LIST EXAMPLES OF IN FORMAL IDIOMS SLANG IN ENGLISH [T - Z]

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Talk double Ducth
Confusing talk or Unclear explanation.

Take a pot luck
Accept all conditions.

Take no prisoners
Do not pay attention about the other's feeling.
Take to the heels
Start running away

Take what someone say with a pinch of salt
Doesn't take what someone say too seriously

Tear bucket
Cry so much
Tear something into pieces
Completly destroy something

Tens of thousands
Represent the big number of something

Ten to one
Feel confident with something

The best of both worlds
Very best. Have all advantages

The last straw
The last problem before everything is solved.

Think on one's feet
Think quickly

Third degree
A quite severe stage.

Third world
Low development place/ person.

Throw down the glove
Take a challenge.
Tide someone over
Help someone to survive from crisis

To a day
Exactly (use with time or date)

To hear something straight from a horse's mouth
To hear something from an original source which should very reliable

Tongue in cheek
Relieve

Tongue tied
Too nervous or serious to speak out

Too big for one's boot
Arrogant. Self-center person

Touch and go
An uncertain result

Tough as nails
Very tough

Toxic waste
Completely waste. Cannot even be disposed.
True to life
Very real

Turn pale
Suddenly scare of something

Turn someone off
Feel disgusting with someone




Ugly customer
Dangerous person

Uncle Sam
Refer to something from the US
Uncle Tom
Person who are not updated to the current world.
Under age
Below the legal age
Under cover
Conceal / Hide
Under fire
Under the serious situation
Under the breath
Whisper / Talk in a very soft level
Under the nose
Did not recognize something which are actually very close

Under the hammer
About to reach the final

Under the table
Bribes / Pay money for illigal purposes
Under the thumb
Completely under control

Under the weather
Feel sick / depress

Under your thumb
Under totally your control

Until the last dog is shot
Until the very last possible moment

Up a gumtree
In trouble. Very busy

Up in the air
Unclear situation

Upside down
Turn the top to the bottom and the bottom to the top

Up to speed
Update the progress

Up the wall
Very angry

Up to you
Depend on you / rely on you


Value judgement
Unfair judgement. Judge with emotion

Velvet glove
Gentle person
Vertically challenged
Small

Very thing
Very suitable
Vice Versa
The opposite of what you say is also true.

Vicious circle
No progress. recourring situationl

Villian of the piece
A bad person
VIP
Very Important Person
Virgin territory
Something havn't been found / discovered



Waiting in the wings
Ready to take an action

Walk in a park
Smooth an easy

Walk on a green mile
Going to do something which cannot be avoid

Walk on eggshells
About to get very angry with someone

Walking on air
Very happy

War of words
A big argument

Waste of skin
Worthless
Watch the step
Move / Act carefully
Watch the tongue
Speak carefully

Watching paint dry
Boring / not interesting at all

Wear many hats
People who play many roles or in many positions at the same time.

Wet behind the ears
Naive / no experience

White feather
The sign that the person is scared or highly nervous.

White knight
Person who like to help or save the others

White lie
Lie for a good purpose to help something/ someone.

Whole food
Organic food

Wide of the mark
Incorrect / Inaccurate

Wild card
Unpredictable factors

Window shopping
Go to the shop to walk and look around but not buying.

Wishy washy
Something unclear
With eyes open
Fully aware when doing something
Within a stone throw
Withing a very short distance

Word by word
Very word



X rate (Rate X)
Too aggressive


Year in year out
Year by year. Many years consecutively.
Year round
All year/ the whole year
Yellow billed
Coward

Yello press
Bias media. Media who report with no mercy.
Yes and no
Unclear / not confident
Yes man
Someone who always agree with other people

Yesterday's man
Someone who has been overlooked because he is not as successful as his old time

You are toast
Your are in a real trouble

You are what you eat
The food you eat is very important for your health

You bet
Totally agree

You can say that again
Totally agree

You cannot unring a bell
You cannot recall something which you have done

You could hear a pin drop
Very quiet

You name it.
To give a total credit to someone on something (it).

Young blood
New generation people

Young turk
Group of activist usually form by old belief.

Your call
Totally your decision
Your name is mud
Bad reputation
Yummy
Delicious



Zero hour
Appointment for start time with no delay.

Zero in
Focus to the target

Zero tolerance
No tolerance. No compromise
Zip the lip
Keep the mouth closing / Keep the secret ----/