Let's enjoy some of the English idioms!

[DAS]

miss the boat

miss the chance

Peter wanted to enter the drawing competition, but he was too late to enter, and he missed the boat.

[DAS]

burn a hole in one`s pocket

- to stimulate someone to spend money quickly

I got paid today and the money is burning a hole in my pocket.

[DAS]

phony as a three-dollar bill

- phony, not genuine

The man who was asking for donations for the charity was as phony as a three-dollar bill.

[DAS]

red-hot

- very hot, creating much excitement or demand

The new video game is red-hot and many people are waiting to buy one.

[DAS]

cool as a cucumber

- to be calm, to be not nervous or anxious

The man is as cool as a cucumber and never worries about anything.

[DAS]

above all

- mainly, especially

I like adventure movies but above all I love horror movies.

[DAS]

Apple of eye

Someone very precious or dear.
Every kid in the world is the apple of their parents’ eye(s).

[DAS]

I've been wondering lately what there is in the cats, that makes them so charming, so comforting.

Ann, I don't know either, but I like cats, too!

[Ann]

I've been wondering lately what there is in the cats, that makes them so charming, so comforting.

[DAS]

Crocodile Tears

False tears or false sadness

She tried to look upset at her rich uncle's funeral, but I didn't believe her crocodile tears

[DAS]

CopyCat

someone who has few ideas of their own and does or says exactly the same as someone else
The little boy was accused of being a copycat by the other children.

[DAS]

To talk Shop

To speak about work

Everybody at the company gathering decided that they would not talk shop during the dinner.

[DAS]

Pig-headed

showing unreasonable support for an opinion or plan of action and refusing to change or listen to different opinions

He, in his pig-headed way, insists that he is right and that everyone else is wrong.

[DAS]

To look facts in the face

Sometimes very difficult to

[Ann]

To look facts in the face