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UNIQUE EXPRESSION

A hot potato

 

Speak of an issue (mostly current) which many people are talking about and which is usually disputed

 

A penny for your thoughts

 

A way of asking what someone is thinking

Don't put all your eggs in one basket

 

Do not put all your resources in one possibility.

 

Every cloud has a silver lining

 

Be optimistic, even difficult times will lead to better days.

Hit the nail on the head

 

Do or say something exactly right

It takes two to tango

 

Actions or communications need more than one person

Kill two birds with one stone

 

This idiom means, to accomplish two different things at the same time.

Last straw

 

The final problem in a series of problems.

Make a long story short

 

Come to the point - leave out details

Off one's rocker

 

Crazy, demented, out of one's mind, in a confused or befuddled state of mind, senile.

On the ball

 

When someone understands the situation well.

Piece of cake

 

A job, task or other activity that is easy or simple.

See eye to eye

 

This idiom is used to say that two (or more people) agree on something.

Speak of the devil!

 

This expression is used when the person you have just been talking about arrives.

Wouldn't be caught dead

 

Would never like to do something

Your guess is as good as mine

To have no idea, do not know the answer to a question

Bite the bullet

 

To accept something difficult or unpleasant

Break the ice

 

To break off a conflict or commence a friendship.

Mad as a hatter

 

To be completely crazy

Barking up the wrong tree

 

To have misguided thoughts about an event or situation, a false lead

Turn a blind eye

 

To ignore situations, facts, or reality

Give a cold shoulder

 

Being unwelcoming or antisocial toward someone

Rub the wrong way

 

To bother or annoy someone

Cat got your tongue?

 

Asked a person who is at a loss of words

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