Idioms Unit 14

a very small amount that will not have much effect

• keep up with the Joneses

• a drop in the ocean

• tidy sum

neither make a profit nor lose money

• break even

• go halves

• line your pockets

not reach a particular level or fail to achieve something you were trying to do

• go halves

• fall short

• break even

equal, or into two equal parts

• tidy sum

• fifty-fifty

• it's as broad as it's long

share the cost of something with someone so that you each pay 50%

• fifty-fifty

• fall short

• go halves

used for saying that you can't choose between two things because they are equal

• go halves

• it's as broad as it's long

• lock, stock and barrel

try to be as successful or rich as your neighbours

• line your pockets

• knee-high to a grasshopper

• keep up with the Joneses

very small because you were very young

• lock, stock and barrel

• a drop in the ocean

• knee-high to a grasshopper

obtain money (especially by acting dishonestly)

• line your pocket(s)

• fall short

• tidy sum

including every part of a particular thing

• six of one and half a dozen of the other

• it's as broad as it's long

• lock, stock and barrel