PHRASE

MEANING / USAGE

Bored to death

Very bored

You've got to be kidding

Used when a statement is ridiculous

Sick and tired

Used when you no longer enjoy something because you have done it too many times

Get on one's nerves

Used when someone or something is bothering you

Feel blue

Feel sad

Chicken

A person who is not brave; adjective - not brave

Give somebody a hard time

Make someone feel bad for making a mistake

Go Dutch

Each person paying for themselves

Goose bumps

Tiny bumps you get all over your body when you are experiencing intense emotions

Rain or shine

Not allowing anything to prevent you from doing something

I'm beat

I’m very tired

It's about time

When you want to express that you waited a long time

Jump to conclusions

Making a conclusion without having all the information

Nuke

To cook something in the microwave oven

On the dot

The exact time

Out of this world

Amazing

I can eat a horse

To express the desire to eat a lot of food

Bug

To annoy

Grab a bite

To get something to eat

Take it easy

Relax; stop working so hard; calm down

Go with the flow

To do things as other people are doing it because it is easier to do; to not go against the common way of doing things

Twenty-four seven (24/7)

Constantly; always available; every minute of the day and night

Under the weather

Feeling sick; not well

Be broke

To have no money

Beats me

I do not know; I do not understand

I don't buy it

I disagree; I am not convinced

Sort of

A little; kind of

Never mind

Forget about it

Cat got your tongue

Used when someone has nothing to say

Go for it

To encourage someone to do something that they have planned

My two cents

To give or share your opinion

What's eating you?

Used to ask someone what's bothering them

Pie in the sky

Pleasant to imagine but impossible to attain