100 Common English Idioms - the bright insight

 100 Common English Idioms

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

A penny for your thoughts.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

A piece of cake.

Actions speak louder than words.

Add fuel to the fire.

All ears.

All in the same boat.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

An arm and a leg.

As fit as a fiddle.

At the drop of a hat.

Barking up the wrong tree.

Beat around the bush.

Bite the bullet.

Break a leg.

Burn the midnight oil.

By the skin of your teeth.

Can't judge a book by its cover.

Caught between two stools.

Costs an arm and a leg.

Cry over spilled milk.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Cut corners.

Devil's advocate.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Don't cry over spilled milk.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Drive someone up the wall.

Easy as pie.

Elbow grease.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Face the music.

Fair and square.

Fall off the wagon.

Feather in your cap.

Fiddle while Rome burns.

Fish out of water.

Fit as a fiddle.

Fly off the handle.

For the birds.

From A to Z.

Get a kick out of something.

Get your ducks in a row.

Give the benefit of the doubt.

Go the extra mile.

Good things come to those who wait.

Grin and bear it.

Hang in there.

Hit the nail on the head.

In hot water.

In the bag.

In the black.

In the red.

Jump the gun.

Keep an eye on.

Keep your chin up.

Kick the bucket.

Kill two birds with one stone.

Know the ropes.

Leave no stone unturned.

Let the cat out of the bag.

Like a bat out of hell.

Live and learn.

Lose your head.

Make a mountain out of a molehill.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Miss the boat.

Monkey see, monkey do.

No pain, no gain.

Off the top of your head.

On the ball.

Once in a blue moon.

Out of the frying pan and into the fire.

Paint the town red.

Pass the buck.

Piece of cake.

Practice makes perfect.

Pull the wool over someone's eyes.

Put a damper on something.

Put the cart before the horse.

Rain cats and dogs.

Right as rain.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Rub salt in the wound.

Ruffle someone's feathers.

Scratch someone's back.

See eye to eye.

Shake a leg.

Shiver me timbers.

Shoot for the moon.

Six of one, half dozen of the other.

Spill the beans.

Steal someone's thunder.

Take a rain check.

Take it with a grain of salt.