MARCH22.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.
[poht-n-teyt] –noun a person who possesses great power, as a sovereign, monarch, or ruler.
m] –noun a moderate or small amount: He hasn't even a modicum of common sense.
