American English idioms

Most common AE idioms

Most common AE idioms


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Something common

A dime a dozen

A good thing that seemed bad at first 

A blessing in disguise

Avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is uncomfortable

Beat around the bush

Better to arrive late than not to come at all

Better later than never

To get something over with because it is inevitable

Bite the bullet

Good luck

Break a leg 

Stop working on something 

Call it a day 

Don't be so critical 

Cut somebody some slack 

Doing something poorly in order to save time or money

Cutting corners 

Slow down

Easy does it 

Get out of control 

Get out of hand 

Do the thing you've been wanting to do so you can move on

Get something out of your system 

Work better or leave

Get your act together 

Trust what someone says 

Give someone the benefit of the doubt 

Start over 

Go back to the drawing board 

Don't give up

Hang in there 

Go to sleep

Hit the sack 

It's not complicated 

It's not rocket science 

To not hold someone responsible for something

Let someone off the hook

Tell something briefly 

Make a long story short

It's too late 

Miss the boat 

You have to work for what you want

No pain, no gain 

Doing a good job

On the ball

To joke with someone 

Pull someone's leg 

Calm down 

Pull yourself together 

Things are going well so far

So far so good 

The person we were just talking about showed up!

Speak of the devil 

My patience has run out 

That's the last straw 

An ideal situation 

The best of two worlds 

You don't notice how long something lasts when it's fun

Time flies when you're having fun 

To get upset

To get bent out of shape

Make a problem worse

To make matters worse

Sick

Under the water 

Let's not talk about that problem right now

We'll cross that bridge when we come to it

Understand something complicated 

Wrap your head around something 

That's true, I agree

You can say that again 

I have no idea 

Your guess is as good as mine