Idioms

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1. Ace in the Ahidden or secret strength or unrevealed 25. Cold to display aloofness and disdain
hole advantage shoulder
2. Achilles' A metaphor for a fatal weakness in spite of 26. Couch a lazy person
heel overall strength potato
3. Add insult to To further a loss with mockery and indignity; 27. Cut a rug to dance
injury ton worsen an unfavorable situationn 28. Cut the to pass gas, fart, break wind
4. All ears listening intently; fully focused or awaiting cheese
explanation 29. Cut the to succeed, to come up to expectations
5. All thumbs Clumsy, awkward mustard
6. Apple of Anything causing trouble, discord, or jealousy 30. A dime a Anything that is common, inexpensive, or easy to
discord dozen get or available anywhere.
7. At the drop Without any hesitation instantly
of a hat
8. Barking up Looking in the wrong place
the wrong
tree
9. Basket case One made powerless or ineffective, as by
nerves, panic, or stress
10. Beat around To treat a topic, but omit its main points, often
the bush intentionally or to delay or avoid talking about
something difficult or unpleasant.
11. Bite off To take on more responsibility then one could
more than manage
one could
chew
12. Bite the To endure a painful or unpleasant situation that
bullet is unavoidable
13. A bitter pill A situation or information that is unpleasant but
must be accepted
14. Blessing in Something good which isn't recognized in the
disguise first instant
15. Break a leg A saying from the theater that means good luck
16. Burn the To work late into the night, alluding to the time
midnight oil before electric lightning
17. Bust one's To say things intended to harrass
chop
18. By the seat To acheive through instinct or to do something
of one's without advanced preparation
pants
19. By the skin narrowly; barely. Usually used in regard to a
of one's narrow escape from a disaster
teeth
20. Call it a day to declare the end of a task
21. Cat nap short sleep
22. Chew the fat to chat idly or generally waste time talking
23. Chink in an area of vulnerablility
one'd
armour
24. Clam up to become silent; to stop talking; to shut up