EF3/4 Idioms

-Strike while the iron is hot.
-Opportunity knocks.

-six of one, a half-dozen of the other - both ok
-I am on the horns of a dilemma- both bad  
-He is between a rock and a hard place  -difficult to choose, no clear answer

-a hare-brained idea
-a hair-raising story
-Don’t split hairs

-bystander  
-onlooker 
-rubbernecker

-Get there ahead of time 
-I made it in the nick of time  
-I passed by the skin of my teeth                  

-I wasn’t born yesterday
-Don’t try to pull the wool over my eyes
-They saw me coming
-I paid through the nose
-I fell for it hook, line and sinker

-hit the roof  
-hit the hay
-hit the road
-hit the books
-hit the sack
-hit the nail on the head
  
-let the cat out of the bag  
-spill the beans

-hungry as a bear  
-crazy as a loon  
-happy as a lark
-cool as a cucumber  
-busy as a beaver/ bee
-quick as a wink  
-crazy like a fox 
-nutty as a fruitcake 
-free as a bird
-poor as a churchmouse

-It’s on the house  
-it's on me 
-it’s my treat 

-What goes around, comes around.  
-You reap what you sow
-You made your bed, now lie in it.
-spring chicken
-past its prime  
-long in the tooth  
-on its last legs  
-over the hill
-My car kicked the bucket

-out of the frying pan, into the fire  
-Your goose is cooked 
-You’re in hot water
-You’re off the hook

-He’s sitting pretty
-She’s living on Easy Street

-I got it straight from the horse's mouth
-Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth

-Hold your horses
-You’re dead on
-Don’t flog a dead horse

-Bite off more than you can chew.
-I’m keeping my head above water -My plate is full
-It’s on the back burner

-I have a mind like a sieve  
-It slipped my mind
-in one ear and out the other

-make small talk
-chit chat
-chew the fat

-I have had it (up to here).
-I’m fed up.
-I’m sick and tired.
-see eye to eye

-heart in your throat
-heart sinks/ hit the floor

-Don’t be wishy washy
-You can’t sit on the fence
-Don’t beat around the bush
-bite the bullet

-take home pay  
-paid under the table

-I talked until I was blue in the face  
-She talked my ear off
motor mouth

-few and far between
-one in a million
-a dime a dozen

-in a jiffy
-in a nutshell   
-To make a long story short.  

-She is burning the midnight oil  
-He is burning the candle at both ends
-He wants to catch a few zs
-He’s going to crash on the couch
-fast asleep
-sound asleep

-know the ropes
-pull a few strings
-card up my sleeve

-talk behind your back 
-I have a bone to pick with you
-Let sleeping dogs lie
-bite my tongue

-your guess is as good as mine
-up in the air

-out to lunch

-stay on the straight and narrow

-barking up the wrong tree

-dog days of summer

-Jack of all trades

-to a fault 

-a baker's dozen

-He got up on the wrong side of the bed

-neither here nor there

 -busybody

-stick out like a sore thumb