15 Common English Idioms 

1. Using a Sledgehammer to crack a nut ( Using more force than is necessary ) 
2. You hit the nail on the head. ( You are exactly right ) 
3. Ballpark Figure. ( A rough guess / estimate ) 
4. The whole shooting match. ( Everything ) 
5. Turn a blind eye. ( Ignore to keep the status quo ) 
6. Spanner in the works. ( Something that causes a problem ) 
7. Go the whole 9 yards. ( Do more than is expected ) 
8. Walking on egg shells. ( Avoiding a subject in order to maintain the status quo ) 
9. A snowball’s chance in hell. ( Not very likely / impossible ) 

10.Keep an ear to the ground. ( Pay attention to a subject or situation ) 

11.Never look a gift here I the mouth. ( Accept free things without question ) 

12.Never judge a book by its cover. ( Don’t accept a person or thing by its appearance ) 

13.A bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush. ( What you have is the only thing that you can rely on) 

14.He who pays the piper calls the tune. ( The person who pays makes the decisions ) 

15.Pushing an open door. ( Total agreement ) 

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