A hot potato

 

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

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A penny for your thoughts

 

A way of asking what someone is thinking

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Don't put all your eggs in one basket

 

Do not put all your resources in one possibility.

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Every cloud has a silver lining

 

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

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Hit the nail on the head

 

Do or say something exactly right

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It takes two to tango

 

Actions or communications need more than one person

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Kill two birds with one stone

 

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

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Last straw

 

The final problem in a series of problems.

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Make a long story short

 

Come to the point - leave out details

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Off one's rocker

 

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

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On the ball

 

When someone understands the situation well.

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Piece of cake

 

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

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See eye to eye

 

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

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Speak of the devil!

 

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

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Wouldn't be caught dead

 

Would never like to do something

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Your guess is as good as mine

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