Idioms*

UNITED STATES

bite the dust                                     face the music                           keep your shirt on

blow off steam                                 fair-weather friend                     land on ones feet

bone to pick                                     fed up                                         make no bones

blow the whistle on                         fine-tooth comb                          neither here nor there

bored to tears                                 get one's feet wet                      on the fence

bread and butter                             get through one's head             on the whole

break the ice                                   feet on the ground                     pay the piper

brush off                                           give up the ship                         read between the lines

beat around the bush                     go against the grain                  scratch the surface

change one's tune                          go to pot                                     save one's breath

chip on one's shoulder                   in the family way                         miss the boat

climb on the bandwagon                 in the long run                             take a back seat

GREAT BRITAIN

applaud to the echo                 feel like a giant refreshed             lose the day

in bad odour                             of the first water                             merry as a cricket

to be on (oft) the beam            go to one's account                     with might and main

chop and change                      not as green as he's                     grasp the nettle

as cold as charity                     cabbage looking                             put in one's oar

have a crow to pluck (pick)     help a lame dog over a stile           shilly-shally

die in harness                           a pretty pass                                     from pillar to post

dree one's weird                      improve the occasion                       pink of perfection

hang on a person's lips           have one's knife in a                         to stump up

come to heel                             person                                                 lose caste

                                                   late in the field

THE BAHAMAS

bitch up                                     broad-speaking                     get burned up

butter for fat                             that's chalk                               cheek somebody up

clap somebody up                  cold in the arm, leg                 curry-favor someone

cut up with someone               cut your grass                          decide your mind

what the diggins                       dive up                                     doggy after someone

don't-care-'f-l                             draw hand                                eat off someone

fowled of doing something      pick up gap seed                    grind somebody up in your heart

in quest                                     keep somebody hot                 land somebody off

lay on your chest/stomach      make him know                         make your break

mix fool with sense                  one mind tell me                       own something to somebody

pick somebody's mouth          pick up for somebody              pitch a stink