The best thing since ... bread

Make someone's blood ...

Spick and span

At the drop of a ...

... it fine

Cut and ...

Caught between two stools

Break a ...

Let the ... out of the bag

Hit the ... on the head

Take s.o/sth for ...

Have in ...

Put s.o/sth at s.o's ...

Bucket ...

On the ...

Hit the ... = go through the ...

Chalk and ...

Pay through the ...

Bring ... the house

It ... sbd as/that a strange

Take it amiss Ex: I was worried that he might take my remark amiss

High and low Ex: i have been searching high and low for the gift i bought for my gf

The more, the merrier Ex: Can i bring some friends with me? Yeah sure, the more, the merrier

Here and there Ex: I have been looking for you here and there

Every now and then Ex: Every now and then, i want to be alone

Go to one's head Ex: Don't let one win go to your head - you still have at least 3 more games to play

Once in a blue moon Ex: Once in a blue moon, there's an issue i can't resolve

On the spot Ex: I expect you to be on the spot when and where trouble arises

In the edge of Ex: Unless we take measure to protect tigers, they will be on the verge of extinction

It never rains but it pours Ex: First of all it was the car breaking down, then the fire in the kitchen and now Mike's accident

Be on the wagon Ex: He was on yhe wagon for 10 years, when he was living in Connecticut

Off and on/ On and off Ex: We don't often go there- just off and on

Make- believe Ex: The ideal of a perfectly fair society is just make- believe

Make good time Ex: We had a good time and were at the hotel by lunch time

Be out of the question Ex: You can't get married until you are 18, it's out of the question

All at once Ex: All at once, there was a loud banging on the door

A hot potato Ex: The global warming issue is a hot potato

Fight tooth and claw/nail Ex: We fought tooth and nail to get the route of the new road changed

Down the drain Ex: We can't do it. It's just time down the drain

Smell a rat Ex: He's been working late with her every night this week- I smell a rat!

The last straw Ex: The last straw was when the company fired most of the manages

Get the hang of sth Ex: I'll teach u how to use the design program- you'll get the hang of it after a while

Part and parcel Ex: Being recognized in the street is part and parcel of being celebrity

Have a bee in one's bonnet Ex: She has a bee in her bonnet about giong to America

Get/have a cold feet Ex: I was going to try bungee jumping, but i got cold feet

On second thought Ex: She'll spend a hundred dollars on a dress without a second thought

In vain Ex: I tried in vain to start a conversation

Chip in Ex: If everyone chips in, we will able to buy her a nice present

Off one's head Ex: The old man has been off his head for at least a year

After school he runs ... for his father

... the traffic lights

He's extremely irritable - he ... the handle at the slightest thing

I've got a .... I'm going upstairs for a nap

I had a .... this morning - some idiot almost knocked me off my bike

I .... when talking with my bestfriend, and now she doesn't want to talk to me

I always .... in my stomach when it comes to taking test

He escaped from the secret police by the the skin of his

She tried to bake a cake but unfortunately she wasn't successful. She's back to the ...

He is to leave with a ... understood to total at least one year's salary

I really put my ... in it - i asked her if Jane was her mother, but she said Jane is her sister

The rest of the team complained that Sarah wasn't ... her weight

It's not easy to ... with a big family, but somehow we manage

Get the hold of wrong end of the stick Ex: I think I must explain to her that she got hold of the wrong end of the stick again

Burn the midnight oil Ex: I will have a big exam tomorrow so i'll be burning the midnight oil tonight

Stay/keep on one's toe We had better keep on our toes while we're walking along the park portions of this street

A lost cause Ex: It seems that Charles will give it up. I suppose he is a lost cause

To be bound to You're bound to be late if you don't hurry

At heart Ex: Jamé sometimes seems quite unfriendly but at heart he's a good person

To have a good marriage, you have to thick and ...

To put the record..., I do not support that idea and never have done

With all the upcoming finals, the teachers are all rushed off ... grading papers and holding review sessions

He's really got the bit between his... so thay he can pass the exam with flying colours

Ex: The company was plugged into turmoil after the hostile takeover bid was announced

Jimmy always takes the ... by the horns at every chance in order to become a famous pop start, which is why he is so successful now

The lawyer promised that he would leave no stone underned in trying to find more evidence to help Jake's case

When hearing the news, Tom tried his best to keep a .... on his surprise

Do you think that it is going to rain heavily? I think it is in the ...

Lost bearing

Make- believe Ex: The ideal of a perfectly fair society is just make- believe