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Idioms & Sayings: 100 palavras e expressões em inglês com significado
- hit the sackto go to bed
- beat around the bushto avoid saying what you mean directly
- once in a blue moonvery rarely
- the tip of the iceberga small visible part of a much larger problem
- cut cornersto do something cheaply or carelessly
- bite the bulletto face a difficult situation bravely
- break the iceto ease tension in a first meeting
- piece of cakesomething very easy
- under the weatherfeeling ill
- cost an arm and a legto be very expensive
- spill the beansto reveal a secret
- hit the nail on the headto describe something exactly right
- let the cat out of the bagto reveal a secret accidentally
- burn the midnight oilto work late into the night
- the ball is in your courtit is your turn to act or decide
- pull someone's legto tease someone playfully
- get cold feetto become nervous before a big event
- a blessing in disguisea good thing that seemed bad at first
- miss the boatto lose an opportunity
- on the fenceundecided between two options
- throw in the towelto give up
- go the extra mileto make more effort than expected
- cry over spilled milkto be upset about something that can't be undone
- the last strawthe final problem that makes a situation unbearable
- a dime a dozenvery common and of little value
- barking up the wrong treepursuing a mistaken line of thought
- bend over backwardsto try very hard to help someone
- call it a dayto stop working for the day
- cut to the chaseto get to the point
- draw the lineto set a limit
- face the musicto accept the consequences
- get out of handto become uncontrollable
- give the benefit of the doubtto trust someone despite doubts
- hang in thereto persevere through difficulty
- in the same boatin the same difficult situation
- jump on the bandwagonto join a popular trend
- keep an eye onto watch carefully
- kill two birds with one stoneto solve two problems with one action
- let sleeping dogs lieto avoid disturbing a settled situation
- make ends meetto have just enough money to live
- no strings attachedwith no conditions
- off the top of my headwithout careful thought; from memory
- on the same pagein agreement
- out of the blueunexpectedly
- play it by earto improvise as you go
- pull yourself togetherto regain composure
- rain checka polite refusal with a promise to accept later
- read between the linesto find hidden meaning
- ring a bellto sound familiar
- take with a grain of saltto regard with skepticism
- the best of both worldsthe benefits of two different things
- through thick and thinin good times and bad
- time fliestime passes quickly
- under your noseright in front of you but unnoticed
- up in the airundecided or uncertain
- wrap your head aroundto fully understand something difficult
- a piece of one's minda frank, critical opinion
- add fuel to the fireto make a bad situation worse
- back to square oneback to the starting point
- ballpark figurea rough estimate
- bite off more than you can chewto take on too much
- blow off steamto release pent-up energy or anger
- bury the hatchetto make peace
- by the bookstrictly according to the rules
- caught red-handedcaught in the act of wrongdoing
- cross that bridge when you come to itto deal with a problem when it arises
- devil's advocateone who argues an opposing view for the sake of debate
- down to earthpractical and sensible
- easier said than doneharder to do than to describe
- elephant in the rooman obvious problem no one wants to discuss
- every cloud has a silver liningevery bad situation has some good
- get the ball rollingto start something
- go against the grainto conflict with what is usual
- hit the ground runningto start energetically and effectively
- in the nick of timejust in time
- it takes two to tangoboth parties share responsibility
- jump the gunto act too soon
- keep your chin upto stay cheerful in difficulty
- leave no stone unturnedto search thoroughly
- let bygones be bygonesto forget past conflicts
- long shotsomething with little chance of success
- lose your touchto no longer have a former skill
- make a mountain out of a molehillto exaggerate a small problem
- needle in a haystacksomething very hard to find
- on cloud nineextremely happy
- out of the frying pan into the firefrom a bad situation to a worse one
- penny for your thoughtstell me what you are thinking
- pull out all the stopsto make every possible effort
- put all your eggs in one basketto risk everything on one plan
- put the cart before the horseto do things in the wrong order
- see eye to eyeto agree completely
- sit tightto wait patiently
- steal someone's thunderto take credit for another's idea
- the whole nine yardseverything possible
- throw caution to the windto act recklessly
- turn a blind eyeto ignore something deliberately
- water under the bridgea past problem no longer worth worrying about
- when pigs flynever
- wild goose chasea hopeless search for something unattainable
- burn bridgesto destroy a relationship or path back, making return impossible
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