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C1-c2 idioms

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  • I'm over the moon with my exam results.
    delighted
  • He flew off hte handle when I told him I'd crashed the car.
    exploded with anger
  • the TV is on the blink again. Can you call the technician?
    not working
  • Gerry is the spitting image of his dad.
    identical to
  • Being an hour late for work was the last straw. He had to be sacked.
    the last in a series of annoyances that then caused a serious decision
  • Losing my job was a blessing in disguise in fact.
    a blessing in disguise - a bad thing that had a positive consequence
  • My mother flew off the handle when I told her I had lost my Iphone.
    Got very very angry.
  • I was tickled pink by her kind comments.
    delighted
  • He has buried his head in the sand regarding his financial problems.
    ignore them, pretend they dont exist
  • I am totally out of touch with what's happening in technology.
    be out of touch with - not know the latest developments
  • Joason is down in the dumps because his girlfriend finished with him.
    be down in the dumps - be a bit depressed
  • We had a whale of a time at the theme park in Madrid.
    brilliant time
  • He kicked the bucket when he was 99 and missed the telegram from the queen.
    to kick the bucket - to die
  • I am in two minds about where to go this weekend.
    I am undecided
  • The staff are at loggerheads with the mangement and threatening to strike.
    to be at loggerheads - disagree strongly with someone
  • You hit the nail on the head when you said the problem is cashflow.
    identified the correct answer or cause of the issue
  • He went all round the houses before telling me I was sacked.
    to go round the houses - to take a very long time to get to the point
  • I turned a blind eye to the situation as no one was hurt.
    to turn a blind eye - ignore
  • Do you get a kick out of being horrible to me?
    to get a kick out of - enjoy
  • I passed the exam by the skin of my teeth.
    by avery small margin
  • Redundancies are on the cards due to the recession.
    forecast
  • My plans are all up in the air since Covid.
    uncertain
  • I had to bite my tongue when she asked me my opinion of her new haircut.
    stop yourself from saying what you really think
  • We took it with a pinch of salt when he said he was resigning to travel the world.
    did not give it any importance
  • John arrived from Madrid out of the blue.
    unexpectedly
  • You need to be really on the ball to be a police officer.
    alert
  • It's his birthday so he is going to paint the town red.
    to paint the town red - have a big night out de marcha
  • I was feeling down in the dumps so I went for a long walk.
    sad or depressed
  • Your comments about my clothes were rather below the belt.
    cruel and unfair
  • His rudeness is beyond the pale.
    outside of acceptable bahaviour
  • He got caught red handed with the money in his pocket.
    caught in the act of doing something illegal
  • the villain got his just desserts at the end of the story.
    deserved punishment
  • His face rings a bell but I can't think of his name.
    is familiar, I vaguely remember it
  • The boss is sitting on the fence rather than saying who he thinks is right.
    not taking sides
  • My parents will go bananas when they see I failed the exam.
    get really angry
  • Since Brexit there's a lot of red tape involved in moving to Spain.
    bureaucracy, paperwork, forms to fill in
  • Their marriage has been on the rocks for a long time.
    broken, in a bad situation
  • The news of the takeover knocked me for six.
    shocked me so much that I feel ill
  • I went to Morocco on the spur of the moment.
    without planning or forethought (spontaneously)
  • Jason is on cloud nine because he has a new girlfriend.
    on cloud nine - delighted
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