1. Idioms

2. What are idioms?
An idiom is a combination of words that has a figurative meaning, due to its common usage.
Idioms are not literal.
An idiom’s figurative meaning is separate from the literal meaning or definition of the words of which it is made.

3. Piece of cake
Refers to a job, task, or other activity that is considered easy or simple

4. Bend over backwards
To go out of one’s way to do something or accomplish something

5. Let the cat out of the bag
To reveal a secret or surprise by accident

6. Hit the nail on the head
To do or say something in exactly the correct way

7. When pigs fly
Used to express something that will never occur

8. Between a rock and a hard place
A situation offering at least two possibilities, none of which are acceptable

9. Bite off more than you can chew
To agree to do more that one person can actually accomplish

10. Costs an arm and a leg
Something that costs an excessively high amount

11. Pulling my leg
To play a joke one someone; to tease or deceive

12. It ain’t over till the fat lady sings
A saying that means one should not assume the outcome of an event/activity until it has actually finished

13. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
It is better to keep what you have than to risk losing it by trying to get something better

14. A taste of your own medicine
A deserved or needed punishment

15. All bark and no bite
An expression used to describe an individual that displays and intimidating front but will not actually act on their intimidating behavior

16. Beat a dead horse
A particular topic of conversation that has already been discussed and settled and any attempt to continue talking about it is pointless

17. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
To risk everything on a single venture

18. Never bite the hand that feeds you
A warning not to repay kindness or generosity with ingratitude or injury

19. On the fence
Undecided about a particular choice that needs to be made

20. People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones
People should not criticize people for faults that they have themselves

21. The straw that broke the camel’s back
The last in a series of unpleasant events which makes one feel that they cannot continue and must accept a bad situation

22. Water under the bridge
Something that has happened and cannot be changed