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A1
In a high quality, in a good order.
A is one thing, B is another
Two things which seem to be the same are actually different
A hot potato
A hot issue that people are talking about
A man of sense
Someone who has a good heart
A penny for your thoughts
Ask someone about their thoughts
A piece of cake
Something very easy
ABC
Refer to something or someone that in the very beginning step.
About to
Almost ready to
Above someone's head
Too hard for someone to understand.
Acid Test
A hard way to prove sincerity of someone/ something.
Across the board
Totally agree or applicable with no condition.
Act of God
An incident occured by nature with zero humans involement.
Add insult to injury
Make a bad situation even worse
Ad hoc
Something unplanned. Not happen regularly.
All fingers and thumbs
Very clumsy.
All square
Even. Mission complete.
All thumbs
Clumsy, do things in an awkward way
An eye for an eye
React in the same level. Usually in negative way
Anchor man/ anchor woman
An important person in a group.
Anything but....
Anything except...
Apple of one's eyes
One's most favoriate among the others.
Around the clock
All day all night
As a last resort
Last choice. The last thing one would do if no other option
At full length
From the start to the end. From one edge to another
At one blow
At one hit
At stake
At risk, risky
Back seat driver
Person who like to involve in other's business.
Back to square one
Back to the starting point again
Back to the wall
In a ready-to-fight situation due to no other way to escape.
Backup the wrong horse
Support the wrong person, team or side.
Bad Egg
Person who is different, in a negative way, from the group.
Bad hair day
A day which everything seem to go wrong.
Bag of bones
Very skinny person/ animal.
Bear fruit
Succeed
Beggar on horseback
Poor person who acting arrogant when become rich or achieve only small thing.
Bent on
Already made decision, agreed on something
Beyond Question
Certainly, No doubt
Birds of a feather flock together
The same type of people or people who like to do the same thing
Blessing in disguise
Good thing that you never reconginize at the first place
Blow away
Kill by gun shot
Blow over
Already finish, forget
Bound to do
Likely to happen / Likely to do something
Bottom of the barrel
The worst part of the group / organization
Break a leg
Good luck
Break into tears
Suddenly yell out (either sad or happy)
Break the ice
Talking or doing things to release pressure or to make listeners relax
By and large
Generally, In all case.
By birth
Specific character attached to someone from their family or country
Call down
Curse someone / something
Call of nature
Need to go to toilet
Call the roll
Call out to check the total number
Can a duck swim?
An Ironic question to ask someone who say something stupid.
Can of worms
Something anyone don't want to be involved.
Can't get a word in edgeways
Have no chance to say anything
Can't make head nor tail
Cannot understand something
Can't take a chance
Can't take a risk
Carrot and stick
A combination of good and bad/ positive and negative.
Carry a big stick
Carry so much power or authority.
Cat got a tongue
Can't speak / talk (for any reasons)
Catch some rays
Walk/ sit under the sun
Caught between two stools
You have to choose between two difficult options
Chance it
Take a risk / Take a chance to try
Chip on the shoulder
Still angry from something in the past
Cold Sweat
Feel very nervous of something
Come in handy
Become beneficial
Come off
Succeed
Come to pass
Happen / Occur
Confide in
Trust someone enough to tell the secret or personal story
Cost an arm and a leg
Extremely expensive
Count on
Trust / Reply on
Count towards
Approve that something is correct / becomes effective
Cut corners
Buy unacceptable quality products/services to save money
D-day
An important day, which has been planned.
Daddy of all
Very much.
Dark horse
A Person with unknown background or profile.
Davy Jones' locker
Very deep in the sea. At the bottom of the sea
Daylight robbery
An ironic term when a shop sells you something very expensive.
Dead duck
A victim or a totally cannot survive situation.
Die away
Can't speak / talk (for any reasons)
Different strok for different folks
Everyone has different interest and tastes
Do someone injury
Succeed
Do the sights of
Curse someone / something
Dog eat dog
A dirty competition. No rule, no manner
Down at heel
Very old. something too old to repair
Draw a line
Take a risk / Take a chance to try
Dressed to kill
Wear one's finest clothing
Dress to the teeth
Dress elegantly
Drive someone up a wall
Annoy someone greatly
Drop someone a line
Call somone
Duck soup
Finish with almost no effort
Dwell on
Think too much / repeatly think or do something ----/