IDIOM

IDIOMS

IDIOM	MEANING
A chip of the old block	Just like his father
A piece of cake	Be very easy
All in a day’s work	Nothing out of the ordinary
Be in the same boat	Be in the same situation
Bark up the wrong tree	Making a mistake
Burn the candle at both ends	Doing too much
Dot all the i’s and cross all the t’s	Paying attention to every detail
Head and shoulders above the rest	The best
Hit the nail right on the head	Be exactly right
Jack-of-all-trades	Accomplished at many things
Just my luck	I’m not so fortunate.
Miss the boat	Missed an opportunity
No sooner said than done	It will be done immediately.
Play with fire	Doing something dangerous
Put his foot in his mouth	Saying embarrassing things
So far, so good	It’s been going well up to now.
Swim upstream	Really difficult or frustrating
Take forever and a day	Taking a really long time
Take it easy	Relax
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.	You always want what you don’t have.
To each his own	Everyone has a different opinion.
Two heads are better than one	It’s good to work together.
You could hear a pin drop.	It was really quiet.
You can knock me down/over with a feather.	I am very much surprised.