- wishful thinking
- white lie
- when pigs fly
- when all is said and done
- turn over a new leaf
- to the bitter end
- to take with a grain of salt
- to sit on the fence
- to put one’s foot down
- To pick a person’s brain
- to paint the town red
- to leave out in the cold
- to have an eye for
- to go down the drain
- to go down the drain
- to give someone a break
- to give oneself away
- to do away with
- to cut corners
- to cut corners
- to beat around the bush
- to be dead wrong
- to be dead on
- To be at hand
- throw everything up in the air
- the wrong end of the stick
- the last straw
- the elephant in the room
- take a French leave
- stealing someone’s thunder
- so far so good
- Slime ball
- sleep on it
- set in his/her ways
- sell someone out
- see eye to eye
- rule of thumb
- Ring a bell
- red tape
- put a sock in it
- pull yourself together
- pull someone’s leg
- piece of cake
- out on a limb
- out of the blue
- one sided
- once in a blue moon
- off one’s rocker
- Movers and shakers
- Man of his word
- make my day
- let the cat out of the bag
- Know it all
- kick the bucket
- in a pickle
- I don’t mind if I do
- hit the sack
- hang in there
- golden parachute
- go the whole hog
- go getter
- giving someone the cold shoulder
- get the hang of something
- get out of hand
- get one’s act together
- from hand to mouth
- down to earth
- cut somebody some slack
- chew the fat
- Cheapskate
- catch somebody red handed
- call it a day
- by the skin of one’s teeth
- by heart
- blue in the face
- behind the times/fuddy-duddy
- at first hand
- as dead as a doornail
- as cool as a cucumber
- Armchair Critic
- a piece of cake
- a hard nut to crack
- a blessing in disguise
