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Add up
Back out
Back to square one
Bend over backwards
Between a rock and a
hard place
Blow it
Blow someone away
A bottleneck
Burn one's bridges
Burned out
Butter someone up
Catch on
Cherry pick
Cut corners
Cut the/a deal
(be) Dialed in
Do an end run
Down to the wire
Draw the line
Drop the ball
A dry run
Eyeball it
Fall through A game
plan
Freak out
Get ahead of the ball
Get burned
Get the ball rolling
Give and take
Back out
Back to square one
Bend over backwards
Between a rock and a
hard place
Blow it
Blow someone away
A bottleneck
Burn one's bridges
Burned out
Butter someone up
Catch on
Cherry pick
Cut corners
Cut the/a deal
(be) Dialed in
Do an end run
Down to the wire
Draw the line
Drop the ball
A dry run
Eyeball it
Fall through A game
plan
Freak out
Get ahead of the ball
Get burned
Get the ball rolling
Give and take
Give someone the
runaround
Go by the book
Go down in flames
Go down swinging
Go for broke
Go for it
Go for the gold
Go postal
Hand in hand
Have the bandwidth
Have money to burn
Heads up
Hit a home run
Hold one's horses
In someone's face
In the loop/out of the loop
In the red/in the black
In the same boat
Jump the gun
Jump-start
Kickback
Knock it off
Know the ropes
Land on one's feet
Lay it on the line
A long shot
Low hanging fruit
Make do
Make waves
runaround
Go by the book
Go down in flames
Go down swinging
Go for broke
Go for it
Go for the gold
Go postal
Hand in hand
Have the bandwidth
Have money to burn
Heads up
Hit a home run
Hold one's horses
In someone's face
In the loop/out of the loop
In the red/in the black
In the same boat
Jump the gun
Jump-start
Kickback
Knock it off
Know the ropes
Land on one's feet
Lay it on the line
A long shot
Low hanging fruit
Make do
Make waves
Meet someone halfway
Miss the boat
No dice
Nose to the grindstone
No Spring Chicken
Off base
On one's plate
On one's toes
On second thought
On the ball
On the right track
On the same page
Once in a blue moon
Out of bounds
Pain in the neck
Pass the buck
A piece of cake
Play it by ear
Plugged in
Pull out all the stops
Pull strings
Put all one's eggs in one
basket
Raise the bar
Screw up
See eye to eye
Shoot from the hip
Shoot the breeze
Take the bull by the horns
Word of mouth
Miss the boat
No dice
Nose to the grindstone
No Spring Chicken
Off base
On one's plate
On one's toes
On second thought
On the ball
On the right track
On the same page
Once in a blue moon
Out of bounds
Pain in the neck
Pass the buck
A piece of cake
Play it by ear
Plugged in
Pull out all the stops
Pull strings
Put all one's eggs in one
basket
Raise the bar
Screw up
See eye to eye
Shoot from the hip
Shoot the breeze
Take the bull by the horns
Word of mouth
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American Idiom
Let sleeping dogs lie
Definition/Meaning of this idiom:
Do not agitate a potential
source of trouble
小心,越搞越亂, 有得佢
Examples of this idiom:
Better to let sleeping dogs lie, they would have
calculated.
He told me to let sleeping dogs lie.
It is said that it is best to let sleeping dogs lie.
Let sleeping dogs lie, but allow your own natural
actions to colour your world and make the most
of a good thing coming your way.
Let sleeping dogs lie
Definition/Meaning of this idiom:
Do not agitate a potential
source of trouble
小心,越搞越亂, 有得佢
Examples of this idiom:
Better to let sleeping dogs lie, they would have
calculated.
He told me to let sleeping dogs lie.
It is said that it is best to let sleeping dogs lie.
Let sleeping dogs lie, but allow your own natural
actions to colour your world and make the most
of a good thing coming your way.
| Series A - Idioms Go fly a kite On Ice Shoot the breeze Bite the dust Hit the hay Cough up Jump the gun Scratch someone's back Hit the ceiling Fork over Turn someone off Kick the bucket Raise a stink |
| Series C Idioms containing animals Smell a rat Go to the dogs Fishy Horse of a different color Let the cat out of the bag For the birds Straight from the horses' mouth Horse around Cat got your tongue? |
| Series D Idioms related to bad things Drive someone up a wall String someone along Sell someone down the river Leave someone high and dry Sell someone short Snow job Spill the beans Feed someone a line |
| Idioms used when things go well For a song make a splash Have the world by the tail Sitting pretty Feel like a million dollars Kick up one's heels Bury the hatchet Paint the town red Get away clean Come alive |
Others
Money talks
Let sleeping dogs lie
Shape up or ship out
If the shoe fits, wear it.
Different strokes for
different folks
Bark worse than one's
bite
Eyes are bigger than
one's stomach
Put one's money Where
one's mouth is
The early bird catches
the worm
People who live in glass
Houses shouldn't throw
stones
Money talks
Let sleeping dogs lie
Shape up or ship out
If the shoe fits, wear it.
Different strokes for
different folks
Bark worse than one's
bite
Eyes are bigger than
one's stomach
Put one's money Where
one's mouth is
The early bird catches
the worm
People who live in glass
Houses shouldn't throw
stones