Idioms

You’ve got to have some work experience under your belt before you can hope to get a stable job.

• gained a lot of friends from high places who can help you get the job

• have acquired experience or have satisfactorily achieved something

To live in grey existence would mean to live a colorless life.

• dull, monotonous

• exciting, full

No-one ever mentions him because he's regarded as the black sheep of the family.

• the one with a bad reputation

• the one who is always late

When the business folded, he took the lion's share of the assets.

• the biggest part

• the smallest part

You can always rely on Fred to put his foot in it and come out with a remark like that.

• say something embarrassing

• fall over

Luckily the wedding is just a stone’s throw from our hotel so we can walk there.

• very near or close

• postponed

Martin just buries his head in the sand when it comes to his financial problems.

• To accept one's fate

• To refuse to think about or confront serious issues or situations

Easy does it! Those boxes you’re holding are very fragile.

• To be careful

• To fully stopped

You’re full of beans this evening! You must have had a good day at work.

• energetic, lively or enthusiastic

• talkative, profuse, or eloquent

The client didn’t like our original concept so let’s go back to the drawing board!

• Start planning something again because earlier attempts were unsuccessful

• Making a plan or two