scandal is just the tip of the iceberg.

 

 🔹 74. Tooth and nail

- Meaning: With great effort or determination.

- Example: She fought tooth and nail to get into medical school.

 

 🔹 75. Turn a blind eye

- Meaning: To ignore something deliberately.

- Example: The manager turned a blind eye to the employee’s mistakes.

 

 🔹 76. Under the weather

- Meaning: Feeling unwell or sick.

- Example: I’m under the weather today, so I can’t come to work.

 

 🔹 77. Up in the air

- Meaning: Not decided or uncertain.

- Example: Our travel plans are still up in the air.

 

 🔹 78. Walk on eggshells

- Meaning: To be very careful not to upset someone.

- Example: I have to walk on eggshells around my father when he’s angry.

 

 🔹 79. Wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve

- Meaning: To show emotions openly.

- Example: She wears her heart on her sleeve and doesn’t hide her feelings.

 

 

 🔹 80. When pigs fly

- Meaning: Something that will never happen.

- Example: He’ll retire early when pigs fly!

 

 🔹 81. Wild goose chase

- Meaning: A futile or hopeless search or pursuit.

- Example: Looking for a job in another country is just a wild goose chase right now.

 

 🔹 82. With flying colors

- Meaning: Successfully or brilliantly.

- Example: She passed the exam with flying colors.

 

 🔹 83. Work wonders

- Meaning: To produce excellent results.

- Example: This cream works wonders for my skin.

 

 🔹 84. World apart

- Meaning: Very different from each other.

- Example: Their lifestyles are worlds apart.

 

 🔹 85. Write off

- Meaning: To consider as a loss or failure.

- Example: They wrote him off after he failed the first test.

 

 🔹 86. Yank your chain

- Meaning: To tease or play tricks on someone.

- Example: Don’t fall for it—he’s just yanking your chain.

 

 🔹 87. Zero in on

- Meaning: To focus closely on something.

- Example: The detective zeroed in on the suspect immediately.

 

 🔹 88. Zip your lip

- Meaning: To keep quiet.

- Example: Zip your lip before you say something you’ll regret.

 

 

 

 🔹 89. A dime a dozen

- Meaning: Something common or easily available.

- Example: There are a dime a dozen people who want this job.

 

 🔹 90. Add insult to injury

- Meaning: To make a bad situation worse.

- Example: After losing the match, the coach criticized us—it was adding insult to injury.

 

 🔹 91. Back to square one

- Meaning: To return to the starting point after a failure.

- Example: The project failed, and we were back to square one.

 

 🔹 92. Beat a dead horse

- Meaning: To waste time arguing about something that’s already settled.

- Example: Stop beating a dead horse—we’ve already made our decision.

 

 🔹 93. Bend over backwards

- Meaning: To go out of one’s way to help someone.

- Example: She bent over backwards to accommodate our schedule.

 

 🔹 94. Bottom line

- Meaning: The main point or conclusion.

- Example: The bottom line is that we need more funding.

 

 🔹 95. Burn a hole in your pocket

- Meaning: To spend money quickly or feel the urge to spend.

- Example: I bought a new phone because the old one was burning a hole in my pocket.

 

 🔹 96. Carry the can

- Meaning: To take responsibility for a mistake or failure.

- Example: He had to carry the can for the team’s poor performance.

 

 🔹 97. Cut corners

- Meaning: To do things cheaply or carelessly to save time or money.

- Example: Cutting corners on safety procedures can lead to accidents.

 

 🔹 98. Dust yourself off

- Meaning: To recover from a setback.

- Example: He failed the test, but he dusted himself off and tried again.

 

 🔹 99. End of the day

- Meaning: Ultimately or finally.

- Example: At the end of the day, what matters most is your happiness.

 

 🔹 100. Eye for an eye

- Meaning: Revenge or punishment in equal measure.

- Example: An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

 

 

 

 

 🔹 1. Achilles’ heel

- Meaning: A fatal weakness or vulnerability.

- Example: His temper is his Achilles' heel in relationships.

 

 🔹 2. Adam’s apple

- Meaning: The lump in the throat, often used metaphorically to indicate nervousness.

- Example: He cleared his Adam’s apple before giving the speech.

 

 🔹 3. All ears

- Meaning: Fully attentive and ready to listen.

- Example: I’m all ears—tell me everything!

 

 🔹 4. Apple of one’s eye

- Meaning: Someone who is very dear and cherished.

- Example: Her son is the apple of her eye.

 

 🔹 5. At sixes and sevens

- Meaning: In confusion or disarray.

- Example: The office was at sixes and sevens after the fire alarm went off.

 

 🔹 6. Bread and butter

- Meaning: One’s main source of income or livelihood.

- Example: Teaching is her bread and butter.

 

 🔹 7. By hook or by crook

- Meaning: By any means necessary.

- Example: He got the job by hook or by crook.

 

 🔹 8. Come to terms with

- Meaning: To accept a situation, even if it is unpleasant.

- Example: She had to come to terms with her failure.

 

 🔹 9. Cut no ice

- Meaning: To have no effect or influence.

- Example: His arguments cut no ice with the committee.

 

 🔹 10. Dancing on a tightrope

- Meaning: Doing something extremely difficult or risky.

- Example: Running a business is like dancing on a tightrope.

 

 🔹 11. Daylight robbery

- Meaning: Something outrageously expensive or unfair.

- Example: Charging this much for a pen is daylight robbery.

 

 🔹 12. Down to earth

- Meaning: Realistic and practical; not pretentious.

- Example: He is down-to-earth despite his fame.

 

 🔹 13. Eyes wide open

- Meaning: Fully aware or conscious of a situation.

- Example: She signed the contract with her eyes wide open.

 

 🔹 14. Face the music

- Meaning: To confront the consequences of one’s actions.

- Example: He had to face the music after making so many mistakes.

 

 

 

 🔹 15. Fiddle while Rome burns

- Meaning: To ignore serious problems while doing unimportant things.

- Example: Don’t fiddle while Rome burns—fix the real issues.

 

 🔹 16. Fishy business

- Meaning: Something suspicious or dishonest.

- Example: That deal seems like a fishy business.

 

 🔹 17. Fit as a fiddle

- Meaning: Very healthy and strong.

- Example: He’s fit as a fiddle after his training.

 

 🔹 18. Go Dutch

- Meaning: To split expenses equally.

- Example: We always go Dutch when we go out for dinner.

 

 🔹 19. Golden child

- Meaning: A person who is favoured or praised excessively.

- Example: He’s the golden child of the family.

 

 🔹 20. Green thumb

- Meaning: Skill in gardening or growing plants.

- Example: My neighbour has a green thumb—his garden is amazing.

 

 🔹 21. Hang around

- Meaning: To stay somewhere without doing anything useful.

- Example: Stop hanging around and get some work done.

 

 🔹 22. Heaven forbid

- Meaning: Used to express disbelief or fear about something happening.

- Example: Heaven forbid if he ever finds out.

 

 🔹 23. Hold your horses

- Meaning: To wait or be patient.

- Example: Hold your horses—I’ll finish soon.

 

 

 🔹 24. In black and white

- Meaning: In writing; clearly stated.

- Example: We need an agreement in black and white.

 

 🔹 25. In cahoots with

- Meaning: Working together secretly, often for bad purposes.

- Example: They were in cahoots with the criminals.

 

 🔹 26. In cold blood

- Meaning: Without feeling or emotion, often referring to murder.

- Example: He killed the man in cold blood.

 

 🔹 27. In for a penny, in for a pound

- Meaning: If you’re going to do something, do it fully.

- Example: Once he started the project, he was in for a penny, in for a pound.

 

 🔹 28. In the bag

- Meaning: Certain to happen or succeed.

- Example: The promotion is already in the bag.

 

 🔹 29. Jinx

- Meaning: A curse or bad luck.

- Example: Don’t say that—you’ll jinx us!

 

 🔹 30. Knee-deep

- Meaning: Deeply involved in something.

- Example: He’s knee-deep in legal trouble.

 

 🔹 31. Let the cat out of the bag

- Meaning: To reveal a secret.

- Example: He let the cat out of the bag before the surprise party was ready.

 

 🔹 32. Lock, stock, and barrel

- Meaning: Completely or entirely.

- Example: The company sold the factory lock, stock, and barrel.

 

 🔹 33. Make hay while the sun shines

- Meaning: To take advantage of an opportunity while it lasts.

- Example: Make hay while the sun shines—this job won’t last forever.

 

 🔹 34. Mend one’s ways

- Meaning: To change bad habits or behavior.

- Example: After getting caught stealing, he decided to mend his ways.

 

 🔹 35. Mind your own business

- Meaning: Don’t interfere in others' affairs.

- Example: Just mind your own business and leave them alone.

 

 🔹 36. Monkey see, monkey do

- Meaning: Imitating someone else’s actions.

- Example: Children often learn by doing what they see—monkey see, monkey do.

 

 🔹 37. Move the goalposts

- Meaning: To change the rules or expectations after the fact.

- Example: The manager kept moving the goalposts, making the project harder to finish.

 

 🔹 38. Needle someone

- Meaning: To provoke or annoy someone.

- Example: Stop needling him—he’s already stressed enough.

 

 🔹 39. No love lost

- Meaning: No affection or respect for someone.

- Example: They have no love lost between them after that argument.

 

 🔹 40. On thin ice

- Meaning: In a risky or precarious situation.

- Example: If you keep missing deadlines, you’ll be on thin ice with the boss.

 

 🔹 41. Out of the frying pan and into the fire

- Meaning: Escaping one problem only to face a worse one.

- Example: Leaving her old job was like going out of the frying pan and into the fire.

 

 🔹 42. Paint the town red

- Meaning: To go out and have a wild time.

- Example: They painted the town red after winning the championship.

 

 🔹 43. Pass the buck

- Meaning: To avoid responsibility by shifting blame.

- Example: Instead of fixing the error, he just passed the buck to his colleague.

 

 🔹 44. Penny-wise and pound-foolish

- Meaning: Saving small amounts but wasting large ones.

- Example: He bought a cheap phone to save money but spent a fortune on repairs—penny-wise and pound-foolish.

 

 🔹 45. Play it safe

- Meaning: To avoid risks.

- Example: She always plays it safe and never takes big chances.

 

 🔹 46. Pull up short

- Meaning: To stop suddenly.

- Example: He pulled up short when he saw the accident.

 

 🔹 47. Put all your eggs in one basket

- Meaning: To risk everything on a single plan or person.

- Example: Don’t put all your eggs in one basket—invest in multiple areas.

 

 🔹 48. Rake over the coals

- Meaning: To bring up unpleasant past events.

- Example: Let’s not rake over the coals of our past mistakes.

 

 🔹 49. Red herring

- Meaning: A misleading clue or distraction.

- Example: The suspect tried to throw us off with a red herring.

 

 🔹 50. Rule of thumb

- Meaning: A general guideline or principle.

- Example: A good rule of thumb is to sleep at least 7 hours a night.

 

 🔹 51. Set the record straight

- Meaning: To correct false information.

- Example: He gave an interview to set the record straight about the rumors.

 

 🔹 52. Sit on the fence

- Meaning: To remain neutral in a conflict.

- Example: He sat on the fence during the debate and didn’t take a side.

 

 🔹 53. Speak of the devil

- Meaning: Used when someone mentioned appears.

- Example: Speak of the devil—he just walked in!

 

 🔹 54. Split hairs

- Meaning: To argue over minor details.

- Example: Don’t split hairs over such a small issue.

 

 🔹 55. Step into the breach

- Meaning: To take action when leadership is lacking.

- Example: When the manager left, she stepped into the breach and took charge.

 

 🔹 56. Take with a grain of salt

- Meaning: Not to believe something completely.

- Example: Take his advice with a grain of salt—he doesn’t know much.

 

 🔹 57. The elephant in the room

- Meaning: An obvious problem that people are avoiding discussing.

- Example: The poor performance of the team is the elephant in the room.

 

 🔹 58. The whole nine yards

- Meaning: Everything; the full amount.

- Example: He gave me the whole nine yards about the new policy.

 

 🔹 59. Think outside the box

- Meaning: To think creatively or differently.

- Example: We need someone who can think outside the box to solve this problem.

 

 🔹 60. Throw the baby out with the bathwater

- Meaning: To discard something valuable while trying to remove something bad.

- Example: Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater—some traditions are worth keeping.

 

 🔹 61. Tooth and nail

- Meaning: With great effort or determination.

- Example: She fought tooth and nail to get the promotion.

 

 🔹 62. Turn a blind eye

- Meaning: To ignore something deliberately.

- Example: The manager turned a blind eye to the employee’s mistakes.

 

 🔹 63. Under the weather

- Meaning: Feeling unwell or sick.

- Example: I’m under the weather today, so I can’t come to work.

 

 🔹 64. Up in the air

- Meaning: Not decided or uncertain.

- Example: Our travel plans are still up in the air.

 

 🔹 65. Walk on eggshells

- Meaning: To be very careful not to upset someone.

- Example: I have to walk on eggshells around my father when he’s angry.

 

 🔹 66. Wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve

- Meaning: To show emotions openly.

- Example: She wears her heart on her sleeve and doesn’t hide her feelings.

 

 🔹 67. When pigs fly

- Meaning: Something that will never happen.

- Example: He’ll retire early when pigs fly!

 

 🔹 68. Wild goose chase

- Meaning: A futile or hopeless search or pursuit.

- Example: Looking for a job in another country is just a wild goose chase right now.

 

 🔹 69. With flying colors

- Meaning: Successfully or brilliantly.

- Example: She passed the exam with flying colors.

 

 🔹 70. Work wonders

- Meaning: To produce excellent results.

- Example: This cream works wonders for my skin.

 

 🔹 71. World apart

- Meaning: Very different from each other.

- Example: Their lifestyles are worlds apart.

 

 🔹 72. Write off

- Meaning: To consider as a loss or failure.

- Example: They wrote him off after he failed the first test.

 

 🔹 73. Yank your chain

- Meaning: To tease or play tricks on someone.

- Example: Don’t fall for it—he’s just yanking your chain.

 

 🔹 74. Zero in on

- Meaning: To focus closely on something.

- Example: The detective zeroed in on the suspect immediately.

 

 🔹 75. Zip your lip

- Meaning: To keep quiet.

- Example: Zip your lip before you say something you’ll regret.

 

 🔹 76. A dime a dozen

- Meaning: Something common or easily available.

- Example: There are a dime a dozen people who want this job.

 

 🔹 77. Add insult to injury

- Meaning: To make a bad situation worse.

- Example: After losing the match, the coach criticized us—it was adding insult to injury.

 

 🔹 78. Back to square one

- Meaning: To return to the starting point after a failure.

- Example: The project failed, and we were back to square one.

 

 🔹 79. Beat a dead horse

- Meaning: To waste time arguing about something that’s already settled.

- Example: Stop beating a dead horse—we’ve already made our decision.

 

 🔹 80. Bend over backwards

- Meaning: To go out of one’s way to help someone.

- Example: She bent over backwards to accommodate our schedule.

 

 🔹 81. Bottom line

- Meaning: The main point or conclusion.

- Example: The bottom line is that we need more funding.

 

 🔹 82. Burn a hole in your pocket

- Meaning: To spend money quickly or feel the urge to spend.

- Example: I bought a new phone because the old one was burning a hole in my pocket.

 

 

 🔹 83. Carry the can

- Meaning: To take responsibility for a mistake or failure.

- Example: He had to carry the can for the team’s poor performance.

 

 🔹 84. Cut corners

- Meaning: To do things cheaply or carelessly to save time or money.

- Example: Cutting corners on safety procedures can lead to accidents.

 

 🔹 85. Dust yourself off

- Meaning: To recover from a setback.

- Example: He failed the test, but he dusted himself off and tried again.

 

 🔹 86. End of the day

- Meaning: Ultimately or finally.

- Example: At the end of the day, what matters most is your happiness.

 

 🔹 87. Eye for an eye

- Meaning: Revenge or punishment in equal measure.

- Example: An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

 

 🔹 88. Face the music

- Meaning: To confront the consequences of one’s actions.

- Example: He had to face the music after making so many mistakes.

 

 🔹 89. Fiddle while Rome burns

- Meaning: To ignore serious problems while doing unimportant things.

- Example: Don’t fiddle while Rome burns—fix the real issues.

 

 🔹 90. Fishy business

- Meaning: Something suspicious or dishonest.

- Example: That deal seems like a fishy business.

 

 

 🔹 91. Fit as a fiddle

- Meaning: Very healthy and strong.

- Example: He’s fit as a fiddle after his training.

 

 🔹 92. Go Dutch

- Meaning: To split expenses equally.

- Example: We always go Dutch when we go out for dinner.

 

 🔹 93. Golden child

- Meaning: A person who is favored or praised excessively.

- Example: He’s the golden child of the family.

 

 🔹 94. Green thumb

- Meaning: Skill in gardening or growing plants.

- Example: My neighbor has a green thumb—his garden is amazing.

 

 🔹 95. Hang around

- Meaning: To stay somewhere without doing anything useful.

- Example: Stop hanging around and get some work done.

 

 🔹 96. Heaven forbid

- Meaning: Used to express disbelief or fear about something happening.

- Example: Heaven forbid if he ever finds out.

 🔹 97. Hold your horses

- Meaning: To wait or be patient.

- Example: Hold your horses—I’ll finish soon.

 

 🔹 98. In cahoots with

- Meaning: Working together secretly, often for bad purposes.

- Example: They were in cahoots with the criminals.

 

 🔹 99. In cold blood

- Meaning: Without feeling or emotion, often referring to murder.

- Example: He killed the man in cold blood.

 

 🔹 100. In for a penny, in for a pound

- Meaning: If you’re going to do something, do it fully.

- Example: Once he started the project, he was in for a penny, in for a pound.