Idioms Catalogue

1- Sock away

Meaning:

To save or reserve something, especially money, for future use. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "sock" and "away."

Example:

If you can sock away even 100 colones each month, it will go a long way toward our vacation at the end of the year. 

2-) On the spur of a moment

Meaning:
It was a spur-of-the-moment decision. It was like, let's do something with the kids before school starts.

Example:

It was a spur-of-the-moment decision. It was like, let's do something with the kids before school starts.

3-) Throw in the towel

Meaning:

To quit or abandon something; to admit defeat or failure; you stop trying to do something, because you know that you cannot succeed.

Example:

After trying their hand in the mobile market for just a few years, the company is already throwing in the towel after finding very little success.

4-) Salt of the earth

Meaning:

A person or group considered as embodying simplicity and moral integrity. Simple, honest person without pretensions.

Example:

Robert is still the salt of the earth. He donates most of his salary to charity and volunteers weekly at the hospital.

5-) Down the drain

Meaning: 

To waste or lost something.

Example: 

They were aware that their public image was rapidly going down the drain.

6-) Get one´s ducks in a row

Example:

Tomorrow, Jack will go the beach. He had his ducks in a row before he go.

7-) As free as a bird

Meaning:

Completely free and without responsabilities. 

Example:

Jack will be free as a bird next Friday. He is single!

8-) Jack of all trades 

Meaning: 

Person who does many different types of jobs. Work skills.

Example: 

My father could fix cars, build furniture, and program computers—he was a jack of all trades.

9-) Lose one´s marbles

Example:

My grandmother is old. She has been losing her marbles.

10-) It costs an arm and a leg: Very Expensive

Example: The goPro camera costs an arm and a leg.

11-) She let the cat out of the bag // spilled the beans.

12-) He is a couch potato

13-) He is catching some some z´s.

14-) Don´t look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don´t be ungrateful when you received a give.

15-) His bark is worse than his bite.

Actions will not be as severe as the things that someone said.

16-) She wears her heart on her sleeve 

To make your fellings and emotions obvious.

17-) I bend over backwards to help people.

To try extremely hard to help someone.

18-) He drives me up the wall.

Make me crazy.

19-)  The math course was the icing on the cake.

Amazing at the end, it was the best.

20-) I´m on the fence about it.

You don´t know what to do.

21-) Made the cake from scratch

We made this blogg from scratch.