Idioms
Familiar sayings, with the picture that shows up before the meaning does. Press a card to flip it.
Saying
Spill the beans
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Meaning
To give away a secret, usually before you meant to.
She spilled the beans about the surprise picnic before the basket was even packed.
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Saying
Piece of cake
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Something easy, the sort of task that barely needs both hands.
The first puzzle was a piece of cake. The second one had opinions.
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Saying
Under the weather
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Meaning
Feeling unwell, and not in the mood for a parade.
He stayed in, under the weather, with tea and a very dramatic blanket.
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Saying
When pigs fly
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Meaning
Something so unlikely you can schedule it next to never.
I will fold that map correctly when pigs fly, and not a minute sooner.
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Saying
Break the ice
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To say or do the thing that lets a conversation finally start.
A terrible pun is a reliable way to break the ice, and also to thin the crowd.
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Burn the midnight oil
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To keep working long after the sensible people have gone to bed.
She burned the midnight oil, and the oil, to its credit, did not complain.
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Hold your horses
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To slow down, wait a moment, and curb your enthusiasm.
Hold your horses—we cannot leave for the picnic until someone actually finds the basket.
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Barking up the wrong tree
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Meaning
Looking in the wrong place, or pursuing a mistaken line of thought.
If you think I took the last cookie, you are barking up the wrong tree—and the jar was empty yesterday.
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