English Idioms & Idiomatic Expressions

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as easy as pie: very easy at the eleventh hour: at the last minute; almost too late. bad-mouth: say unkind, unflattering, embarrassing (and probably untrue) things about someone. be a piece of cake: be very easy. beat around the bush: evade an issue; avoid giving a direct answer. be all ears: be eager to hear what someone has to say. bent out of shape: needlessly worried about something. bite off more than one can chew: take responsibility for more than one can manage. burn the midnight oil: study/work all night or until very, very late at night. the skin of one's teeth: barely succeed in doing something. it a day: stop work for the day. one's eye: attract one's attention/interest.

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13. change

one's mind: decide to do something different from what had been decided earlier. potato: someone who spends too much time watching TV.

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it out!: stop doing something (that's annoying). in the dumps: depressed; "blue."

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someone a line: write to someone. one's feet: delay; take longer than necessary to do something.

egghead: a very intelligent person.