A white elephant [a useless object which is expensive to keep]
An eye sore [an unpleasant sight]
An eye for an eye [take revenge]
Apple of one’s eye [a favoured person]
At the eleventh hour [at the last moment]
A black sheep [a good for nothing person]
Bad egg [worthless person]
Beat about/ around the bush [talk in a roundabout way]
Bread and butter [means of livelihood]
Bury the hatchet [forget past quarrels]
Carry weight [important]
Cats and dogs [always quarreling]
Caught red-handed [caught while committing a crime
Child play [easy to do]
Cock and bull story [silly story]
Come to the point [speak directly]
Dead broke [without a cent]
Dog in a manger [selfish person]
Eye to eye [agree]
Eat like a horse [eat heartily]
Face the music [prepared for punishment]
Foot the bill [pay the bill]
From hand to mouth [without any provision for the future]
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