Cool your heels

Pay someone back in his /her own coin If you pay someone back in his/ her own coin, you treat him/ her in the same way he/ she treated you.

By refusing to help her colleague, she paid him back in the same coin.

Left out in the cold If you’re left out in the cold, you’re ignored.

I was left out in the cold in the annual promotions in the company.

Pour cold water on If you pour cold water on an idea or plan, you criticize it to the extent that people lose enthusiasm to pursue it.

The investors poured cold water on the plan to build another factory.

Blow hot and cold If you blow hot and cold, you vacillate.

The editor blew hot and cold over the story for few days and then finally decided to publish it.

To come to a head If something comes to a head, it reaches to the point of a crisis.

The situation came to a head when he passed a derogatory comment purportedly toward me.

Cool your heels To wait, sometimes so that one becomes calmer or more composed

I spent two hours cooling my heels in the waiting room while the CFO was busy in a meeting.

Cut corners If you cut corners, you save money or effort by finding cheaper or easier ways to do things.

It you cut corners on this product, it’ll have a lesser lifespan.

Run its course If something runs its course, it continues naturally until it finishes.

There is no cure for this infection. You’ll have to let it run its course.

Stay the course

If you stay the course, you persevere till the completion of a task, especially a difficult one.

Despite an injury, he stayed the course to save the match for his team.

Cut someone down to size If you cut someone down to size, you show them they’re not as important or intelligent as they think.

The boss cut that arrogant guy to size in no time.

Daylight robbery Blatant overcharging $5 for a can of juice! This is daylight robbery.

Boil the ocean To waste one’s time attempting to do the impossible. You expect our plant to manufacture 40,000 parts in a week. You’re trying to boil the ocean on this one.

Handle with kid gloves If you handle someone with kid gloves, you treat them with extreme tact and care. The client is hyper sensitive. We need to handle him with kid gloves, or we risk losing the deal.