Basic English idioms
1. To be at a loss for words
2. To be on good terms with sb
3. To be in sb’s shoes
4. To be in a good/bad mood
5. To be broke
6. To do one’s best
7. To do sb a favour
8. To do sth for a living
9. To have a good/bad time
10. To have the time of my life
11. To have an early / late night
12. To fall in love with sb
13. To get along with sb
14. To get along without sb/sth
15. To get into a mess
16. To get on sb’s nerves
17. To get rid of
18. To give sb’s one’s word
19. To get in touch with
20. To keep in touch with sb
21. To keep quiet
22. To keep an eye on sth
23. To keep one’s head ≠ to lose one’s head
24. To keep one’s fingers crossed
25. To make oneself at home
26. To make room for sth
27. To make sure
28. To make a fortune
29. To make a fuss
30. To make up one’s mind
31. To make a living
32. To drop sb a line
33. To pull sb’s leg
34. To break a record
35. To break sb’s heart
36. To throw a party
37. To hit the roof
38. To fight like cat and dog
39. To rain cats and dogs
40. To swim like a fish
41. To cut a long story short
42. To have a memory like an elephant
43. To eat like a horse
44. To take sth into account
45. To take part in
46. To take place
47. To take a look
48. To give sb a hand
49. To give sb a ring
50. To make allowances for sb
51. To put the blame on sb
52. To put an end /stop to sth
53. To put sth by for a rainy day
54. To do sth behind someone’s back
55. To feel/be/look worn out
56. To learn sth by heart
57. To lose heart
58. To lose one’s temper
59. To change one’s mind
60. To tell the world
61. To spend money like water
62. To fit like a glove
63. To sleep like a log
64. To have sth on the tip of my tongue
65. To pour with rain
66. To be hard of hearing
67. To be hard on sb
68. To be short of sth
69. To be sound asleep
70. To be out of work
71. To make o mess of
72. To head towards
73. To get one’s head together
74. To hit the sack
75. To pull someone’s leg
76. To be under the weather
77. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
78. Actions speak louder than words
79. Add insult to injury
80. Barking up the wrong tree
81. Birds of a feather flock together
82. Bite off more than you can chew
83. Break the ice
84. Costs an arm and a leg
85. Do something at the drop of a hat
86. Don't count your chickens before they hatch
87. Don't cry over spilt milk
88. Every cloud has a silver lining
89. Get a taste of your own medicine
90. Give someone the cold shoulder
91. Go on a wild goose chase
92. Hit the nail on the head
93. Ignorance is bliss
94. It's a piece of cake
95. Kill two birds with one stone
96. Let the cat out of the bag
97. Once in a blue moon
98. Play devil's advocate
99. Put something on ice
100.
Slow and
steady wins the race
101.
Spill the
beans
102.
Take a rain
check
103.
Take it with a
grain of salt
104.
The ball is in
your court
105.
The best thing
since sliced bread
106.
The devil is
in the details
107.
The early bird
gets the worm
108.
The elephant
in the room
109.
There are
other fish in the sea
110.
There's no
such thing as a free lunch
111.
You can't have
your cake and eat it too
112.
You can't
judge a book by its cover
113.
A stitch in
time saves nine
114.
A storm in a
teacup
115.
Bolt from the
blue
116.
Burn bridges
117.
Calm before
the storm
118.
Come rain or
shine
119.
Curiosity
killed the cat
120.
Cut the
mustard
121.
Don't beat a
dead horse
122.
Every dog has
his day
123.
Familiarity
breeds contempt
124.
Fit as a
fiddle
125.
Fortune
favours the bold
126.
Go down in
flames
127.
Haste makes
waste
128.
Have your head
in the clouds
129.
He who laughs
last laughs loudest
130.
Hear something
straight from the horse's mouth
131.
It is a poor
workman who blames his tools
132.
It is always
darkest before the dawn
133.
It takes two
to tango
134.
Know which way
the wind is blowing
135.
Like riding a
bicycle
136.
Like two peas
in a pod
137.
Make hay while
the sun shines
138.
Once bitten,
twice shy
139.
The pot
calling the kettle black
140.
Those who live
in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
141.
Time is money
142.
Waste not, want
not
143.
Well begun is
half done
144.
You can't make
an omelet without breaking some eggs
