Idioms

Got cold feet.

• feel unwell

• Have a sudden loss of confidence

• Be under time pressure to get something done

• Be completely an utterly in love with someone

Heard on the grapevine

• Be alert,knowledgeable, or competent

• Look after or watch carefully

• Be a nuisance

• hear information or news via gossip or rumor

Lend a hand

• To describe exactly what is causing a situation or problem

• Help someone

• To be kind and good- natured

• Be unwilling to commit or make a decision

Teacher's pet

• You are responsible for the next move

• Someone who seeks and gets approval from a person in a position of authotity

• Be completely and utterly in love with someone

• An overreaction or a lack of restraint

Face the music

• Tease or fool someone

• Not completely believe something or someone

• Confront the consequences of your actions

• To describe exactly what is causing a situation or problem

Keep an eye on

• Be under time pressure to get something done

• Help someone

• Have sudden loss of confidence

• Look after or watch carefully

Hit the nail on the head

• To describe exactly what is causing a situation or problem

• Be unwilling to commit or make a decision

• To be kind and good-natured

• feel unwell

Feeling under the weather

• Be a nuisance

• Feel unwell

• Let yourself go or relax

• Be under time pressure to get something done

Sitting on the fence

• Be unwilling to commit or make a decision

• To do something the easiest or shortest way, at the expense of high standards

• An overreaction or a lack of restraint

• Look after or watch carefully

A pain in the neck

• Be alert, knowledgeable, or competent

• Confront the consequences of your actions

• Tease or fool someone

• Be a nuisance