Taylor Swift

In the nick of time

vừa đúng lúc, trước khi quá muộn

Eg: I finished my project in the nick of time before the deadline.

Bad blood

ác cảm, ghét nhau

Eg: There's bad blood between the two teams after last year's championship game.

Hater gonna hate

kẻ ghét bạn sẽ không bao giờ hết ghét

Eg: No matter what she does, she knows that haters gonna hate.

Out of the woods

thoát khỏi nguy hiểm hoặc vượt qua khó khăn

Eg: After months of hard work, we finally feel out of the woods with this project.

Touch and go

không chắc chắn; rủi ro; có khả năng thất bại.

Eg: The surgery was touch and go, but thankfully everything turned out fine

The last/final straw

giọt nước tràn ly, sự kiện cuối cùng khiến tình huống không thể chịu đựng được nữa

Eg: When he lied to me for the third time, it was the final straw

Dressed (up) to the nines

ăn mặc chỉn chu, lịch sự hoặc sang trọng

Eg: She showed up at the wedding dressed to the nines.

Go down in flames

thất bại thảm hại

Eg: His plan to start a new business went down in flames after just a few months.

Be ahead of the curve

đi trước thời đại, dẫn đầu

Eg: Her innovative ideas keep her ahead of the curve in the tech industry.

Paint by numbers

làm chuyện gì đó đơn giản, dễ như ăn kẹo

Eg: His approach to art felt too paint by numbers for my taste

Swing for the fences

nỗ lực hết sức để đạt mục tiêu

Eg: In her new movie, she really swings for the fences with her performance.

Loose lips sink ships

cái miệng hại cái thân

Eg: He learned that loose lips sink ships when his secret got out.

House of cards

tình thế bấp bênh

Eg: Their relationship was a house of cards, and it fell apart quickly

Rub salt in the wound

làm cho tình huống đau đớn hơn, xát muối vào vết thương

Eg: Her comments about my mistake only rubbed salt in the wound

Easy come, easy go

dễ đến dễ đi

Eg: He spent his money on a new car, but easy come, easy go; he lost it all in a month.

In your wildest dream

trong giấc mơ siêu huyễn tưởng, hoang đường

Eg: I never thought I would win the lottery in my wildest dreams!