idioms and expressions

Idioms and expressions

1. a basket case

Mental tension and difficult to deal with scenes

精神紧张而难于应付场面的人

2. a cold fish

冷漠无情的人 A cold man

3. a fish out of water

它的意思是某人和他所处的环境不融洽，是他感到很别扭、很难堪。

And it means someone's environment is not harmonious, he felt very uncomfortable, very embarrassing. 4. a game plan

5. apple of one’s eye 6. at sixes and sevens 7. back on one’s feet 8. bad taste in my mouth 9. beat a dead horse 徒劳无功的

futile

10. bite my tongue 11. bits and bobs

12. Bread and butter issues 13. break a leg 14. can of worms 15. chew the fat 16. cross my heart 17. cut the mustard 18. don’t make a scene 19. draw a blank 20. dressed to kill 21. get cold feet

22. get off one’s high horse 23. get out of here 24. go bananas

25. go down a storm 26. go with the flow 27. grab a bite

28. hit between the eyes 29. hit the books 30. hit the ceiling 31. hit the hay 32. hit the jackpot

Idioms and expressions

33. hit the spot 34. hold water

35. hold your horses 36. if the shoe fits 37. in the doghouse 38. in the pink

39. jack of all trades 40. keep your onion 41. meat and potatoes 42. miss the boat

43. my two cents worth 44. not my cup of tea 45. on cloud nine

46. once in a blue moon 47. out of the picture 48. over the moon 49. play it by ear 50. pull the plug

51. rain cats and dogs

52. squeeze blood out of turnip 53. take a rain check

54. take it with a grain of salt 55. the cream of the crop 56. treat with kid gloves 57. use your loaf

58. water over the dam

59. wears one’s heart on one’s sleeve 60. You’re toast.