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SPECIAL EXPRESSIONS

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  IDOMATIC LANGUAGE

Ser	Idiom	Meaning		Notes
1	ABC’s	The basics
2	About face	Reverse decision
3	About right	Something that is basically correct
4	Abreast of the situation	Be informed, know what is happening
5	Absent-minded	Forgetful
6	Ace	Do extremely well
7	Ace in the hole	Something/someone kept as a surprise until the right situation
8	Abreast of the situation	Know what is happening
9	Across the board	Including everyone or all things
10	Act of God	A natural occurrence
11	After one’s own heart	Liking someone because of similar interests
12	A head of the game	Have a gain or a profit
13	All along	From the beginning
14	All ears	Listening carefully
15	All the rage	Popular
16	Ammo	Ammunition
17	Apple of one’s eye	To think highly of someone/something
18	Arm and leg	Very expensive
19	Around the clock	24 hours
20	Asleep at the wheel	Not alert to an opportunity
21	Assess	Evaluate, analyze
22	At a loss	At a financial loss, to be uncertain, not knowing what to say
23	At a premium	Needed very much, expensive
24	At all costs	By any way necessary,  regardless of the effort
25	At large	Free after an escape
26	At loggerheads	In a fight, in a quarrel
27	At one’s fingertips	Be easily available
28	At zero hour	Critical time
29	Average Joe	A person showing usual or ordinary behavior
30	Awkward age	Early adolescence
B
31	Babes in the wood	Innocent and inexperienced person
32	Back-breaker	Difficult job
33	Back off	Stop annoying or bothering
34	Back-seat driver	Automobile passenger who annoys the driver by telling him how to drive
35	Back-stabber	One who lies or does something to hurt a friend
36	Bail out	Escape from a plane that is about to crash
37	Back talk	A rude reply
38	Back to the  wall	Be in a trap with no way to escape; in bad trouble
39	Backtrack	Return over the same way or route
40	Bad blood	Hatred  or bad feelings within an interpersonal relationship
41	Bad hair day	A day in which nothing seems to be going right
42	Bad mouth	To talk badly about something or someone
43	Bag	Get or capture
44	Baker’s dozen	Thirteen
45	Ball park figure	A guess as to the correct amount
46	Bang (bang out)	Something that is a fun, joy
47	Bank on	Depend on
48	Barfly	Someone who often goes to clubs and bars
49	Bark up the wrong tree	To look for a solution in the wrong place
50	Basket case	Mentally or emotionally weak. Unable to take care of himself
51	Bat an eye	Show emotion or interest
52	Batten down	Cover and fasten down
53	Battle tested	Someone/something that has been proven valuable
54	Bawl out	To severely criticize someone
55	BCD	Bad conduct discharge
56	BDU	Battle dress uniform
57	Bear in mind	Remember
58	Beat a dead horse	Want to argue about something that has already been decided
59	Beat around the bush	Delay telling the truth or main issue
60	Beat one’s brains out	Work very hard
61	Beat it	Leave immediately
62	Beat the bushes	To search for something in a complete way
63	Beats me	Don’t understand something
64	Bed of roses	A place of beauty, ease and comfort
65	Beef up	Give more strength, to reinforce
66	Behind bars	In prison
67	Behind the eight ball	In an unpleasant situation or awkward position
68	Belay	Ignore
69	Bellyache	Complain
70	Bend over backwards	Try very hard
71	Bent out of shape	Angry or insulted
72	Bet your bottom dollar	Be absolutely sure of something
73	Better half	Someone’s husband or wife
74	Big shot	An important person
75	big wheel	An important person
76	Bigwig	An important person
78	Big stick	Powerful force
79	Bird dog	Follow closely
80	Bite the bullet	To continue in a difficult situation
81	Blabbermouth	A very talkative person
82	Black and blue	Bruised
83	Black out	Having no lights for security reasons
84	Blind date	A first date between two persons who have never met before
85	Blitz	Attack and defeat
86	Blow by blow	With much detail
87	Blow one’s cool	Become very angry
88	Blow one’s cover	Destroy or make unknown one’s secret
89	Blow one’s stack or top	Get very mad
90	Blow something	Destroy something
91	Blow something off	Don’t finish or do something
92	Blow the whistle on someone	Tell something against someone
93	Blow up	Have an angry outburst
94	Blue blood	Having the qualities of a noble birth
95	Blue-collar worker	An industrial or factory worker
96	Bog down	Slow or stop
97	Bomb something	To fail
98	Boom box	A portable cassette /CD player usually in a large size
99	Born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth	Born rich
100	Bottom line	The most important point
101	Bottom dollar	Last dollar
102	Bounce around	Discuss and think about an idea
103	Bound for	Going to
104	Bowl along	Move freely
105	Bowl over	Defeat without much effort
106	Box in	Shut in or keep in; to surround
107	Branch out	Expand
108	Break a leg	Wish good luck
109	Break one’s neck	Try very hard
110	Break out	Escape
111	Break the  ice	Reduce the nervousness or formality of a social situation through friendly conversation
112	Break up	Dismiss a unit or organization/ end or finish
113	Breakdown	Collapse/   analysis  /fail to operate or function
114	Breathe down one’s neck	To follow closely in pursuit/ watch someone closely
115	Brick wall	Strong obstacle
116	Bring about	Cause to happen
117	Bring out a point	Stress a certain piece of information
118	Bring to mind	Remind
119	Bring up	Take care of children / introduce a subject
120	Brush a side	Ignore
121	Brush up on something	Review
122	Buck	Go against or oppose
123	Bucket of worms	A complicated or unclear situation
124	Buff	Muscular
125	Bug	a. Bother/ b. put an audio device somewhere for unauthorized listening . c.  defect or problem,
126	Build up	Increase forces or number of supply or equipment
127	Bull	Information that is not true or believable
128	Bull-headed	Stubborn
129	Bump into	Meet someone
130	Burn out	Become exhausted
131	Burn up the road	Drive a car very fast
132	Burst into flames	Suddenly begin to burn violently
133	Burst into tears	Suddenly begin to cry
134	Busybody	One who looks into other people’s private business
135	Butt in	Interrupt
136	Button up	Finish
137	Buzz off	Go away and stop annoying someone
138	By all means	Certainly
139	By and large	In general
140	By hook or by crook	By any available way
141	By the skin of one’s teeth	By a very little/barely
C
142	Call it a day	Quit for the day
143	Call off	Cancel, stop or quit
144	call the shots	Give direction
145	Carry the ball	Take the responsibility
146	“cat got your tongue	The inability to talk freely because of shyness
147	Catch cold	Become sick with a cold
148	Catch on	Understand
149	Catch one’s eye	Get one’s attention
150	Cave in	fall down to weaken and be force to surrender
151	Crumbs	Small pieces of food
152	Consent	Approval, agreement
153	Chip in	To put one's share of money
154	Crumble	Fall into pieces
155	Coarse	Not smooth, rough
156	Core	Center of anything
157	Cheap shot	A mean action or insult
158	Check it out	Look into an issue
159	Check up on	To investigate or make sure of something
160	Chew out	Reprimand or scold
161	Chew the fat	Talk casually about nothing important
162	Chicken-hearted	Person who is scared of others/things
163	Chill out	Relax
164	Chin up	Stop being sad, get happy
165	Chip in	Contribute
166	Choke off	Bring to a stop
167	Chow down	Eat
168	Chuck out	Throw a way
169	Clean –cut	Neat, specific, definite
170	Clear cut	Definite, without any uncertainty
171	Clear up	Explain or solve
172	Close call	Narrow escape
173	Cook up	Create, plan and organize, invent
174	Cop out	Avoid trouble and responsibility
175	Copy cat	A person who imitates someone else’s manner, style or behavior
176	Couch potato	Someone who spends too much time watching TV and not exercising
177	Count someone in	Include someone
178	Count someone out	Exclude someone
179	Count on	Depend, rely on
180	Cover a lot of ground	Move rapidly
181	Crack a joke	Tell a funny story
182	Crackdown	To enforce the rules or laws more strictly than in the past
183	Crack up	Have a physical or mental collapse
184	Crank up	Start
185	Crash	Fall asleep
186	Crash course	A short course that gives a lot of information in a very short time
187	Crazy about	Have a very strong interest or liking in someone or something
188	Creep	An unpleasant or bad person
189	Crocodile tears	False tears, pretended grief
190	Cranky	Angry and complaining
191	Cross ones fingers	Hope for good luck
192	Crystal clear	Without doubt, understandable
193	Cut and dry	Very clear and understandable
194	Cut it out	Stop it`
195	Cut to the bone	Reduce to a minimum
D
196
197	Day by day	Gradually
198	durable	sturdy
199	Dead duck	In a very bad situation
200	Dig up	Discover or find
201	Different strokes for different folks	Everyone has different interests and likes
202	Dirty work	Very hard, tiring work
203	Distorted	Garbled
204	Doggy bag	A plastic or paper bag given to a restaurant customer to take home uneaten food
205	Don’t count your chickens before they hatch	Unwisely depending on making a gain or profit before you have it
206	Don’t cry over spilled milk	Complain or cry about something that has already happened
207	Double cross	Cheat someone
208	Down and out	Poor and hopeless
209	Down to business	Begin to work seriously
210	Down to earth	Be practical or sensible
211	Drag	Slow down, hold back
212	Draw the line	Set a limit
213	Dressed to kill	Be wearing one's best or finest clothes
214	Drive someone mad	Cause someone to become violently angry or insane
215	Drop out o	Discontinue attending
216	Drop someone a line	Write a short note/letter
217	Dry run	Rehearsal
218	Dutch treat	Each pays one's own way
E
219	Easy going	Relaxed
220	Egghead	Intelligent person
221	Eyewash	Information used to hide the truth
F
222	Face the music	Meet the blame, face a difficult situation with courage
223	Fall a part	Become disorganized, collapse
224	Far-fetched	Exaggerated
225	Fed up	Be disgusted
226	Feel like a million dollars	Be in the best of health and spirit
227	Fender-bender	An automobile accident
228	Few and far between	Not many, few
229	Fill the gap	Meet a need, make complete
230	First rate	top quality
231	Fishy	Strange and suspicious
232	Fervent	Intense, impassioned
233	Fade	Lose the original color
234	Flack jacket	A jacket that has metal plates for protection against flack
235	Flap	A confused situation, a crisis, a decisive event
236	Flat broke	Having no money
237	Follow suit	Follow the example of another
238	For good	Forever , permanently
239	For the birds	Worthless, unacceptable, unsatisfactory
240	Foul up	Ruin or spoil
241	From A to Z	From beginning to end
242	Full blast	Go at full capacity
G
243	Get after someone	Reprimand
244	Get ahead of	Do better than , progress more rapidly than
245	Get behind	To be late
246	Get by	To succeed or manage
247	Get going	Start or begin
248	Get out of hand	Not to be in control
249	Get over	To recover from something
250	Get something across	Explain or make clear
251	Get something over	To complete or finish something
252	Give a big hand	Give an enthusiastic applause, help
253	Give someone a hard time	To argue with or criticize someone
254	Give the green light	give approval to continue something
255	Go a long with	Cooperate, have no objection, agree, follow
256	Go between "n"	A mediator
257	Go bad	Spoil
258	Go for it	Accept a challenge
259	Go off	Be fired or explode, depart or leave
260	Go through	Complete
261	Go with the flow	Agree to the way things are
262	Gold brick	Lazy person
263	Green thumb	Ability to make things grow
264	Grounded	Not permitted to fly
265	Go ahead	Permission or signal to continue
H
266	Hack it	Pass , be able to perform satisfactorily
267	Half-hearted	Without enthusiasm
268	Hang around	Stay close by, wait
269	Hang onto	Keep
270	Hang out	Spend time with
271	Hardhearted	Stubborn
272	Have a big mouth	One who says too much, , one who tells others private information
273	Hover	Stay suspended in the air
274	Hinge	A metal device with 2 parts that act like a joint
275	Heart of gold	Be very kind,
276	High and low	Everywhere
277	Hit the bull's eye	Get a desired result
278	Hit the road	Leave, go
279	Hit the nail on the head	Do or say the correct thing
280	Hold one's horses	Be calm or quiet
281	Horse around	Be engaged in rough fun, not be serious
282	Hot line	Emergency telephone
283	Hot shot	A very gifted and successful person
I
284	"If the shoe fits, wear it		Admit the truth
285	In a tight spot		In trouble or difficulty
286	In cold blood		To kill or murder without feeling , in a cruel way
287	Impediment		obstacle
289	In high gear		Full activity, top speed
290	In hot water		In trouble
291	In the long run		In the final result, in the end
292	It beats me		It makes no sense to me
293	It' water under the bridge		Something happened in the past and cannot be changed
J-K
294	Jet jockey		A jet aircraft pilot
295	Jump to conclusion		Make a fast decision before the information is complete
296	Keep an eye on		Watch carefully and regularly
297	Keep one's fingers crossed		Hope for the best
298	Knock it off		Stop saying or doing something
299	Knockout		A very attractive person or thing
300	Know-how		Ability or knowledge to do something
L
301	Ladies' man		A man who tries to please and interest women
302	Leak		To secretly give information in an unauthorized way
303	Learn by heart		Memorize
304	Learn the hard way		Learn by making a mistake
305	Lend a hand		Help or aid
306	Lend an ear		Listen to someone
307	Let bygones be bygones		Forget past differences
308	Let go		Release
309	Let the cat out of the bag		Reveal a secret unintentionally
310	Like a bat out of hell		Quickly or very fast
311	Like  a fish out of water		Helpless
312	Little by little		Gradually , step by step
313	Letup		Relief
314	Look a gift horse in the mouth		To find fault with something when it is freely offered
315	Look after		Take care of
316	Look before you leap		Use caution before advancing
317	Look sharp		Be alert, look good
318	Lose face		Lose dignity
319	Lose one's grip		Lose control of
320	Lose one's mind		Become crazy
321	Lose ones temper		Get very angry
322	Lost cause		Something which has no chance of succeeding
323	Loudmouth		Foolish , noisy person
324	Lousy		Something/someone that's very bad
325	Lucky dog		A  very fortunate person
M
326	Maiden name		A woman's name before marriage, her family name
327	Matter of life and death		Of vital importance
328	Mixed up		Bewildered, confused
329	Money talks		Money influences people
330	Money to burn		More money than is needed
331	Monkey business		Any activity that is dishonest, illegal or objectionable
N
332	Narrow escape		An escape which almost did not happen
333	Nasty business		An unpleasant job, situation , operation ----etc
334	Neck and neck		Side by side
335	Numb		No feeling
336	Nip in the bud		Stop at an early stage
337	No matter		Regardless
338	Now and then		Occasionally
O
339	Odds and ends		Small unimportant things
340	Off target		Not correct
341	Off the hook		Out of trouble
342	Off the record		Not official
343	On cloud nine		Experiencing extreme happiness
344	On the blink		Not functioning properly
345	On the spot		In difficulty or trouble
346	On the tip of one's tongue		At the point of remembering
347	Once in a blue moon		Rarely
348	Out of hand		Out of control
349	Out of order		Broken , not working
350	Out of the question		Impossible
351	Outfit		Unit, organization
352	Over and over		Repeatedly
353	Over one's head		Difficult to understand
P
354	Pain in the neck		Someone or something extremely disagreeable or unpleasant
355	Piece of cake		Easy , simple
356	Plastic		Credit cards
357	Point of view		Personal opinion
358	Perplex		To make someone confused
359	Periodicals		Newspapers and magazines
360	Pop up		Happen suddenly
361	Pressed for time		Having very little time
362	Pull strings		To secretly use power and influence to get something
363	Put one's foot in one's mouth		Say something one should not have said
R
364	R and R		Rest and relaxation
365	Rain cats and dogs		Rain heavily
366	Rain check		A request for an invitation at some future date in place of one you received but unable to accept
367	Raise a stink		Complain or protest strongly
368	Refrain		Not to do , avoid
369	Read between the lines		Find a hidden meaning
370	Ready-made		Not original
371	Run low on		Have in short supply
S
372	Saddled with		Responsible for
373	Second hand		Previously used
374	Second rate		Of poor quality
375	Set forth		Explain clearly
376	Set free		Release
377	Settle for		Accept , agree
378	Shift gears		Change a topic
379	Shove off		Leave or depart
380	Sink or swim		Fail or succeed in a situation
381	Sit tight		Wait patiently
382	Skin of one's teeth		Barely escape or succeed
383	Slip of the tongue		The mistake of saying something one didn’t want or plan to
384	Smell a rat		Become suspicious
385	Snap decision		A decision made quickly without much thought
386	Sold on		Be convinced of the value of
387	Sooner or later		At sometime
388	SOP		Standard operating procedure
389	Sort of		A little , slightly
390	Spell out		Explain very clearly
391	Stab someone in the back		Betray someone
392	Stand on one's feet		Be independent
393	Step on the gas		Increase the speed
394	Stick around		Remain in the area
395	Skeptical		doubtful
396	Straight from the horse's mouth		Directly from a person or a place where something began, from a reliable source
397	Surf the net		Go onto the internet
398	Spin around		Turn
399	Starvation		Famine
400	Straddle		See both sides of a problem, to have trouble making a decision
T
401	Tail end		The end part
402	Take cover		Hide
403	Through proper channels		Follow the correct procedures , particularly in reference to the chain of command
404	Tied up		Busy
405	Topsy-turvy		Messy
406	Time is running short		Not much time is left
407	Time to kill		Having extra time
408	Toe the line		Be careful to do what one is supposed to do, obey the rules
409	Too many chiefs and not enough Indians		Too many people giving directions and not enough people doing the real job
410	Trade in		Exchange
411	Traffic jam		Slowing or stopping of traffic
U/W
412	Under a cloud		Under suspicion
413	Vacillate		Hesitate
414	Wind up		Conclude or finish
421	Jagged		Having an uneven pointed edge
422	Orphan		Having no parents
423	Pensive		Having deep and serious thoughts often about sad matters
424	rave		Speak madly or shout crazily
425	Notorious		Well known , or famous especially for something bad
426	Crude		Rough, unfinished, offensive, ill-mannered
427	Affiliate		Join with , become a part of, associated with
428	Glee		Joy , a feeling of delight
429	adjacent		Next , neighboring
430	fervent		Strong desire
431	Double cross		Betray, cheat someone
432	Cynical		Doubt someone, mocking, sneering
433	Persistent		Continuing or lasting for a long time
434	Tentative		Hesitant or doubtful
435	Incurable		Hopeless disease
436	Overpass		Bridge
437	Itch		hurt
438	Thrifty		Spending money carefully, careful, diligent
439	Demolition		Destroying explosives
440	tolerate		Stand
441	victor		victorious
442	Chimney		A metal pipe to expel smoke and fumes
443	skinflint		A person who hates to spend money, a cheapskate, a miser
444	Goof		Make a mistake
445	Abstain		Not to vote, not to allow oneself to do something
446	Illuminate		To give light to, to make bright
447	Indispensable		Necessary, essential
448	Trim the budget		Reduce or decrease
449	Play it by ear		Decide what to do
450	Brittle		Hard an easy to break, fragile
451	Malleable		Can be shaped, can be molded
452	Flagrant		Bad , platant, brazen
453	Hermit		Airtight, sealed
454	flimsy		Poorly made
455	inarticulate		Having difficulty speaking
456	Don’t rock the boat		Cause , make trouble,
457	Gouge		To dig a whole in the wall
458	Retain		To keep data
459	Loony		Crazy
460	off the hock		Free of responsibility
461	bewildering		Confusing
462	hit pay dirt		Get great results
463	dry run		a rehearsal
464	whiskers		Beard
465	fringe		marginal
466	scuffed up		polished and buffed
467	plump		chubby
468	filthy		dirty
469	fizzled		failed
470	intricate		elaborately detailed
471	sluggish		slow and lazy

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