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A1
In a high quality, in a good order.

A is one thing, B is another
Two things which seem to be the same are actually different

A hot potato
A hot issue that people are talking about

A man of sense
Someone who has a good heart

A penny for your thoughts
Ask someone about their thoughts

A piece of cake            
Something very easy   

ABC
Refer to something or someone that in the very beginning step.

About to
Almost ready to

Above someone's head
Too hard for someone to understand.

Acid Test
A hard way to prove sincerity of someone/ something.

Across the board
Totally agree or applicable with no condition.

Act of God
An incident occured by nature with zero humans involement.

Add insult to injury
Make a bad situation even worse

Ad hoc
Something unplanned. Not happen regularly.

All fingers and thumbs
Very clumsy.

All square
Even. Mission complete.

All thumbs
Clumsy, do things in an awkward way

An eye for an eye
React in the same level. Usually in negative way

Anchor man/ anchor woman
An important person in a group.

Anything but....
Anything except...

Apple of one's eyes
One's most favoriate among the others.

Around the clock
All day all night

As a last resort
Last choice. The last thing one would do if no other option

At full length
From the start to the end. From one edge to another

At one blow
At one hit

At stake
At risk, risky

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Back seat driver
Person who like to involve in other's business.

Back to square one
Back to the starting point again

Back to the wall
In a ready-to-fight situation due to no other way to escape.

Backup the wrong horse
Support the wrong person, team or side.

Bad Egg
Person who is different, in a negative way, from the group.

Bad hair day
A day which everything seem to go wrong.

Bag of bones
Very skinny person/ animal.

Bear fruit            
Succeed

Beggar on horseback
Poor person who acting arrogant when become rich or achieve only small thing.

Bent on
Already made decision, agreed on something

Beyond Question
Certainly, No doubt

Birds of a feather flock together
The same type of people or people who like to do the same thing

Blessing in disguise
Good thing that you never reconginize at the first place

Blow away
Kill by gun shot

Blow over
Already finish, forget

Bound to do
Likely to happen / Likely to do something

Bottom of the barrel
The worst part of the group / organization

Break a leg
Good luck

Break into tears
Suddenly yell out (either sad or happy)

Break the ice
Talking or doing things to release pressure or to make listeners relax

By and large
Generally, In all case.

By birth
Specific character attached to someone from their family or country

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Call down
Curse someone / something

Call of nature
Need to go to toilet

Call the roll
Call out to check the total number

Can a duck swim?
An Ironic question to ask someone who say something stupid.

Can of worms
Something anyone don't want to be involved.

Can't get a word in edgeways
Have no chance to say anything

Can't make head nor tail
Cannot understand something

Can't take a chance
Can't take a risk

Carrot and stick
A combination of good and bad/ positive and negative.

Carry a big stick
Carry so much power or authority.

Cat got a tongue            
Can't speak / talk (for any reasons)

Catch some rays
Walk/ sit under the sun

Caught between two stools
You have to choose between two difficult options

Chance it
Take a risk / Take a chance to try

Chip on the shoulder
Still angry from something in the past

Cold Sweat
Feel very nervous of something

Come in handy
Become beneficial

Come off
Succeed

Come to pass
Happen / Occur

Confide in
Trust someone enough to tell the secret or personal story

Cost an arm and a leg
Extremely expensive

Count on
Trust / Reply on

Count towards
Approve that something is correct / becomes effective

Cut corners
Buy unacceptable quality products/services to save money

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D-day
An important day, which has been planned.

Daddy of all
Very much.

Dark horse
A Person with unknown background or profile.

Davy Jones' locker
Very deep in the sea. At the bottom of the sea

Daylight robbery
An ironic term when a shop sells you something very expensive.

Dead duck
A victim or a totally cannot survive situation.

Die away            
Can't speak / talk (for any reasons)

Different strok for different folks
Everyone has different interest and tastes

Do someone injury
Succeed

Do the sights of
Curse someone / something

Dog eat dog
A dirty competition. No rule, no manner

Down at heel
Very old. something too old to repair

Draw a line
Take a risk / Take a chance to try

Dressed to kill
Wear one's finest clothing

Dress to the teeth
Dress elegantly

Drive someone up a wall
Annoy someone greatly

Drop someone a line
Call somone

Duck soup
Finish with almost no effort

Dwell on
Think too much / repeatly think or do something

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Eager beaver
Someone who is very energetic

Early birds            
Someone who always wake up in the ealry morning

Early birds catch the worm            
If you start earlier you have the better chance of success

Easy come, easy go
If you earn something very easily, you likely to lost them easily.

Eata humble pie
Admit on something

Eat like a horse
Eating so much

Eating someone
Disturbing someone

Egg on the facel
To be embarrassed

Egghead
Smart person

Elbow room
A space or time to relax and manage busy life.

Eleventh hour
Something that happen in the very last minute

End up
Finally do something

Enfant terrible
A troublemaker

Even stevens
Something which are shared equally

Every dog has its day
Cheer up someone that their winning day will finally come

Eye candy
A pretty girl

Eyes are bigger than someone's stomach
Eat more than stomach can handle

Eye to eye
Agree