2 Flashcards
The last nail in the coffin
To shorten life
To make neither head nor tail
To fail to understand
To nip in the bud
to stop something from developing
further
To knit the brow
to frown
To kick the bucket
to die
To keep someone at arm’s length
To avoid
Confusion worse confounded
a still worse state of disorder
or confusion
To gild the pill
To make something unpleasant seem
appealing
To stem the tide of
To resist
Rhyme or reason
without meaning
Cut and dried
fixed
To keep abreast of
to have recent information
Nook and corner
at every corner
Stuff and nonsense
foolishness
Sum and substance
summary
To put all eggs in one basket
To invest all of one’s energy
or resources into a single goal
To pour oil on troubled water
to calm someone down
With tail between the legs
to feel ashamed or defeated
To get off scot free
free from harm or penalty
To be worth its weight in gold
Very useful
To be lost in clouds
lost in thoughts
Pins and needless
in a state of tense anticipation
nervousness
Pin money
A small amount of money to buy things that you
want but don’t need
Out of gear
In worse condition
