Idioms

Barking up the wrong tree

• Something good that isn't recognized at first.
• Looking in the wrong place. Accusing the wrong person
• When an attempt fails and it's time to start all over.
• This idiom is used when something is very expensive.

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Cry over spilt milk

• Being Inquisitive can lead you into an unpleasant situation.
• This idiom is used when something is very expensive.
• When you complain about a loss from the past.
• Do not put all your resources in one possibility.

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Every cloud has a silver lining

• Be optimistic, even difficult times will lead to better days.
• You are not very good at something. You could definitely not do it professionally.
• Believe someone's statement, without proof.
• Keep something away.

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Last straw

• Actions or communications need more than one person.
• To go to bed.
• Do or say something exactly right. 
• The final problem in a series of problems.

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Piece of cake

• This means not to take what someone says too seriously.
• A job, task or other activity that is easy or simple.
• To have no idea, do not know the answer to a question
• Come to the point - leave out details

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Feel a bit under the weather

• This idiom means 'to hear rumors' about something or someone.
• Feeling slightly ill.
• Overwhelmed by what is happening in the moment.
• When something is done badly to save money.

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Cross that bridge when you come to it

• When someone finds it difficult to choose between two alternatives.
• This idiom is used when something is very expensive.
• Deal with a problem if and when it becomes necessary, not before.
• To present a counter argument.

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Go the extra mile

• A way of asking what someone is thinking.
• To further a loss with mockery or indignity; to worsen an unfavorable situation.
• Looking in the wrong place. Accusing the wrong person.
• To make a special effort/try very hard to achieve your goal.

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Cost an arm and a leg

• When someone finds it difficult to choose between two alternatives.

• When something is done badly to save money.

• This idiom is used when something is very expensive.

• This idiom is used to express "Don't make plans for something that might not happen".

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Kick the bucket

• Avoid a conflict
• When everything seems to be going wrong.
• Not making a firm decision between different choices.
• To die

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