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A List of the most commonly used English idioms
A hot potato
Speak of an issue which many people are talking about and which is usually disputed
A penny for your thoughts
Caught between two stools
When someone finds it difficult to choose between two alternatives
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A way of asking what someone is thinking
Cross that bridge when you come to it
Actions speak louder than words
People's intentions can be judged better by what they do than what they say
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Cry over spilt milk
Add insult to injury
To further a loss with mockery or indignity; to worsen an unfavorable situation
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Curiosity killed the cat
Very expensive or costly
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Being Inquisitive can lead you into an unpleasant situation
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Cut corners
Back to the drawing board
Cut the mustard
When something is done badly to save money
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To succeed; to come up to expectations; adequate enough to compete or participate
Ball is in your court
Devil's Advocate
It is up to you to make the next decision or step
To present a counter argument
Barking up the wrong tree
Don't count your chickens before the eggs have hatched
Looking in the wrong place
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Don't give up the day job
Be glad to see the back of
Be happy when a person leaves
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You could definitely not do it professionally
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Not speaking directly about the issue
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Drastic times call for drastic measures
Best of both worlds
Meaning: All the advantages
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Elvis has left the building
Best thing since sliced bread
A good invention or innovation
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The show has come to an end
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Bite off more than you can chew
Every cloud has a silver lining
To take on a task that is way to big
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Blessing in disguise
Far cry from
Something good that isn't recognized at first
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Burn the midnight oil
To work late into the night, alluding to the time before electric lighting
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Meaning: Feeling slightly ill
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Commonly used smart idioms - English | Available from http://www
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Crazy, demented, out of one's mind, in a confused or befuddled state of mind, senile
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Once in a blue moon
Hit the sack / sheets / hay
To go to bed
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In the heat of the moment
Picture paints a thousand words
Overwhelmed by what is happening in the moment
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It takes two to tango
Piece of cake
Actions or communications need more than one person
A job, task or other activity that is easy or simple
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This means to deceive someone into thinking well of them
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This idiom is used to say that two (or more people) agree on something
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Last straw
Speak of the devil!
The final problem in a series of problems
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Let sleeping dogs lie
Do not disturb a situation as it is - since it would result in trouble or complications
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Taste of your own medicine
Make a long story short
Come to the point - leave out details
Means that something happens to you, or is done to you, that you have done to someone else
To hear something straight from the horse's mouth
Method to my madness
An assertion that, despite one's approach seeming random, there actually is structure to it
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Steal someone's thunder
To take the credit for something someone else did
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To hear something from the authoritative source
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