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Zhusipkhan Sabina
Collection of frequently used idioms and phrasal verbs
Idioms Meaning
1) A blessing in disguise A good thing that seemed bad at first
2) A bird in the hand is worth two What you have is worth more than
in the bush what you might have later
3) A penny saved is a penny earned Money you save today you can spend
later
4) A penny for your thoughts Tell me what you're thinking
5) Beat around the bush Avoid saying what you mean, usually
because it is uncomfortable
6) Better late than never Better to arrive late than not to come at
all
7) Break a leg Good luck
8) Bite the bullet To get something over with because it
is inevitable
9) Call it a day Stop working on something

10) Don’t be so critical


11) Cutting corners Doing something poorly in order to
save time or money
12) Easy does it Slow down
13) Get out of hand Get out of control
14) Get your act together Work better or leave
15) Go back to the drawing Start over
board
16) Hang in there Don’t give up
17) Hit the sack Go to sleep
18) It's not rocket science It's not complicated
19) Make a long story short Tell something briefly
20) No pain, no gain You have to work for what you want
21) On the ball Doing a good job
22) Pull someone's leg To joke with someone
23) Pull yourself together Calm down
24) So far so good Things are going well so far
25) Under the weather Sick
26) Break the ice Make people feel more comfortable
27) Costs an arm and a leg Very expensive
28) Comparing apples to Comparing two things that cannot be
oranges compared
29) Don't cry over spilt milk There's no reason to complain about
something that can't be fixed
30) Don't give up your day job You're not very good at this

Phrasal Meaning
1) Call off To cancel
2) Calm dowm Relax after being angry
3) Catch up Get to the same point as another person
4) Do over Do it again
5) Eat out Eat at a restaurant
6) Figure out Understand or find the answer
7) Give up Stop trying
8) Go over Review
9) Hang out Spend time relaxing
10) Hold on Wait a minute
11) Keep on (doing Continue what you are doing
something)
12) Look for Search for, try to find
13) Turn up/down Increase or decrease the volume or
strength
14) Get over Something is to recover from a difficult
experience. People generally use this to
explain the challenge they’ve had to
overcome.
15) Get through To “get through” here means to finish
or complete something. It can be used
when talking about a task, a project, or
anything that has a beginning and an
end.
16) Get across To communicate an idea successfully,
to make someone able to understand
something
17) Break down Stop functioning

18) Bear with Be patient


19) Break off End a relationship
20) Pick out Choose

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