1.Grammar_Book_Intermediate

to be fed up with

fishy

to horse around

to pull someone's leg

all thumbs

to turn someone off

to kick the bucket

to feel like a million dollars

to be on top of the world

to make ends meet

the early bird catches the worm

to go Dutch

to cost an arm and a leg

to tie the knot/get hitched

to drink like a fish

to be on the safe side

a walking encyclopaedia

teacher's pet

blue Monday

to go bust

a golden key opens every door

a golden parachute

to cook the book

for a song

to catch someone red-handed

wannabe

to be in the red

to give somebody a dirty look

to have butterflies in stomach

to keep a straight face

to be up to your neck in smth

on-off relationship to be really into smth

to be washed out

(with someone or something): to be out of patience example: I'm really fed up with his behaviour!

strange or suspicious

example: It was fishy when he said he was at work yesterday.

to fool around/hang around

example: We spent two hours horsing around before he came.

to tell ridiculous stories

example: Jack likes to pull our legs by making up these stories.

somebody very clumsy

example: I guess I'm all thumbs because I broke your new vase.

to disgust somebody

example: His new haircut really turns me off.

to die

example: Her dad kicked the bucket very suddenly after the accident.

to feel so happy

example: I feel like a million dollars with this haircut!

to be extremely happy

example: Jane is on top of the world before her wedding.

to survive from salary to salary

example: After Rose lost her job she barely makes ends meet. to get up really early in order to get a better place or thing

when each person pays their expenses, usually on a date

to be very expensive

example: This car cost me an arm and leg!

to get married

example: Sarah and Jim finally tied the knot this summer. to drink great quantities of alcohol

to take extra precautions to reduce a possibility to make mistakes someone who has a wide range of information about many subjects

favourite student of the teacher

example: I've never been the teacher's pet because of my behaviour.

time to get back to the routine example: I hate blue Mondays.

when a store or company has no money it goes out of business money will let a person do anything they want

a large sum of money given to an employee to encourage him to leave his position

example: Mike got a golden parachute and moved to Majorca with his wife. to make false or inaccurate entries to make profits look better

for very little money

example: I sold these books for a song.

to find somebody doing something bad or criminal a person who tries to be like someone else

to owe more money than you have

example: Rose is always in the red ever since she got divorced. to look at someone in a disapproving way

to be nervous before an important event

to look serious even if something is very funny to be very busy doing something

relationship when people often break up and get back again

to be very interested in something example: Tom is really into computers.

to be very tired

example: I'm really washed out after this meeting.