Idioms and phrases

to make clean breast of	to confess without of reserve
child's play	a very easy thing
bird's eyeview	to general view from above
to scale up	to measure
to clear the air	to remove tension
to chew the chud	to think deeply
to keep one's temper	to be in good mood
tipped off	given advanced information
between the devil and the deep sea	to be in dilemma
to cut the crackle	to stop talking and start
out and out	absolutely
the cold shoulder	ignored me
passed himself off	pretended to be
no axe to grind	to act selflessly
hanging fire	going on slowly
die in harness	die while still working
to play foul	to do something wrong
to give currency to	to pay much attention to
big draw	a huge attraction
a fool's paradise	to live in illusions
the alpha and the omega	the beginning and the end
lost heart	became discouraged
to miss the boat	to miss an opportunity
to have cold feet	to be reluctant
let the grass grow under his feet	loitered around
with might and main	with full vigour
on the nod	on credit
back stairs influence	secret and unfair influence
to see red	to find fault with
rainy days	unlucky times
let on	reveal
a good samaritan	a genuinely helpful person
blue blood	an aristocrat
at one's wit's end	to be completely confused
to play with	fool
black sheep	an unworthy person
pillar to post	one place to another
a snake in the grass	an unrecognizable enemy
have a go	make an attempt
to turn over a new leaf	to change one's behaviour for the better
oily tongue	flattery
lions share	greater share of a thing
to bury the hatchet	to make up a quarrel
at sea	perplexed
in deep water	in real trouble
to look blue	to look sad
stem from	originate
take it ill	to be offended
in a delicate state	hanging by a hair
to bell the cat	to take lead in danger