English Idioms Vocabulary 2022 Complete Edition

Go off the rails
Meaning: Start behaving in an uncontrollable or intolerable way.
Example: My daughter started going off the rails shortly after graduation.
Go the extra mile
Meaning: To make an extra effort; do more than is expected of you.
Example: We need to go the extra mile to release the game on time.
Go through the floor
Meaning: To fall to an ultra-low level.
Example: Due to the crisis, resort prices have gone through the floor.

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Guard your tongue
Meaning: Being very careful about what you say.
Example: Guard your tongue, woman, you're talking about my mother!
Hang in the balance
Meaning: Not yet decided; unsure of the future; not certain what will
happen to it.
Example: After that scandal, the future of my company still hangs in the
balance.
Have a bone to pick with someone
Meaning: To talk to the person about the things that annoy you; to have an
issue to discuss or argue about.
Example: Darling, I've got a bone to pick with you. Why did you decide to
have dinner with your ex-boyfriend again?
Have a bee in your bonnet
Meaning: To talk a lot about something or be extremely passionate about it
(mostly in a very annoying way).
Example: He's got a bee in his bonnet about video games.
Have another string to one’s bow
Meaning: To emphasize that you have another plan/idea/skill to use if it's
needed.
Example: You're right, my plan didn't work, but I have another string to my
bow.
Have a short fuse

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Meaning: To get angry/mad very easily.
Example: Her boss is known to have a short fuse.
Have bigger fish to fry
Meaning: Have more important things to do.
Dialogue example:
Speaker A: Could you help me with my project?
Speaker B: Sorry, I've got bigger fish to fry!