Uncommon idioms

Ok so he can be a bit annoying sometimes, but you love each other so don't "throw the baby out with bathwater" by leaving him.

• To keep everything regardless of its value.
• To throw away everything without consideration.
• To avoid discarding something valuable while removing the unwanted.
• To focus only on the baby and ignore the bathwater.

I was tickled pink when I found out I passed the test.

• Being deeply sad.

• Super nervous and stressed.

• Worried about it.

• Super happy and pleased about something.

She knew the investment was risky, but she decided to throw caution to the wind and put all her savings into the new business.

• Means to take a risk

• Means not to care at all

• Means to be afraid

• Means to lead a project

She had to burn the midnight oil to finish her project on time.

• To wake up early and work hard.

• To do something quickly before the deadline

• To work very late at night.

• To waste time instead of working.

Mary seems to have her nose in the air.

• To be conceited or aloof.

• To be proud.

• To be absent-minded.

• Not interested.

The scammer tried to pull the wool over my eyes, but I knew he was lying.

• To confuse someone by speaking too fast.

• To change the subject when caught lying.

• To make a story sound more dramatic.

• To deceive someone.

In your professional life, avoid wearing your heart on your sleeve!

• to be shy in public

• to have no shame

• to become overly vulnerable

• to have no public opinion

I can't wait to get back to my old stamping grounds.

• Beautiful place.

• The place where one was raised or where one has spend a lot of time.

• A place where there's nothing.

• Place where I studied.

The tourists often "pay through the nose" for hotel rooms in prime locations.

• To pay unreasonably high prices.

• To face the consequences of one's actions, especially after enjoying a benefit.

• To treat someone the same way they treated you, often in retaliation.

• To pay a low quantity of money.

Our project appears to be hanging on the ropes at this stage.

• to be about to succeed

• to not know what will happen

• to be close to failure

• to be about to start