Idioms and Sayings

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A blessing in disguise Jump on the bandwagon

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush Kill two birds with one stone

A little learning is a dangerous thing Know which way the wind is blowing

A penny for your thoughts Let sleeping dogs lie

A perfect storm Let someone off the hook

A picture is worth a thousand words Let the cat out of the bag

A snowball effect Like riding a bicycle

A storm in a teacup Like two peas in a pod

A tiger cannot change its stripes Make a long story short

A watched pot never boils Make hay while the sun shines

Add insult to injury Miss the boat

An apple a day keeps the doctor away On cloud nine

As right as rain On thin ice

Barking up the wrong tree Once in a blue moon

Beat around the bush Play devil's advocate

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Pull yourself together

Bite off more than you can chew Put something on ice

Break a leg Rain on someone's parade

Call it a day Run like the wind

Calm before the storm Saving for a rainy day

Comparing apples to oranges So far so good

Costs an arm and a leg Speak of the devil

Curiosity killed the cat Spill the beans

Cut somebody some slack Take a rain check

Cutting corners Take it with a grain of salt

Don't bite the hand that feeds you That ship has sailed

Don't cry over spilt milk That's the last straw

Don't put all your eggs in one basket The apple doesn't fall far away form the tree

Don't put too many irons in the fire The ball is in your court

Easy come, easy go The devil is in the details


Every cloud has a silver lining The early bird gets the worm

Every dog has his day The elephant in the room

Familiarity breeds contempt The pot calling the kettle black

Fit as a fiddle The whole nine yards

Get a taste of your own medicine There are clouds on the horizon

Get out of hand There are other fish in the sea

Get something out of your system There's a method to his madness

Get wind of something Those who live in glass houses shouldn't


throw stones

Get your act together Through thick and thin

Give someone the cold shoulder Throw caution to the wind

Go back to the drawing board To get bent out of shape

Go on a wild goose chase To make matters worse

Good things come to those who wait Two wrongs don't make a right

Hang in there Under the weather

Have your head in the clouds Weather the storm

He has bigger fish to fry We'll cross that bridge when we come to it

He's not playing with a full deck When in Rome, do as the Romans

Hit the nail on the head When it rains it pours

Hit the sack When the going gets tough, the tough get
going

If ain't broken, don't fix it Where there's smoke, there's fire

If you play with fire, you'll get burned Wrap your head around something

It takes two to tango You can catch more flies with honey than
you can with vinegar

It's a piece of cake You can't judge a book by its cover

It's not rocket science You can't make an omelet without breaking
some eggs

It's raining cats and dogs Your guess is as good as mine

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