VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

A blessing in disguise

Meaning: a good thing that seemed bad at first

A dime a dozen

Meaning: Something common

Beat around the bush

Meaning: To speak in a roundabout way in order to avoid confronting an unpleasant topic; Avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is uncomfortable

Better late than never

Meaning: Better to arrive late than not to come at all; It implies that a belated achievement is better than not reaching a goal at all.

Bite the bullet

Meaning: To get something over with because it is inevitable

Break a leg

Meaning: Good luck

Call it a day

Meaning: Stop working on something

Cut somebody some slack

Meaning: Don't be so critical

Cutting corners

Meaning: Doing something poorly in order to save time or money

Easy does it

Meaning: Take your time; proceed carefully and slowly

Get out of hand

Meaning: situation or someone is spinning out of control.

Get something out of your system

Meaning: Do the thing you've been wanting to do so you can move on

Get your act together

Meaning: Work better or leave

Give someone the benefit of the doubt

Meaning: Trust what someone says

Go back to the drawing board

Meaning: Start over

Hang in there

Meaning: Don't give up

Hit the sack

Meaning: To go to bed or go to sleep.

It's not rocket science

Meaning: It's not complicated

Let someone off the hook

Meaning: To not hold someone responsible for something

Make a long story short

Meaning: Tell something briefly

Miss the boat

Meaning: It's too late

No pain, no gain

Meaning: You have to work for what you want

On the ball

Meaning: Doing a good job

Pull someone's leg

Meaning: To joke with someone

Pull yourself together

Meaning: Calm down

So far so good

Meaning: Things are going well so far

Speak of the devil

Meaning: The person we were just talking about showed up!

That's the last straw

Meaning: My patience has run out

The best of both worlds

Meaning: An ideal situation

Time flies when you're having fun

Meaning: You don't notice how long something lasts when it's fun

To get bent out of shape

Meaning: To get upset

To make matters worse

Meaning: Make a problem worse

Under the weather

Meaning: Sick

We'll cross that bridge when we come to it

Meaning: Let's not talk about that problem right now

Wrap your head around something

Meaning: Understand something complicated

You can say that again

Meaning: Used to express strong agreement with what someone has just said.

Your guess is as good as mine

Meaning: I have no idea