Idioms ...Flavour
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A DIME A DOZEN
= Something common
BREAK A LEG
= Good luck
CUTTING CORNERS
= Stop working on something
GET OUT OF HAND
= Get out of control
HANG IN THERE
= Don't give up
HIT THE SACK
= Go to sleep
PUT YOURSELF TOGETHER
= Calm down
UNDER THE WEATHER
= Sick
A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH
= What you have is more worth than what you have later
ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS
= Believe what people do and not what they say ,
BARKING UP ON WRONG TREE
= To be mistaken
EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING
= Good things come after bad thing
SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE
= Reliability is more important than speed
A STORM IN A TEA CUP
= A big fuss about a small problem
BURN BRIDGES
= Destroy relationship
GO DOWN IN FLAMES
= Fail spectacularly
AT THE DROP OF A HAT
= Without any hesitation,instantly
A LEOPARD CAN'T CHANGE HIS SPOTS
= You cannot change who you are
AGAINST THE CLOCK
= Rushed and short on time
FORTUNE FAVORS THE BOLD
= Take risks
Collected by Parvathy Prasad, XII B
A DIME A DOZEN
= Something common
BREAK A LEG
= Good luck
CUTTING CORNERS
= Stop working on something
GET OUT OF HAND
= Get out of control
HANG IN THERE
= Don't give up
HIT THE SACK
= Go to sleep
PUT YOURSELF TOGETHER
= Calm down
UNDER THE WEATHER
= Sick
A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH
= What you have is more worth than what you have later
ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS
= Believe what people do and not what they say ,
BARKING UP ON WRONG TREE
= To be mistaken
EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING
= Good things come after bad thing
SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE
= Reliability is more important than speed
A STORM IN A TEA CUP
= A big fuss about a small problem
BURN BRIDGES
= Destroy relationship
GO DOWN IN FLAMES
= Fail spectacularly
AT THE DROP OF A HAT
= Without any hesitation,instantly
A LEOPARD CAN'T CHANGE HIS SPOTS
= You cannot change who you are
AGAINST THE CLOCK
= Rushed and short on time
FORTUNE FAVORS THE BOLD
= Take risks
Collected by Parvathy Prasad, XII B