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question		réponse
Beat about the bush commencer à apprendre		talking about some unrealted matters
build castles in the air commencer à apprendre		make plans that can never be fulfilled
chew the fat commencer à apprendre		talking about this and that
hold water commencer à apprendre		sound true
let bygones be bygones commencer à apprendre		forget about the quarrels and forgive each other
make the grade commencer à apprendre		achive the required level of knowledge
paint the town red commencer à apprendre		celebrate
shake a leg commencer à apprendre		hurry up
sign on the dotted line commencer à apprendre		commit yourself to the rules unconditionally
overstep the mark commencer à apprendre		behave in an unacceptable way.
Do bird commencer à apprendre		serve a prison sentence
get cold feet commencer à apprendre		being scared (stchórzyć)
get blood out of stone commencer à apprendre		do something that is very hard to accomplish
cook the books commencer à apprendre		fałszować księgi
feel the pinch commencer à apprendre		experience hardship, especially financial
pay lip service commencer à apprendre		to show respect to
pop the question commencer à apprendre		ask someone to marry you
pull a long face commencer à apprendre		make a sad face
right the wrongs commencer à apprendre		naprawić błędy
square the circle commencer à apprendre		try to do something that is very difficult or impossible.
Call sb's bluff commencer à apprendre		to make someone prove that what they are saying is true
split hairs commencer à apprendre		to argue about small details of something
break new ground commencer à apprendre		do something completely different or you do something in a completely different way
follow suit commencer à apprendre		to do the same thing as someone else
bear a grudge (against someone) commencer à apprendre		to continue feeling an old resentment for someone
cluthing at straws commencer à apprendre		chwytać się wszystkich sposobów
pour oil on trobuled waters commencer à apprendre		to do or say something in order to make people stop arguing
sweat blood commencer à apprendre		to make a great effort
get a word in edgeways commencer à apprendre		contribute to a conversation with difficulty because the other speaker talks incessantly
pull your socks up commencer à apprendre		to make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not good enough
carry weight commencer à apprendre		to be considered serious and important
get things off your chest commencer à apprendre		to unburden oneself; to confess something; to criticize or make a personal complaint to someone
have an axe to grind commencer à apprendre		have a private reason for doing or being involved in something
pick holes commencer à apprendre		czepiać się
to hold something at bay commencer à apprendre		To keep someone or something at a distance or from reaching full potency, especially in order to prevent harm to oneself
drop a brick commencer à apprendre		to do or say something that makes you feel embarrassed
leave no stone unturned commencer à apprendre		to do everything you can to achieve a good result, especially when looking for something
put up the shutters commencer à apprendre		close buisness
let the cat out of the bag commencer à apprendre		revealed a secret
drawn a blank commencer à apprendre		failed to obtain what he has been striving for
feathered his nest commencer à apprendre		gained riches in a dishonest way
cut his losses commencer à apprendre		given up participation in an unprofitable activity
hit the roof commencer à apprendre		turned very angry
got the chop commencer à apprendre		been fired from work
jumped the gun commencer à apprendre		started doing something before the set time
carried coals to Newcastle commencer à apprendre		brought something of which there is enough
turned over a new leaf commencer à apprendre		started behaving better
rack your brains commencer à apprendre		to think very hard

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