Idioms 2/4

Here are more idioms. Check them and have fun.

Get after someone: tell someone to do something you feel he should do.

Get away with something: do something one shouldn't and not be caught at it.

Get cold feet: become very cautious; be afraid to do something.

Get on one's high horse: become angry and superior in attitude toward someone else.

Get rid of somthing: destroy; throw away; sell.

Get right down to something: begin working without hesitation.

Get to the bottom of something: learn all the facts about something.

Give someone a hand: help someone.

Go Dutch: each person pay his own way to a movie, restaurant, etc.

Go from bad to worse: become progressively worse.

Goes without saying: something is so obvious that it doesn't have to be mentioned.

Grow on someone: increase in favor with someone gradually.

Had better: should do something; ought to do something.

Have it in one: have the capacity, ability, to do something.

Have no business doing something: have no right to do something.

Have one's heart set on something: want something very much.

Have words with someone: quarrel; argue with some person.

High and low: Everywhere; in every conceivable place.

Hit upon something: to discover something that will help make progress in a certain cause or situation.

Hold one's horses: wait patiently instead of going forward.

Hold one's own: to maintain oneself in, be equal to, a given situation.

Hold something against someone: blame someone for something for a period of time.

Ill at ease: not comfortable psychologically.

In advance: before; ahead of time.

In care of someone: write to one person at the address of another person.

In charge of something: responsible for something such as the department of a large company or

an activity that requires that arrangements be made.

In fact: actually; really.

In one's element: doing something one likes and is capable of doing very well.

In other words: to say something in a different way.

In the clear: free from suspicion, blame, or obligation.

in the long run: looking ahead to the distant future, not just the near future.

In time to: be at a place at the right time to do something.

Just as soon: prefer that thing be done rather than another.

Keep an eye on something or someone: watch in the sense of take care of.

Keep one's fingers crossed: hope to have good results in an effort; hope that nothing will go wrong.

Keep one's word: be responsible and do what one says one will do.

Know the ropes: be very familiar with routine procedures such as those of a business, school, etc.

Lead someone on: make someone believe something that isn't true.

Little by little: gradually.

Little does one think: one cannot imagine.

Look forward to something: anticipate with pleasure.

Lose one's temper: become angry.

Make a point of something: do or say something with a definite intention.

Make ends meet: be able to live with the money one has.

Make friends: form friendships with people.

Make fun of someone, something: ridicule, laugh at.

Make oneself at home: be comfortable, as if in one's own home.

Make sense: seem reasonable.

Make short work of something: do something quickly.