Studied by 14 peopleDo a slow burn
To be quietly angry
Hit the sack
Go to bed
Pick someone’s brain
To get information from someone, usually by questioning the person carefully and in great detail.
Bite off more than one can chew
To take a task that is way too big
Chew someone out
To scold someone harshly
Dead to the world
Fast asleep
Eat one’s heart out
To suffer silently in a helpless state
Fan the flames
Make a bad situation even worse: say or do something to make someone angrier than they already are.
Fishy
Suspicious
Odd man out
The person who is left out; the one who does not fit in
Once in a blue moon
Very rarely
Poker face
An expressionless face; a face that reveals nothing of one’s feelings
Pop the question
Ask someone to get married
(Into the) Rabbit hole
Mentally go somewhere surreal, enter a chaotic situation; be on a journey that is complicated or confusing.
Rain check
Something that is avoided or procrastinated; to give an assurance of not doing something now but later.
Split hairs
To argue about some small detail that is not really important
Sticky fingers
Keep objects that don’t belong to you; the inclination to steal
Throw someone under the bus
To betray someone for self-benefits; to blame someone; to dissociate oneself from an unfavorable situation
Wet blanket
A person who spoil’s other people’s fun
Wild goose chase
Wasting resources working on something that does not exist or cannot be achieved
Wing it
To improvise
Miss the boat
To miss an opportunity because one is too late or slow
Close call
A narrow escape from disaster
Eye candy
Something attractive or visually appealing but is boring in other ways
Talk turkey
To talk seriously, usually about business
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