A dime a dozen

 Common and easily available

A hot potato

 a controversial issue

A piece of cake

 to be easy

A stitch in time
saves nine

 It is better to solve a problem straight
away and not let it become bigger

A wet blanket

 a person who spoils other people’s fun

All ears

 to wait eagerly for some news

Be in someone’s
shoes

 face the same situation as another person

Be the devil’s
advocate

 Present counter arguments

Bite off more
than you can chew

 Take on more work than you can handle

Bottom line

The most important fact

By and large

 on the whole

Eye wash

A deception

Fall out with
someone

Stop being friendly after an
argument

Flex one’s
muscles

Give or make a show of one’s
strength

Follow suit

 do the same as others

Full of beans

Lively

Full of hot air

Self-important

Get out of hand

Become difficult to control

Give someone the
cold shoulder

 Ignore someone

Go back to the
drawing board

 Start planning all over again

Go to the dogs

 Be ruined or destroyed

Have cold feet

Lose confidence

Have your back
against the wall

 to be in a desperate situation with very few
options

Hit a brick wall

Encounter an obstacle

Hold your horses

Be Patient

In line with

 in agreement

Keep one’s head

 Remain calm

Let the cat out
of the bag

 Reveal a secret

Lock horns

Fight with someone

Losing ground

 Becoming less acceptable

Make a bee line

 go straight to

More or less

 Approximately

No love lost

 Persons who do not like each other at all

On purpose

Deliberately

On the back
burner

 To temporarily not deal with some matter
because it is not urgent

Once for all

Conclusively

Out of the blue

 Completely unexpected

Pain in the neck

 someone or something that is very annoying

Raining cats and
dogs

 Raining heavily

Shed light on

 To explain a situation

Spill the beans

 to give away a secret

Swim with the
tide

 agree with the popular opinion

Take a toll

 to harm or damage

The lion’s share

The largest portion

To be ill at
ease

To feel uncomfortable or
worried in a situation

To draw a blank

 To get no results

To raise a few
eyebrows

 to cause surprise or shock