Vocabulary & Spelling 4.5

draw the line at (something)

v. - refuse to behave in a certain way because you think it is wrong

a kick in the teeth

n. - an insult or unfair act

a stumbling block

n. - an obstacle

open ended

adj. - having no planned ending, can be developed in many ways

state-of-the-art

adj. - most modern, most technically advanced

a kick in the teeth

n. - an insult or unfair act

know what's what

n. - an expert

the brains behind

n. - the most intelligent person in the company

mine of information

n. - a rich source of information

grey matter

n. - intelligence, brains

nobody's fool

adj. - is very clever

gift of the gab

adj. - talks well and persuasively

can't make head or tail

n. - can't understand

in the same boat

adj. - sharing a similar situation or predicament with others

cut to the chase

n. - been talking too long and needs to get to the point

face the music

v.. - to deal with the reality of a situation and accept all the consequences

eyeball it

v. - To estimate an amount of something based on how it looks

spill the beans

v. - to accidentally or prematurely give out information that's supposed to be kept secret.

nip something in the bud

v. - to stop a bad situation from becoming worse by taking action at an early stage of its development

barking up the wrong tree

v. - efforts have been put into something that won't produce the desired outcome