Idioms & Expressions

To reveal secret information.

To reveal a secret carelessly or by accident.

To avoid talking about something directly.

To deliberately ignore or be unfriendly toward someone.

To tell someone everything about a situation, especially personal feelings.

To avoid becoming too friendly or close with someone.

Directly from the person who has firsthand knowledge.

To trust what someone says even though you're not completely sure it's true.

To argue against an idea just to test it, not because you actually disagree.

Both people involved in a situation share responsibility for it.

Feeling extremely happy.

Extremely happy.

To suddenly become too nervous to do something you had planned.

To release stress or anger, often through physical activity.

To annoy someone very much.

To be very careful about what you say or do so as not to upset someone.

To change your opinion or decision about something.

To stop being friends with someone after an argument.

To spoil someone's plans or happiness.

To do or say something that disturbs a stable situation.

An obvious problem that everyone notices but no one wants to talk about.

The last in a series of unpleasant events that makes a situation unbearable.

To make a bad situation even worse.

Something that seems bad at first but turns out to be good.

To face a difficult or unpleasant situation with courage.

To deal with a difficult situation in a direct and confident way.

To try every possible way to achieve something.

To take on a task that is too difficult to manage.

To start planning something again because the previous attempt failed.

To miss an opportunity because you acted too slowly.

To destroy relationships in a way that makes it impossible to go back.

To waste time being upset about something that has already happened and can't be changed.

To deal with a problem only when it actually happens, not before.

To not fully believe something and treat it with some doubt.

To organize yourself and start behaving in a more effective way.

To understand a difficult idea or situation.

To accept the unpleasant results of your actions.

To survive a difficult period.

It's your turn to take action or make a decision.

To do something in the easiest or cheapest way, often lowering quality.

In debt; losing money.

Making a profit; not in debt.

To cost a lot of money.

To have many tasks or responsibilities to deal with.

To stay focused on what is important.

To firmly refuse to allow something or insist on something.

No longer responsible for something or in trouble.

Fixed and unable to be changed.

A situation that progresses easily without problems.