IDIOMS (LOWER FORM)

An opportunity in hand, currently, is better than a prospect in the future, because time never repeats itself.

• Chip off the old block

• Every cloud has a silver lining

• A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush

To be extremely happy

• Go the extra mile

• Beside yourself with joy

• Fair and square

Doing something or trying to achieve something with thoroughness and passion

• Hook, line and sinker

• Bear a grudge

• A black sheep

Being direct or fair

• Fair and square

• Break a leg

• Butterfly in stomach

To be out of your comfort zone.

• Around the corner

• Looking to your laurels

• Fish out of water

To stop before a point where something okay gets not okay.

• Down for the count

• Draw the line

• Give it whirl

Not as easy as it appears to be.

• Easier said than done

• Don't cry over spilt milk

• Do unto others as you would them do unto you

Tired or giving up

• Go the extra mile

• Down for the count

• A black sheep

To continue to feel angry or unfriendly for someone or something because of a particular past incident.

• Having an Ace up the sleeve

• Give it a whirl

• Bear a grudge

A person is similar in behaviour or actions to his parents

• Around the corner

• Chip off the old block

• Down for the count