Idioms

To cut corners

• To complete something quickly

• To do something badly

• To make something worse

• To shift responsibility

To settle a debt is to

• Ante up

• Face the music

• Pony up

• Bite the bullet

To 'add fuel to the fire' is to

• To raise the stakes

• Stand by your convictions

• To make something worse

• To destroy something

If you are no longer adept at a particular skill, you have...

• ..gone cold turkey

• ..cut to the chase

• ..got over something

• ..lost your touch

If you have significantly increased your wealth, you...

• ..look like a million dollars

• ..have gone from rags to riches

• ..were born with a silver spoon in your mouth

• ..have paid an arm and a leg

If you 'wrap your head around something', you..

• ..have understood it

• ..have studied it

• ..are wearing it

• ..have sold it

If someone 'has sticky fingers', they...

• ...like sweet foods

• ..don't wash their hands

• ..are a thief

• ..have touched something they shouldn't have

To 'go Dutch' is..

• ..to be 'close fisted'

• ..to 'give someone a run for their money'

• ..to 'split the bill'

• ..to shell out

To 'have the midas touch' is to...

• ..lose more money than you make

• ..receive a bribe

• ..to be successful in business

• to inherit a lot of money

'Finding your feet' is...

• ..getting used to something

• ..staying positive

• ..an easy task

• ..staying calm