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  • Call it a day
    Go to sleep
    Stop working on something
    To tell someone what time it is
  • A blessing in disguise
    Someone bad who wears nice clothes
    A good thing that seemed bad at first
    Tricking someone into doing something bad
  • Get something out of your system
    To throw something away
    To vomit
    Do the thing you've been wanting to do so you can move on
  • Beat around the bush
    To clean up your plants outside
    Tell someone to cut their hair
    Avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is uncomforta
  • Break a leg
    Oh no!
    Bad luck!
    Good luck!
  • Let someone off the hook
    To not hold someone responsible for something
    To punish someone
    To be angry at someone
  • Under the weather
    To be sad
    To be sick
    To have bad weather
  • Time flies when you're having fun
    Fun activities happen very slowly
    Fun activities happen too fast
    Something feels quicker when it's fun
  • Wrap your head around something
    Understand something complicated
    To have a headache
    To confuse someone else
  • The best of both worlds
    A vacation to 2 different countries
    To eat 2 things at the same time
    An ideal situation
  • Pull someone's leg
    To forgive someone
    To hurt someone
    To joke with someone
  • Pull yourself together
    Put on clothes
    Get stitches for a wound
    Calm down
  • On the ball
    Being good at soccer
    Jumping around
    Doing a good job
  • Miss the boat
    It's too late
    You were too early
    It's time to go home
  • Bite the bullet
    To do something slowly
    To do something you don't want to do, as quickly as possible
    To let someone punch you
  • Easy does it
    That was difficult to do!
    Slow down!
    That was easy to do!
  • Cutting corners
    Sewing clothes to fit someone smaller
    Doing origami
    Doing something poorly in order to save time or money
  • Hit the hay
    Feed the horses
    Go to sleep
    Wipe dust off of your house
  • Cut somebody some slack
    Stop speaking to someone
    Don't be so critical
    Tell someone to do better next time
  • A dime a dozen
    Something very small
    Something very shiny
    Something very common
  • To get bent out of shape
    To be upset or angry
    To break something accidentally
    To be very tired after exercising
  • That's the last straw
    My patience has run out
    To use the last straw available
    Come back tomorrow
  • Speak of the devil
    The person we were just talking about showed up!
    When you see a demon
    To use bad words