English

• Conquest - the act of taking control by force
• Banish - to deport or exile a person
• Knapsack - a backpack
• Forbid - prevent or prohibit
• Troop - a group of soldiers
• Anxious - nervous or worried
• Raining cats and dogs - rain pouring down heavily
• Sweet tooth - having strong desire to eat sweet food
• Bring home the bacon - bring home the victory or glory
• Cost an arm and a leg - very expensive or costly
• Beat around the bush - to avoid the main topic by saying other unrelated things
• Barking up the wrong tree - making a mistake, misunderstanding something, or going in the wrong direction
• Bite the bullet - deciding to do something unpleasant that you have been avoiding to do
• Cut corners - do something cheaply or without proper care
• See eye to eye - agreeing with someone
• By the skin of my teeth - narrowly succeed in doing something
• Wear your heart on your sleeve - show your feelings openly
• Cry over spilled milk - crying over something that has already happened
• All bark and no bite - someone who talks a lot, but doesn't really end up taking action on his threat
• Spill the beans - to tell someone a secret, especially one that you know they will be upset about
• The ball is in your court - you make the decision or make the next move
• Blessing in disguise - something that seems bad or unlucky at first, but results in something good happening later
• Bend over backwards - to work extra hard to make something happen, particularly to help someone
• Cold feet - become nervous about something because you think it will fail
• As cool as a cucumber - to be very calm, with no worries
• Cut corners - to do something badly or cheaply
• Go down in flames - describes a person or situation that fails dramatically
• Head in the clouds - used to describe someone who is not being realistic
• I’m screwed - in very bad trouble or difficulty
• Butterflies in my stomach - feeling nervous/excited about something
• Keep my head above water - to avoid getting into difficulties
• Back to square one - to start over again, from the beginning, from the beginning of a problem or situation
• Hit the nail on the head - to be exactly right about something
• Jump on the bandwagon - to join an activity that has become very popular or to change your opinion to one that has become very popular so that you can share in its success
• Caught red-handed - caught doing something wrong
• Get it together - stop crying or complaining
• Piece of cake - something that is very easy to do
• Once in a blue moon - rarely, once in a very long time
• Wink of an eye - instantaneously, extremely quickly
• Pull someone’s leg - to make someone believe something that is not true as a joke