IDIOMS
"A"
- A bad apple / egg: A bad influence, Some one who bring trouble.
- A couch potato: An idle person
- A hard nut to crack: A difficult person to understand, A difficult problem to solve
- A piece of cake: Easy
- A smart cookie: A clever person
"B"
- Big cheese: An important person
- Bread and butter: The necessities
"C"
- Caught red handed: catch some one in the act.
Sentence:
* The kids got caught red handed with their hands in the cookie jar.
"D"
- Doesn't cut the mustard: Doesn't meet the required standard
"E"
- Eating humble pie: To be forced to apologize humbly, suffer humiliation.
Sentence:
* He had to eat humble pie and publicly admit his error.
"F"
- Food for thought: Worth considering
"G"
- Gone pear shaped: Gone unexpectedly wrong
"I"
- In a nutshell: simply put
- In a pickle: In trouble, mess
- In the red: owe money.
Sentence:
* By the end of the week, I am always in the red.
"K"
- Kettle of fish: An awkward, difficult or bad situation, Muddle, mess a state of affair, A matter under consideration.
Sentence:
* The new proposal is quite a different kettle of fish from the last one.
"L
- Lion's share: The majority; A large or generous portion
Sentence:
* The gang stole a lot money from the bank. But the lion's share of the money went straight into the leader's pocket. - Look like mutton dressed as lamb: Said about a woman who tries to look like much younger.
Sentence:
* Her skirt is too short. She looks like mutton dressed at lamb.
"N"
- Nit picker: One w who worried about small details Or A person who find faults (however small or unimportant, everywhere they look.)
"P"
- Paint the town red: Have a great time or party.
Sentence:
* We painted the town red when I was on vacation.
"R"
- Red in the face: Angry
Sentence:
* My sister was red in the face after she had found her car was stolen. - Red as a lobster: A bad sun burn
Sentence:
* She is red as a lobster, after a day at the beach. - Red tag sale: Special sale.
Sentence:
* I love it when stores have red tag sales.
"U"
- Unsung hero: Some one who has been very brave but has never been appreciate.
"Z"
- Zero hour for: The time to start work on.
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