📔 to weather the storm


📋Meaning
to deal with a difficult situation without being harmed or damaged 


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Newspapers have weathered the storm of online information by providing news online themselves.
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📔 make hay while the sun shines


📋Meaning
make the most of a favorable situation while it lasts.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣A:when is your husband coming home?

B:Not for another two weeks.
A:That’s a long time! How are you spending your time alone?

B:I am finally getting some home improvement projects done. You know, moving some furniture, painting some rooms, cleaning closets …

A:That’s a lot of work for one person. Why don’t you wait for your husband to come home?

B:No way! It’s easier to do it by myself. I’m getting everything done that I can’t do with other people around.

A:Good idea. ‘Make hay while the sun shines.’

B:Exactly!

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📔 go on a wild goose chase


📋Meaning
a foolish and hopeless pursuit of something unattainable.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣"physicists searching for the hypothetical particle may be on a wild goose chase"
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📔 Cut to the chase


📋Meaning
When somebody tells you to cut to the chase, it means that you’ve been talking too long and you need to get to the point. Be careful how you use this idiom; it could be rude or disrespectful if used with someone like a boss or teacher.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Hi, guys. We don’t have much time here, so I’m going to cut to the chase.
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📔 bent out of shape


📋Meaning
angry or agitated.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣"it was just a mistake, nothing to get bent out of shape about"
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📔 down-to-earth


📋Meaning
with no illusions or pretensions; practical and realistic.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣"a down-to-earth view of marriage"
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📔 A man of his words


📋Meaning
A man who keeps promises, who can be trusted

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣If you were a man of your word, you would be on time.
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📔 go-getter


📋Meaning
If someone is a go-getter, they are very energetic and eager to succeed.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣"they went to great lengths to select a team of go-getters willing to learn about the latest in high-tech manufacturing"
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📔 a ballpark figure | a ballpark estimate


📋Meaning
If you give a ballpark figure or a ballpark estimate, you give a number which you think is fairly close to the actual one.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣We don't know the exact cost, but a ballpark figure would be around six million dollars.
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📔 go with the flow


📋Meaning
be relaxed and accept a situation, rather than trying to alter or control it.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Just relax and go with the flow!
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📔 take the wind out of someone's sails


📋Meaning
frustrate someone by unexpectedly anticipating an action or remark.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I was all ready to tell him that the relationship was over when he greeted me with a big bunch of flowers - that took the wind out of my sails.
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📔 better late than never


📋Meaning
doing something late is better than not doing it at all. 


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Sorry I was late for the meeting today; I got stuck in traffic.”
Answer: “That's okay; better late than never.”
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📔 pull someone's leg


📋Meaning
deceive someone playfully; tease someone.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣"getting married—are you pulling my leg?"
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📔 turn a blind eye


📋Meaning
pretend not to notice.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣"please, don't turn a blind eye to what is happening"
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📔 beat the rush


📋Meaning
to get there first


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I always do my shopping early to beat the rush.
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📔 raise Cain


📋Meaning
Behave in a rowdy or disruptive way


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣He'll raise Cain when he finds out I lost his watch.
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📔 raise Cain


📋Meaning
Behave in a rowdy or disruptive way


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣He'll raise Cain when he finds out I lost his watch.
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📔 break a leg!


📋Meaning
good luck!


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣"Remember, the show must go on! Good luck and break a leg!"
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📔 wet behind the ears


📋Meaning
lacking experience; immature.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣"he's a nice young fellow but a bit wet behind the ears"
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📔 take a powder


📋Meaning
depart quickly, especially in order to avoid a difficult situation.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣When he saw the police coming, the thief decided to take a powder.”
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