| A blessing in disguise | A good thing that seemed bad at first | |
| A dime a dozen | Something common | |
| Beat around the bush | Avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is uncomfortable | |
| Better late than never | Better to arrive late than not to come at all | |
| Bite the bullet | To get something over with because it is inevitable | |
| Break a leg | Good luck | |
| Call it a day | Stop working on something | |
| Cut somebody some slack | Don’t be so critical | |
| Cutting corners | Doing something poorly in order to save time or money | |
| Easy does it | Slow down | |
| Get out of hand | Get out of control | |
| Get something out of your system | Do the thing you’ve been wanting to do so you can move on | |
| Get your act together | Work better or leave | |
| Give someone the benefit of the doubt | Trust what someone says | |
| Go back to the drawing board | Start over | |
| Hang in there | Don’t give up | |
| Hit the sack | Go to sleep | |
| It’s not rocket science | It’s not complicated | |
| Let someone off the hook | To not hold someone responsible for something | |
| Make a long story short | Tell something briefly | |
| Miss the boat | It’s too late | |
| No pain, no gain | You have to work for what you want | |
| On the ball | Doing a good job | |
| Pull someone’s leg | To joke with someone | |
| Pull yourself together | Calm down | |
| So far so good | Things are going well so far | |
| Speak of the devil | The person we were just talking about showed up! | |
| That’s the last straw | My patience has run out | |
| The best of both worlds | An ideal situation | |
| Time flies when you’re having fun | You don’t notice how long something lasts when it’s fun | |
| To get bent out of shape | To get upset | |
| To make matters worse | Make a problem worse | |
| Under the weather | Sick | |
| We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it | Let’s not talk about that problem right now | |
| Wrap your head around something | Understand something complicated | |
| You can say that again | That’s true, I agree | |
| Your guess is as good as mine | I have no idea |
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