british-english

• It's plain as day

  It means something is extremely clear and easy to understand.

• Hold cards close to one's chest

  To keep one's plans, intentions, or knowledge secret and private.

• Doom and gloom

  A pervasive feeling of pessimism, despair, and negativity about the future or a particular situation.

• Tied to one's mother's apron strings

  To be excessively dependent on one's mother, often to the point of lacking independence or maturity.

• Could eat a horse

  To be extremely hungry, so much so that one feels capable of eating a large and unusual amount of food.