Idioms and phrases

• the way you act about something

  change your tune
• change owners

  change hands
• change what you believe in


  a change of heart
• to be completely different from something

  to be a far cry from
• in a place where few people go, far from any main roads and towns

  get off the beaten track
• you have to live without the possessions and comforts that you normally have

  have to rough it
• a small amount of money that is not enough to cover its intended use

  get by on a shoestring budget
• a person who is very interested in the arts

  be a culture vulture
• you mean that they live in conditions of great comfort and wealth

  be in the lap of luxury
• elbow people aside
• face the burden
• face the music
• foot the bill for something
• shoulder the burden
• stomach the idea
• toe the line
• annoy me

  get my goat
• overexcited

  get carried away
• pay large

  fork out
• be unrestrained

  run wild
• know which side your bread is buttered
• the best thing since sliced bread
• that’s the way the cookie crumbles
• a tough cookie
• chew the fat
• have sour grapes
• the icing of the cake
• the gravy train
• have a lot on your plate
• have bigger fish to try
• sweeten the pill
• take something with a pinch of salt
• spill the beans
• sell like hot cakes
• have egg on your face
• eat humble pie
• keen as mustard
• doesn’t cut the mustard
• talk turkey
• the right way round