Dance to another tune: change to a different attitude or behavior
e.g. If your parents were here,
you would dance to another tune.
Make a stab at: try to do something
e.g. I knew you would make a
stab at finishing the project.
Go ballistic: fly into a rage; be over enthusiastic
e.g. After she heard the bad news,
she went ballistic and was uncontrollable.
Stick one’s neck out: take a risk
e.g. If I were you, I wouldn’t stick my neck out
for that ungrateful friend of yours
All systems are go: everything is good and ready as planned
e.g. Everything is in order, and all
systems are go. We can now launch the rocket.
Sleep on something: think seriously
e.g. I’ll sleep on what you
just told me. I’ll give you an answer tomorrow.
Go through the roof: very angry
e.g. When he found out that you
took his money, he went through the roof.
That’s the ticket: what is needed
e.g. That’s the ticket! If
you do as I tell you, you will succeed.
Call it a day: quit work and go home
e.g. I’m tired; let’s call it a day.
Talk through the hat: talk nonsense
e.g. During the whole evening,
your friend had been talking through his hat.
Talk until one is blue in the face: talk a great deal
e.g. I talked until I was blue
in the face, but she would not change her mind.
Stephen Lau
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