Idioms Flashcards
(25 cards)
to bring the essential facts under disscussion to get the heart of the matter
to get down to brass tacks
the best innovation for some time
the best thing since sliced bread
very poor having almost nothing to eat
on the breadline
a good/bad/lucky break
a good/bad opportunity, chance
to get/ be given a good opportunity
to get/give someone a break
to pass the responsibility to someone else
to pass the buck
to face up to a difficulty with boldness
to take the bull by the horns
to burn ones boats/bridges
to be so committed to a course of action that is impossible to withraw
studying in the night
to burn the midnight oil
to be killed, ruined, completely spoiled
to go for a burton
to make up
to burry the hatchet
nearlu no holiday/ working in holidays
a busman’s holiday
presently, in due course
by and by
in general, generaly speaking, on the whole
by and large
to deserve the honour or merit
to take the cake
to call someone’s bluff
to test someones claims
to be possible or likely to happen
to be on the cards
very cramped
no room to swing a cat
to smile constantly and foolishly
to grin like a Cheshire cat
to diverge a secret inadvertenly
to let the cat out of the bag
close together, in close intimacy
cheek by jowl
mapagpatawad
to turn the other cheek
fed up
cheesed off
a tired old joke
an old chestnut
