Idioms

Break a leg

• Stop working at something

• Good luck

• Don´t be so critical

• Something common

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Make a long story short

• Cut a book using scissors

• Stop wasting time

• Start doing your job

• Tell something briefly

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It´s not rocket science

• It´s too late

• Let´s go to NASA

• It´s not complicated

• Get ready

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No pain, no gain

• You have to work for what you want

• Things are going well so far

• An ideal situation

• To get upset

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Give someone the benefit of the doubt

• Put someone in jail

• Trust what someone tells you

• Test the knowledge of a person

• Tell something briefly

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Beat around the bush

• Avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is uncomfortable

• Play hide and seek

• Go to the park

• Stop asking questions

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Better late than never

• It is better to stay at home

• Make other feel unconfortable

• Better arrive late than not to come at all

• Work better or leave

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Pull yourself together

• Stay away

• Create your own puzzle

• Make a party

• Calm down

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Time flies when you are having fun

• An ideal situation

• You don´t notice how long something lasts when it´s fun

• You are late for your flight

• My patience has run out

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Apple of my eye

• Refers to someone whom you are very fond of or you like

• Refers to Almaty

• To reveal the truth or clarify

• Achieve two results by doing one thing

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