Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Eye on idioms



First meaning & then idiom


1
She's sweet and helpful.

She is a peach.

2
He's not telling the truth.

He's full of beans.

3
I don't care for that.

It's not my cup of tea.

4
He doesn't know what he's talking about.

He's full of baloney.

5
They have resentment.

It's just sour grapes.

6
It's sentimental.

That's corny.

7
I'm in a dilemma.

I'm in a pickle.

8
He brings home the family money.

He brings home the bacon.

9
She's upset.

She's in a stew.

10
He's the headman.

He's the top banana.

11
He's a very good person.

He's the salt of the earth.

12
She's a valuable employee.

She's worth her salt.

13
If you see one you see the other.

They're two peas in a pod.

14
I'm in love with you.

I'm nuts about you.

15
It's quite simple.

It's a piece of cake.

16
You can't use it and save it.

You can't have your cake and eat it too.

17
He's a frustrated actor.

He's a real ham.

18
It's a difficult problem to solve.

It's a hard nut to crack.

19
Let's talk seriously.

Let's talk turkey.

20
He cannot be trusted.

He's a bad egg.

21
Everyone's a little tense - lets be friendly.

We need to break the ice.

22
We'll get items.

We'll get a baker's dozen.

23
He has many deals going.

He's got a finger in every pie.

24
Be happy with what we have on hand.

You'll have to take potluck.

25
She makes tough deals.

She's hard-boiled.

26
He's my favorite person.

He's the apple of my eye.

27
He is a thoroughly evil person.

He's a rotten egg.

28
It's a crazy idea.

It's for the birds.

29
She eats little or nothing.

She eats like a bird.

30
He's a bad guy pretending to be good.

He's a wolf in sheep's clothing.

31
Someone has betrayed us.

I smell a rat.

32
He has no courage.

He's chicken-hearted.

33
I'm extremely hungry.

I could eat a horse.

34
Get serious and stop playing.

Please don't monkey around.

35
One solution solves two problems.

We'll kill two birds with one stone.

36
It's three miles going straight.

It's three miles as the crow flies.

37
Don't give a false alarm.

Don't cry wolf.

38
It's a well-used popular book.

It has dog-eared pages.

39
He's not the favorite to win.

He's the underdog.

40
She is not in her area of expertise.

She's like a fish out of water.

41
You'll cause a great deal of new problems.

You'll stir up a hornet's nest.

42
Don't let him get you upset.

Don't let him get your goat.

43
He'll back out of all agreements.

He'll weasel out.

44
Don't make big of something insignificant.

Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.

45
There is absolutely no room for even one more.

They are packed like sardines.

46
We had a very good viewpoint from on high.

We got a bird's eye view.

47
We were chasing something that didn't exist.

We're on a wild-goose chase.

48
She'll become very upset.

She'll go ape.

49
It is the heaviest rain I have ever seen.

It's raining cats and dogs.

50
The business is either his own business or fake.

It's just monkey business.

51
Don't tell our secret.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.