Learning English idioms is essential if you want to speak and understand English at a native level.
"Piece of cake" = something easy to do.
"Cat got your tongue?" = Have you nothing to say?
"Be on the same page" = understand a situation in the same way; agree on something.
"Raining cats and dogs" = raining very heavily.
"Sick as a dog" = very sick.
"Left out in the cold" = ignored, forgotten, or excluded.
"Have a sweet tooth" = like to eat sweet food.
"Bend over backwards" = try very hard to do something.
"Blow your top" = become very angry.
"Break a leg!" = Good luck!
"Cry me a river" = you can cry or complain a lot but you will not get my sympathy.
"There are plenty of fish in the sea" = there are many other choices.
"Under the weather" = feel ill.
"Know the ropes" = know how to do a job or task properly.
"Have bigger fish to fry" = have something more important or more interesting to do.
"When pigs fly" = never, impossible.
"Flash in the pan" = someone or something that promises great success but fails.
"Cut corners" = to do something in a cheap and easy way, or act illegally.
"Afraid of your own shadow" = easily frightened.
"Lose track of time" = to be unaware of what time it is.
"Blessing in disguise" = a misfortune unexpectedly turning into a good thing.
"Let the cat out of the bag" = reveal a secret.
"Cry over spilled milk" = be upset over something that can't be fixed.
"Blow the whistle on someone" = to report someone for doing something wrong.
"Bite your tongue" = don't say what you want to say; keep your mouth shut.
"Give someone a taste of their own medicine" = use the same methods against your opponents.
"Hit the nail on the head" = do or say exactly the right thing.
"The last straw" = the last of a series of irritations, incidents, remarks, etc.
"Bite the bullet" = do or accept something difficult or unpleasant.
"Drop in the bucket" = very small or unimportant amount.
"Drunk as a skunk" = very drunk.
"Jump ship" = leave a job or activity.
"Add insult to injury" = hurt the feelings of a person who is already upset.
"Fresh off the boat" = newly arrived from a foreign place.
"Do a runner" = leave a place quickly.
"Bull in a china shop" = clumsy person.
"Give someone the cold shoulder" = be unfriendly to someone.
"An arm and a leg" = extremely expensive.
"Head over heels (in love)" = to be very much in love with someone.
"By the skin of your teeth" = just barely.
"My lips are sealed" = I will not tell anyone.
"Rule of thumb" = method that is not exact but is based on experience
"Fight fire with fire" = use the same methods against your opponent as they are using against you.
"Steal your thunder" = prevent someone from having success or getting attention by doing something first.
"Let you off the hook" = allow somebody to escape from a difficult situation or punishment.
"Play it by ear" = to act according to the circumstances; improvise.
"Change of pace" = change from one type of activity to another.