ENGLISH IDIOMS

IDIOMS	MEANING
A penny for your thoughts	A way asking what someone is thinking
Action speak louder than words	Someone's intentions can be judged best by what they do rather than what they say
An arm and a leg	Very expensive or costly ; a large amount of money
Back to the drawing block	When an attempt fails and it's time to start all over
Barking up the wrong tree	Looking in the wrong place. Accusing the wrong person.
Beating around the bush	Avoiding the main topic. Not speaking directly about the issue
Burning the midnight oil	Working late into the night, alluding to a time before electricity
Do not judge a book by its cover	Do not judge something primarily on appearance
Cross the bridge when you come to it	Deal with problem if and when it becomes necessary, not before
Curiosity kills the cat	Being inquisitive can lead you into an unpleasant situation
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched	Don't make plans for something that might not happen
Don't put all your eggs in one basket	Do not put all your resources in one possibility
Drastic times call for drastic measures	When you are extremely desperate you need to take drastic actions
Every cloud has a silver lining	Be optimistic, even difficult times will lead to better days
Feeling a bit under the weather	Feeling slightly ill
Heard it on the grapevine	To hear rumors about something or someone
Hit the nail on the head	Do or say something exactly right
Hit the sack	Going to bed
It takes two to tango	Actions or communications need more than one person
Jump on the bandwagon	Join a popular trend or activity
Kill two birds with one stone	Accomplishing two different things at the same time
The last straw	The breaking point in the series of problems
Let sleeping dogs lie	Do not disturb a situation as it is - since it would result in trouble or complications
Let the cat out of the bag	Sharing information that was previously concealed
To make a long story short	Come to the point - leave out the details
Miss the boat	Missing a chance
Once in a blue moon	Something that happens very rarely
A picture paints a thousand words	A visual presentation is far more descriptive than words
Piece of cake	An easy task
Seeing eye to eye	Agreeing on something
To sit on a fence	Unable to make a decision
Steal someone's thunder	Taking the credit for something someone else did
Speak of the devil	An expression used when you're talking about someone and they suddenly show up
Take it with a pinch of salt	Should not take what someone said too
A taste of your own medicine	Experience something unpleasant which you had previously done to someone else
Straight from the horse's mouth	Hearing something from the authoritative or dependable source
The whole nine yards	Doing all of it, or to go all the way or as far as possible
Wouldn't be caught dead doing something	Something that will never happen