1.Ace an exam=receive an almost perfect score
2.Apple of his eye=cherished person
3.As mad as a hornet=very angry
4.As nutty as a fruitcake=very crazy
5.Be my guest=help yourself
6.Big cheese=top executive of a company,CEO
7.Birthday suit=completely naked
8.Bull in a china shop=a clumsy or tactless person
9.Butter up or butter up to=become friends by flattery
10.Catch cold=to become ill
11.Cold turkey=stopping sth abruptly
12.Cough up=so give money unwilling
13.Crack a book=to study
14.Cry over spilled milk= complain about sth unimportant
15.Cry wolf=request unneeded help
16.Cup of tea=sth you enjoy or do well or easily
17.Cut off your nose to spite your face=to make things worse for yourself because of anger
18.Drop by(stop by)=to make a short or unplanned visit
19.Drop a line=to write and mail a letter
20.Dutch or Dutch treat=everyone pays for his or her own way
21.Eat your heart out=speak down at sb
22.Eat your words=take back sth you said
23.Fast buck=money earned quickly and easily
24.Fat chance=little or no possibility
25.Food for thought=sth that is worth thinking about
26.Get off my back=leave me alone
27.Get to the point=talk about the important idea
28.Give my right arm=willing to give sth valuable to get sth
29.Go jump in the lake=go away and stop bothering me
30.Hang-up=a delay in some process
31.Hit the ceiling=to become very angry
32.Hit the hay(sack)=to go to bed
33.Holy cow=expression of strong feeling similaar to wow
34.Hot water=hving trouble
35.I'll buy that=I agree with you
36.In a nutshell=in a few words,briefly
37.In the red=in an unsuccessful or unprofitable way
38.Jump down my throat=to suddenly become very angry with me
39.Kangaroo court=self-appointed disciplinary group-unfair judgment
40.Kick the bucket=to die
41.Make you mouth water=to look or smell sth very good to eat
42.Money to burn=have more money than is necessary
43.Nail down=to make sure
44.No sweat=easily accomplished
45.Off the cuff=without preparation
46.On a shoestring=with very little money
47.Once in a blue moon=very seldom or never
48.On the Q.T.=secretly
49.Out of the frying pan into the fire=out of one trouble into worse trouble
50.Pass away=to die
