Idioms: Everyday, Work

My mom went shopping for a purse, but at the mall, purses are an arm and a leg. What does an arm and a leg mean?

• cost a lot of money

• made out of leather

• really cool

• something you wear on your arms and legs

Keep your chin up really means:

• Don't feel bad. Stay positive.

• Don't look down.

• You did badly.

• Sit up straight!

When pigs fly means:

• Don’t make a decision based on a brief impression.

• Used if something someone says, is precisely correct. 

• To study very hard.

• This means that something will never happen.

To remain brave and be confident in a difficult situation:

• Leave well enough alone.

• Keep one's chin up.

• Off the hook.

• Go with the flow.

Hang in there.

• Don't give up.

• Move the painting over there.

• Hang up your clothes.

We showed the president 20 ideas for new products, but she didn’t like any of them – so we had to go back to the drawing board.

• ask other people for advice

• start again from the beginning

• reuse a good idea from the past

Costs an arm and a leg means:

• Something that is overpriced or very expensive.

• Not feeling well, or feeling sick.

• Being treated the way that you have been treating others,.

• Not holding someone responsible for something.

My company lost $3 million last year. We might ​ (a)   .

• go belly-up
• get ahead
• take over this market

Tolerate or accept it, even though you find it unpleasant or unsatisfactory.

• put off

• put down

• put up with

• put out

She made up her mind means:

• she made a decision

• she put on make-up

• she wore a hat