idiom

• A shot in the dark

  An attempt to guess or achieve something without having enough information or a clear understanding of the situation.

• Costs the earth

  This phrase describes something that is extremely expensive or requires an enormous amount of money.

• Cut the mustard

  To be good enough, to meet expectations, or to perform satisfactorily.

• Give someone the cold shoulder

  To intentionally ignore or be unfriendly towards someone, often as a sign of displeasure or rejection.

• Pull yourself up by your bootstraps

  To improve one's situation or achieve success entirely through one's own efforts, without relying on external assistance.

• Ring a bell

  To sound familiar or to trigger a vague memory, even if the specific details are unclear.

• Shoot yourself in the foot

  To inadvertently take an action that harms one's own interests, plans, or reputation.

• Storm in a teacup

  A lot of unnecessary anger or worry about a trivial or unimportant matter.

• Cool your jets

  To calm down, relax, or reduce one's excitement or anger, especially when someone is being overly eager or agitated.

• Easy on the eyes

  Visually pleasant or attractive to behold.

• Dealt a good hand

  To be given a fortunate set of circumstances or advantages in life.

• Made a pig's ear of it

  To perform a task or create something very poorly, making a significant mess or mistake.

• The show's over

  This phrase means that a particular situation, event, or period has come to an irreversible and definitive end, often implying that further action is futile.

• To fold your hand

  To withdraw from an activity, challenge, or competition, especially when faced with unfavorable circumstances or a perceived losing position.

• A walk in the park

  An activity or situation that is exceptionally easy and presents no difficulty or challenge.

• If the cap fits

  If a criticism, description, or accusation seems to apply to you, you should acknowledge its truth.

• Dust yourself off

  To recover from a setback, failure, or disappointment and resume efforts or activity with renewed resolve.

• coming down in sheets

  It refers to extremely heavy rainfall, where the water appears to fall in solid, continuous curtains.

• no stranger to

  To be no stranger to something means to be very familiar with it or to have experienced it frequently.

• not rocket science

  Something is easy to understand or accomplish, requiring no special intelligence or complex skills.

• Around the bend

  Becoming irrational, crazy, or losing one's sanity.

• To be thin-skinned

  To be easily offended or sensitive to criticism.

• Tit for tat

  An action taken in return for a similar action, especially a retaliation for an insult or injury.

• A monkey wrench in the machinery

  Something that causes an unexpected problem or disruption, preventing a plan or process from running smoothly.

• a dead duck

  Someone or something that is doomed to fail, be eliminated, or suffer an inevitable negative consequence.

• A headache

  The phrase refers either to a physical pain in the head or, more commonly in an idiomatic sense, to an annoying problem or person that causes a lot of trouble and worry.

• A real handful

  Someone or something that is very difficult to control, manage, or deal with.

• A pain in the ass

  Someone or something that is extremely annoying, troublesome, or difficult to deal with.

• A disaster waiting to happen

  This phrase describes a situation or thing that is highly likely to fail, collapse, or cause significant problems in the future due to inherent flaws or negligence.

• Beating a dead horse

  To waste effort on something that is already over, decided, or exhaustively discussed, yielding no further results.

• Talk a big game

  To boast or make grand promises about one's abilities or intentions without necessarily having the skill or will to back them up.

• Just another day at the office

  This phrase is used to describe something unusual, difficult, or dangerous as if it were a normal, routine occurrence, often with a sense of ironic understatement.

• As mad as a hornet

  To be extremely angry, agitated, or furious, much like a hornet when disturbed.

• Have a swelled head

  To be excessively proud, conceited, or arrogant due, usually, to success or praise.

• Not the sharpest tool in the shed

  This idiom describes someone who is unintelligent, slow-witted, or lacking in common sense.

• Start afresh

  To begin something again from a new perspective, free from past mistakes or burdens, with renewed hope.