" English – Useful Idioms and Phrases"

" Introduction Promo More About This Course Idioms and Phrases Unit 1 1 Shoot yourself in the foot 2 My lips are sealed 3 Hit the nail on the head 4 Tighten someone’s belt 5 Frog in throat 6 Slip someone’s mind 7 Lose someone’s face 8 Come rain or shine 9 Turn yourself in 10 Cost an arm and leg 11 Homie 12 Give someone the cold shoulder 13 Have an egg on someone’s face 14 Get butterfly in someone’s stomach 15 Throw someone’s money around 16 Play innocent 18 Turn someone’s stomach 19 Not cut out for something 17 Kick someone out 20 To put the blame on someone Idioms and Phrases Unit 2 21 Hands off 22 Pass away 23 Cut the deal 24 For my money 25 Burn your bridges 26 Come in handy 27 Come at price 28 In a broad daylight 29 In the mood to do something 30 In a jiffy 31 In so many words 32 Put your mind to it 33 Joking apart , Joking aside 34 In your dreams 35 Green with envy 36 Overstep the line 37 Have a craving for something 38 Red herring 39 Brush up on something 40 Clown around Idioms and Phrases Unit 3 41 Top banana 42 Work like a dog 43 Mouse potato 44 Teeny-weeny 45 Take time off 46 on the eleventh hour 47 How dare you 48 Hush-Hush 49 Over someone’s head 50 Not lift a finger 51 Fall behind 52 Make a fuss 53 That’s no excuse 54 Fender-bender 55 Scare someone to death 56 Come down to earth 57 Nothing between the ears 58 Lay an egg 59 Feel like a million dollars 60 I wasn’t born yesterday Idioms and Phrases Unit 4 61 Peanut money 62 Run into 63 I’ll eat my hat 64 Sing like a bird 65 Black out 66 On tip of someone’s tongue 67 Time flies 68 Tie the knot 69 Something sucks 70 Step on it 71 Creep by 72 Pull someone’s leg 73 A pain in the neck 74 Out of the blue 75 Off-color jokes 76 Heart in the right place 77 Hush money 78 Chicken out 79 Fill someone’s shoes 80 Cut it out Idioms and Phrases Unit 5 81 To be off ( food ) 82 Make up ( story ) 83 Soak up 84 Make up for someone or something 85 Mistake for something or somebody 86 own up 87 to be taken aback 88 Break down 89 Hit below the belt 90 Get carried away 91 Make ends meet 92 look down on someone 93 Drop off 94 All-nighter 95 At the end of your rope 96 Basket case 97 Cold feet 98 Sell someone short 99 Go Bananas 100 Copycat Idioms and Phrases Unit 6 101 Jump ship 102 Know-it-all 103 No-brainer 104 To mess up with someone 105 Knock on the wood 106 If I get my hands on you 107 Come clean 108 Have a lot in plate 109 It’s between to our ears 110 What a mess 111 I’m all eyes 112 To have a lot in common 113 Go dutch 114 Eye- catching 115 Take your time 116 Go to bat for someone 117 Touch guy 118 Kick up someone’s heels 119 Make a boo-boo 120 Voracious Idioms and Phrases Unit 7 121 To make a fortune 122 To be on the go 123 Cool someone’s heels 124 Top dog 125 Road hog 126 To put someone on a pedestal 127 Bury the hatchet 128 Zip someone’s mouth 129 To ditch someone 130 Henpecked husband 131 Bury the head in the sand 132 Eager beaver 133 Until the cows come home 134 Worn out 135 Drag someone’s feet 136 Keep someone’s words 137 Bookworm 138 To be an old hand 139 Runny nose 140 That’s news to me Idioms and Phrases Unit 8 141 To have a heart of gold 142 Get to the point 143 To get out of bed on the wrong side 144 Barking up the wrong tree 145 To have other fish to fry 146 No offense 147 Two-fisted 148 To thumb your nose at somebody 149 I got your 6 150 Act your age 151 Pig out 152 To make up for something 153 To hell with something or somebody 154 Hop in 155 Cut the comedy 156 Why the long face 157 Ta-ta for now 158 The damage is done 159 Turn on the waterworks 160 Home sweet Home Idioms and Phrases Unit 9 161 A dead ringer for someone 162 Your wish is my command 163 Just my luck 164 What’s it to you ? 165 To answer the call of nature 166 To be stuffed 167 Not to be on speaking term 168 Wearing odd shoes / gloves / socks 169 Rise and shine 170 Stand someone up 171 Pangs of conscience 172 Leave it to someone 173 Walking papers 174 Jump down someone’s throat 175 To soak someone 176 To have a screw loose 177 To blow the fuse 178 Hit and miss 179 Eat like a horse 180 Not in the same wavelength Idioms and Phrases Unit 10 181 Eat your words 182 From A to z 183 As white as a sheet 184 Find someone’s feet 185 Shake a leg 186 Wind your neck in 187 Save someone’s neck 188 It’s beyond your dignity 189 You are over the hump 190 Rainy day 191 To have a big mouth 192 Not in a good mood 193 Dog days 194 To stab somebody in the back 195 To get a kick out of something 196 Feel under the weather 197 Pipe down 198 Never say die 199 Get in someone’s hair 200 Cat got your tongue"