Idiom of the day

MARCH

22.Back burner:
If an issue is on the back burner, it is being given low priority.

21.A lost ball in the high weeds:
A lost ball in the high weeds is someone who does not know what they are doing, where they are or how to do something.

20.You can say that again:
If you want to agree strongly with what someone has said, you can say 'You can say that again' as a way of doing so.

19.Walk a fine line:
If you have to walk a fine line, you have to be very careful not to annoy or anger people or groups that are competing. ('Walk a thin line' is an alternative.)

18.Velvet glove:
This idiom is used to describe a person who appears gentle, but is determined and inflexible underneath. ('Iron fist in a velvet glove' is the full form.)

17.Up to your eyes:
When you've got too much work to do, you're up to your eyes in it.

16.Take a hike:
This is a way of telling someone to get out.

11.Sail close to the wind:
If you sail close to the wind, you take risks to do something, going close to the limit of what is allowed or acceptable.

10.Read from the same page:
When people are reading from the same page, they say the same things in public about an issue.

9.Queer street:
If someone is in a lot of trouble, especially financial, they are in Queer Street.

8.Pass the muster:
If something passes muster, it meets the required standard.

7.Off the hook:
If someone is off the hook, they have avoided punishment or criticism for something they have done

6.Neck of the woods:
If someone talks about their neck of the woods, they mean the area where they live

5.Make yourself scarce:
If someone makes themselves scarce, they go away from a place, especially to avoid trouble or so that they can't be found.

4.Laugh up your sleeve:
If you laugh up your sleeve, you laugh at someone secretly.

3.Knock something on the head:
If you knock something on the head, you stop it or stop doing it.