To stir up a hornet's nest :- to cause trouble
Walk on air :- to be very happy about sth,
Achilles' heel :-weakness,weak spot
Tooth and nail :-very fiercely, wioth full force
To have the last laugh :-to be successful at sth, in the end
To cool one's heels :-to be kept waiting for a long time
To steer clear of :-to stay away from
Head and shoulders
above someone :-to be much better at something than someone
To pay through your nose :-to pay a lot of money
To see eye to eye :-to agree with each other
To be wet behind the ears :-young and inexperienced
To sow your wild oats :-enjoy yourself before you get married and settle down
Fish out of water :-a person who does not fit in, out of place
To keep your head above water :-to make just enough money to survive, to manage
To pour oil on the troubled water :-to calm a situation, to soothe someone's anger
To burn the candle at both ends :-to make just enough money to survive, to manage
To have something up one's sleeve:- to have a good plan or idea which you are not telling anyone about now
To chill somebody to the bone :- to frighten someone very much
Blue eyed boy :-the favourite of a person in authority
To eat one's word :-to be forced to admit that what you said before was wrong
Make somebody's blood run cold:- make somebody extremely frightened
Play to the gallery :- behave in an exaggerated way to attract ordinary people's attention.
On tenter hooks :- very tense, excited or anxious about what might happen
Off and on :- irregularly
Keep up appearance :- hide the true situation and pretend that everything is still going.
Walk on air :- to be very happy about sth,
Achilles' heel :-weakness,weak spot
Tooth and nail :-very fiercely, wioth full force
To have the last laugh :-to be successful at sth, in the end
To cool one's heels :-to be kept waiting for a long time
To steer clear of :-to stay away from
Head and shoulders
above someone :-to be much better at something than someone
To pay through your nose :-to pay a lot of money
To see eye to eye :-to agree with each other
To be wet behind the ears :-young and inexperienced
To sow your wild oats :-enjoy yourself before you get married and settle down
Fish out of water :-a person who does not fit in, out of place
To keep your head above water :-to make just enough money to survive, to manage
To pour oil on the troubled water :-to calm a situation, to soothe someone's anger
To burn the candle at both ends :-to make just enough money to survive, to manage
To have something up one's sleeve:- to have a good plan or idea which you are not telling anyone about now
To chill somebody to the bone :- to frighten someone very much
Blue eyed boy :-the favourite of a person in authority
To eat one's word :-to be forced to admit that what you said before was wrong
Make somebody's blood run cold:- make somebody extremely frightened
Play to the gallery :- behave in an exaggerated way to attract ordinary people's attention.
On tenter hooks :- very tense, excited or anxious about what might happen
Off and on :- irregularly
Keep up appearance :- hide the true situation and pretend that everything is still going.
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