Idioms

to hit the nail on the head

• a) to pound the nail on its top

• b) to be right about something

to look on the bright side

• a) to see the side that is bright a bit or lit by the sun

• b) to be optimistic

on the side

• a) In addition to a main thing

• b) beside or next to

on the whole

• a) on top of the entire thing

• b) in most ways

can of worms

• a) container full of bugs

• b) complex problem

to get off the ground

• a) to make a successful beginning

• b) to leave the earth

ball of fire

• a) Person with great energy

• b) globe of flames

to be short

• a) not to have enough

• b) not to be tall

to be tied up

• a) to be busy

• b) to be secured with a rope

to blow the whistle

• a) to breathe heavily into a whistle until it makes a loud sound

• b) to tell secret information about