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75 Idioms (Short)

The document lists 75 common idioms along with their short meanings. Each idiom conveys a specific idea or sentiment, such as 'hit the road' meaning to leave and 'kick the bucket' meaning to die. The idioms cover a range of themes, including emotions, actions, and life situations.

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75 Idioms (Short)

The document lists 75 common idioms along with their short meanings. Each idiom conveys a specific idea or sentiment, such as 'hit the road' meaning to leave and 'kick the bucket' meaning to die. The idioms cover a range of themes, including emotions, actions, and life situations.

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75 Common Idioms with short meanings -

• Hit the road - Leave


• Kick the bucket - Die
• Break a leg - Good luck
• Piece of cake - Very easy
• Fit as a fiddle - Healthy
• Hit the sack - Go to sleep
• Last straw - Final problem
• Jump the gun - Act too soon
• Break the ice - Ease tension
• Call it a day - Stop working
• Throw in the towel - Give up
• See eye to eye - Fully agree
• Put your foot down - Be firm
• Out of the blue - Unexpectedly
• Throw in the towel - Surrender
• On cloud nine - Extremely happy
• Under the weather - Feeling sick
• Spill the beans - Share a secret
• Go the extra mile - Extra effort
• Keep an eye on - Watch carefully
• At the drop of a hat - Instantly
• Hold your horses - Wait a moment
• Burn the midnight oil - Work late
• On the ball - Alert and attentive
• In the same boat - Same situation
• As right as rain - Perfectly fine
• Keep your chin up - Stay positive
• Walking on eggshells - Be careful
• Cut corners - Do something cheaply
• Burn bridges - Ruin a relationship
• Miss the boat - Miss an opportunity
• Sit on the fence - Unable to decide
• Make a long story short - Summarize
• No pain, no gain - Work for results
• Cut to the chase - Get to the point
• Get a second wind - Energized again
• Once in a blue moon - Rarely happens
• Face the music - Accept consequences
• Jump on the bandwagon - Join a trend
• When pigs fly - Never going to happen
• Ball is in your court - Your decision
• Caught red-handed - Caught in the act
• Method to the madness - Strange logic
• Fall head over heels - Deeply in love
• Steal someone's thunder - Take credit
• Back to the drawing board - Start over
• Burst your bubble - Disappoint someone
• Go down in flames - Fail spectacularly
• Costs an arm and a leg - Very expensive
• Pull someone's leg - Tease or joke with
• Raining cats and dogs - Raining heavily
• Cry over spilled milk - Regret the past
• Throw caution to the wind - Take a risk
• Bite the bullet - Face something painful
• Devil's advocate - Argue against a point
• Add insult to injury - Make things worse
• Bend over backwards - Try hard to please
• Burning the candle at both ends - Overwork
• Hit the nail on the head - Be exactly right
• Take it with a grain of salt - Be skeptical
• Let the cat out of the bag - Reveal a secret
• Barking up the wrong tree - Wrong accusation
• Taste of your own medicine - Repay treatment
• Elephant in the room - Obvious issue ignored
• It takes two to tango - Both are responsible
• Every cloud has a silver lining - Good in bad
• Put all eggs in one basket - Rely on one thing
• Don't judge a book by its cover - Looks deceive
• Let sleeping dogs lie - Avoid bringing up issues
• Beating around the bush - Avoiding the main issue
• Kill two birds with one stone - Achieve two things
• Bite off more than you can chew - Take on too much
• Let the chips fall where they may - Accept outcome
• Actions speak louder than words - Show through actions
• Birds of a feather flock together - Similar people stick

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