KNOW THE MEANING

All that glitters is not gold: that looks good is good Not everything

Cross a bridge when one comes to it: Deal with a situation when it happens, used when explaining that one shouldn’t worry too much about possible problems

Fall into the trap: Do something that someone wants you to do in order to take advantage of you

Feel put-upon: Feel like someone is forcing your to do something you don’t want to do

Get something under Experience something

one’s

belt:

Get the short end of the stick: Lose in an arrangement of some sort, receive the smallest portion

Have the heart skip a beat: by something

Be surprised

Hit a happy medium: Find balance between extremes

Kid around: Have fun, joke

Presence of mind: The ability to calmly think about a situation and make the best decision rather than act on emotion

Push someone’s buttons: Know exactly what to say to anger another person

Put something into practice: Do something that you want to become a habit, often used when following advice

Regain one’s composure: Find balance after having becoming very emotional (anger, sadness, spite, etc.)

Run like water off a duck’s back: bother or affect someone

Straighten something out: problem

Not

Resolve a

Throw someone a curve ball: Do something that surprises someone, often used when negative events happen

Turn on hesitation

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dime:

Change

without