Idioms

a blessing in disguise

• a good thing that seemed bad at first

• something common

• better to arrive late than not come at all

• good luck

a dime a dozen

• something common

• something rare

• don't be so critical

• slow down

call it a day

• stop working on something

• create a new holiday

• go to bed

• name the days of the week

cutting corners

• doing something poorly in order to save time

• checking your work for mistakes

• using scissors to cut paper

• slowing down

Go back to the drawing board

• start over

• give up

• draw a picture of what you want to do

• create a hypothesis

Make a long story short

• tell something breifly

• revise a rough draft

• make edits to a rough draft

• tell a story in great detail

pull someone's leg

• to joke with someone

• to trip someone

• to wish someone good luck

• to convince someone to do something

wrap your head around something

• understand something complicated

• be confused by something

• to cover your head with a scarf

• to go to sleep

to get bent out of shape

• to get upset

• to be dented or bent

• to break a bone

• to be unhealthy

on the ball

• to be doing a good job

• to be balancing on a ball

• to be invited to a fancy party

• to go ballroom dancing