Idioms by Tiffany Tillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj Made with a bold sensibility en-us 2021-11-04 13:07:26 UTC 2023-03-29 03:09:35 UTC hello@padlet.com Wear your heart on your sleeve tiffantillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867367384 to be honest ]]> 2021-11-04 13:08:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867367384 In the doghouse tiffantillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867368007 In trouble]]> 2021-11-04 13:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867368007 When pigs fly tiffantillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867368536 To wait for something that will never happen.]]> 2021-11-04 13:08:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867368536 Put your foot in your mouth tiffantillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867369303 To say or do something you wish you wouldn't have done.]]> 2021-11-04 13:08:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867369303 On pins and needles tiffantillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867369916 to be on nervous state 

Origin: The expression began as a literal description of the sharp, uncomfortable feeling one gets when recovering from numbness.]]> 2021-11-04 13:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867369916 I’ll be there with bells on tiffantillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867371277 To come somewhere eagerly, without hesitation ]]> 2021-11-04 13:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867371277 Bite off more than you can chew tiffantillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867372142 2021-11-04 13:09:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867372142 Toss your cookies tiffantillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867375517 A period when one is close to throwing up.]]> 2021-11-04 13:11:08 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867375517 Give me a hand tiffantillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867403146 to ask for help ]]> 2021-11-04 13:21:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867403146 Hit the books tiffantillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867404631 to study hard, with effort]]> 2021-11-04 13:22:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867404631 Keep an eye on you tiffantillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867406817 to look after someone ]]> 2021-11-04 13:23:15 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867406817 You’re pulling my leg tiffantillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867408302 youre lying to me (playful) ]]> 2021-11-04 13:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867408302 Cat’s got your tongue tiffantillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867411881 Expression used to address someone who's keeping very-very silent.]]> 2021-11-04 13:25:16 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867411881 Zip your lip tiffantillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867418675 to stop talking]]> 2021-11-04 13:27:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867418675 Cold turkey tiffantillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867422891 To quit without easing out of it...]]> 2021-11-04 13:29:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867422891 All in the same boat tiffantillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867430350 in the same position/situation

Origin: The metaphor alludes to people who are together in a boat sharing the same fate, whether they choose to or not.]]> 2021-11-04 13:32:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867430350 Barking up the wrong tree tiffantillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867431393 Wasting one's effort by doing the wrong thing or taking unneeded actions.]]> 2021-11-04 13:32:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867431393 Birds of a feather flock together tiffantillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867432150 having similar tastes often get together and feel comfortable in each other’s company]]> 2021-11-04 13:32:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867432150 Crying over spilt milk tiffantillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867432829 Phrase, which means that there's no point to being upset over something that has already happened.

This expression is old, going back at least 360 years. Nobody knows the exact origin, it may have come from supernatural lore. In the days when people believed strongly in fairies, it was common to lay out a shrine for them consisting of small quantities of food and drink, particularly of their favorite — milk.]]> 2021-11-04 13:32:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867432829 Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched tiffantillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867433633 you should not make plans that depend on something good happening before you know that it has actually happened

Origin: Even if a chicken has laid eggs, it does not mean that all the chickens will survive.]]> 2021-11-04 13:33:14 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867433633 It takes two to tango tiffantillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867434625 Expression that means both of the two people have to participate in some situation, whether a bad or good one.

The phrase refers to the South American dance tango, which requires two partners to perform. It originated in a 1952 song Takes Two to Tango by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning and gained popularity subsequently as an expression. ]]> 2021-11-04 13:33:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867434625 Let the cat out of the bag tiffantillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867439187 To accidentally (or not) tell a secret that should've been either a surprise or stayed unknown to everyone. 

Supposedly, merchants would sell customers live piglets and, after putting a pig in a sack for easier transport, would sometimes swap the pig for a cat when the customer looked away. The buyer wouldn't discover they'd been cheated until they got home and literally let the cat out of the bag.]]> 2021-11-04 13:35:15 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867439187 Out of the frying pan and into the fire tiffantillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867439647 To escape an awful situation, only to find yourself in a way worse predicament.]]> 2021-11-04 13:35:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867439647 Out on a limb tiffantillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867440191 do smth you believe in in spite of any kind of obstacles ]]> 2021-11-04 13:35:39 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867440191 Preaching to the choir tiffantillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867440691 Sharing your ideas with people who already agree with those ideas, or stand against them and won't change their opinion.]]> 2021-11-04 13:35:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867440691 Rub salt in your wound tiffantillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867441769 make things worse 
Origin: salt getting in the wound make it more painful ]]> 2021-11-04 13:36:15 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867441769 The straw that broke the camel’s back tiffantillman https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867442012 Minor or routine action that can cause an unpredictably large and sudden reaction resulting in someone being angry over it.

Possibly from the proverb, recorded by Thomas Fuller in his Gnomologia as "Tis the last feather that breaks the horse's back." This comes from an Arab proverb about loading up a camel beyond its capacity to move, to the scenario of a single straw of grass or hay overwhelming the desert-roaming beast of burden.]]> 2021-11-04 13:36:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffantillman/bhfffm5sbfuv8mhj/wish/1867442012