English idioms

A blessing in disguise

• Something that produced a catastrophe

• Hide something good that happened

• something that seems bad, turns out to be good

A dime a dozen

• Something uncommon

• Something common

Pull someone's leg

• Break someone's leg

• To joke with someone

• Help someone to stand up

Under the weather

• Feel sick

• Raining hard

• Feel angry

Beat around the bush

• Enthusiasm for nature

• Be sportive and fit

• Avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is uncomfortable

Hit the sack

• Go to sleep

• Be aggressive

• Someone exhausted giving up

By the skin of your teeth

• Just barely

• Unhealthy teeth

• Shut up

Give someone the cold shoulder

• Lie someone

• Hit someone

• Ignore someone

It's a piece of cake

• It's delicious

• It's easy

• It's cute

Fit as a fiddle

• Really strong

• Good musician

• In good health