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A chain is no stronger than its weakest linkthings can become vulnerable because the weakest person or part can always damage or break them
a fool and his master are soon partedpeople who aren't careful with money, spend it quickly. master is an alternative for money here.
A little learning is a dangerous thingsmall amount of knowledge can make people think they are smarter than they really are.
A penny for your thoughtsa way to ask someone what they are thinking
A penny saved is a penny earnedwe shouldn't spend or waste money, but save it
A picture is worth a thousand wordsa picture can often get a message across much better than the best verbal description
A problem shared is a problem halvedtalking about your problems makes you feel better
A rising tide lifts all boatsbasically, if an economy is doing well, everyone will benefit from it
A rolling stone gathers no mosspeople say this to mean that that an ambitious person achieves more than a person not trying to achieve anything
A watched pot never boilssome things work out in their own time, thus being anxious and checking it multiple times will just make it seem longer
Abide by a decisionaccepting and complying by a decision, even if you might disagree with it
Ace in the holeAce in the hole means some thing that other people are not aware if that can be used to your advantage when the time is right
Ace up your sleevethis means that you have something of advantage that other people are not aware about
Achilles' heela person's weak spot is their Achilles' heel
Acid testsomething that proves whether something is good, effective or not
Across the boardsomething that applies to everybody
Act of godnatural disasters that are out of control for humans
Act of waraction that is intended to start a war or is being interpreted as the cause of the war
Add fuel to the firemaking bad situations worse
Add insult to injurymaking bad situation worse
Against the clockbasically if you do this, you are rushed and have very little time to do it
Against the grainbasically you're unwilling to do a task because it contradicts your beliefs, however you have to do it anyways.
Age before beautyit is a way of allowing someone older person to do something first, its often used sarcastically
Ahead of the packbasically means you have made more progress than your rivals.
Air your dirty laundry in publicif you do this, you reveal aspects of your private life that should really remain private.
Alike as two peasin this case, two people are identical
All and sundryway of emphasizing 'all', like saying 'each and every one'
Alive and kickingIf something is active and doing well, it is alive and kicking
All bark no bitesomeone who talks a lot but does nothing to back up their words
All fingers and thumbsit means you are too excited or clumsy to do a task that requires manual dexterity
All bets are offmeans that agreements that have been made no longer apply
All hell broke loosethere is chaos, confusion and trouble
All in a day's workif something is all in a day's work and nothing special
All over the shopsomething that is completely disorganised or confused
All over the showIt's a complete mess
All leads to Romethat means there are multiple ways of doing something
All sixesif its all sixes, it doesn't matter how its done. it is the same as 'six of one and half a dozen of the other'
All skin and boneif a person is very underwieght
all squarethis means nobody has an advantage or is ahead of others
All the ragesomething that is very popular or 'in fashion' at the moment
all the tea in chinaIf someone doesn't do it for all the tea in china, then they wont do it no matter how much money is offered
All eggs in one basketrisking everything at once, instead of trying to spread the risk
Always a bridesmaid, never a bridefor someone who is never able to fulfill their ambition, they do come close to but never manage the recognition that they crave
Ambulance chasera lawyer who encourages people to sue for compensation if they've gotten sick or been in an accident
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cureprevention is better than cure
And all that jazzmeans that everything related or similar is included
Angry as a bearthis means that someone is very angry
Angry as a bullthis means that someone is very angry
Ants in your pantssomeone is agitated or excited about something that they cant stay still
Any port in a stormmeans that in an emergency anything will do, even if it was unacceptable normally
Apple of your eyesomething or someone that is very special to you
Arm and a legIf it costs arm and a leg, it is very expensive
Armchair criticsomeone who offers advice but never shows that they could actually do any better
Armed to the teethpeople who have lots of weapons
Around the clockthat means something that is open 24 hours a day
Arrow in the quiverstrategy or option that could be used to achieve your objective
As cold as stoneif its a thing, it means its very cold. if its used for a person, it means they are unemotional
As cool as cucumbersomeone who doesnt get worried about anything
As good as newsomething that has been used but is in extremely good condition
As mad as a hattersomeone is crazy or behaves strangely.
As much use as a handbrake on a canoeused to describe something worthless or pointless
As neat as a new pinmeans tidy and clean
As one manif people do something as a one man, they do it exactly at the same time or in complete agreement.
As the crow fliesused to describe the shortest distance between two places
As you sow, so shall you reapmeans if you do bad things to people, bad things will happen to you and vice versa for good things
Asleep at the switchbasically means someone is not doing their job or taking their responsibilities very carefully
At arm's lengththis means to not let someone close to you or be friendly with you
At cross purposesused to describe a situation when people misunderstand eachother or have different opposing objectives
At daggers drawndescribes a situation where people are very angry and close to violence
At death's dooris means someone is seriously unwell and might actually be dying
At full tiltIf someone is at full tilt, it is going or happening as fast or as hard as possible
At loggerheadsdescribes a situation when someone is arguing and they cant agree on anything
At oddsIf you are at odds with someone you cant agree with them and argue
At seaif things are at sea, they are disorganized and chaotic
At the bottom of the totem polebasically means they are unimportant
At the end of your ropeit means you are at the limit of your patience or endurance
At the forein the leading position
At the top of my lungsyou shout as loudly as possible
At your wits' endyou have no idea what to do and you are very frustrated
Avowed intenta solemn promise made publicly to attempt to reach a certain goal
Axe to grindyou have a grievance or resentment with someone you want to get revenge or sort it out