Achilles Jones Quotes

"A bitter pill" | A situation or information that is unpleasant but must be accepted. | "Ace in the hole" | A hidden or secret strength, or unrevealed advantage. | "Achilles' heel" | A metaphor for a fatal weakness in spite of overall strength.[note 1] | "Add insult to injury" | To further a loss with mockery or indignity; to worsen an unfavorable situation. | "All ears" | Listening intently; fully focused or awaiting an explanation. | "All thumbs" | Clumsy, awkward. | "At the drop of a hat" | Without any hesitation; instantly. | "Barking up the wrong tree" | Looking in the wrong place. | "Basket case" | One made powerless or ineffective, as by nerves, panic, or stress. | "Beat around the bush" | To treat a topic, but omit
its main points, often intentionally or To delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant. | "Bite off more than one can chew" | To take on more responsibility than you can manage.
| "Bite the bullet" | To endure a painful or unpleasant situation that is unavoidable. | "Bite the dust" | Euphemism for dying or death. | "Break a leg" | A saying from the theatre that means "good luck." | "Burn the midnight oil" | To work late into the night, alluding to the time before electric lighting. | "Bust one's chops" | To say things intended to harass. | "By the seat of one's pants" | To achieve through instinct or do something without advance preparation. | "By the skin of one's teeth" | Narrowly; barely. Usually used in regard to a narrow escape from a disaster. | "Call it a day" | To declare the end of a task. | "Chew the fat" | To chat idly or generally waste time talking. | "Chink in one's armor" | An area of vulnerability | "Clam up" | To become silent; to stop talking, to shut up.
| "Cold shoulder" | To display aloofness and disdain. | "Cut a rug" | To dance | "Cut the mustard" | To succeed; to come up to expectations. | "Don't have a cow " | Don't overreact. | "Drop a dime " | Make a telephone call; to be an informant.
| "Fit as a fiddle" | In good physical health. | "For a song" | Almost free. Very cheap. | "From A to Z" | Covering a complete range; comprehensively. | "Get bent out of shape" | Getting worked up, aggravated, or overly annoyed at something that usually cannot be helped. | "Hit the road " | To leave. | "Hit the sack "/sheets/hay | To go to bed. | "Kick the bucket" | Euphemism for dying or death. | "Off one's trolley" or
"Off one's rocker" | Crazy, demented, out of one's mind, in a confused or befuddled state of mind, senile. | "Pop one's clogs" (UK) | Euphemism for dying or death. | "Piece of cake " | A job, task or other activity that is pleasant – or, by extension, easy or simple. | "Pushing up daisies" | Euphemism for dying or death. | "Right as rain" | Needed, appropriate, essential, or hoped-for and has come to mean perfect, well, absolutely right. | "Screw the pooch" | To screw up; to fail in dramatic and ignominious fashion. | "Shoot the breeze" | To chat idly or generally waste time talking. | "Sleep with the fishes" | Euphemism for dying or death. | "Split the whistle" | To arrive just on time.
| "Take the biscuit (UK)" | To be particularly bad, objectionable, or egregious. | "Take the cake (US)" | To be especially good or outstanding. | "Through thick and thin" | Both good and bad times. | "Thumb one's nose" | To express scorn or to disregard. | "Trip the light fantastic" | To dance | "Under the weather" | Feel sick or poorly | "You can say that again" | To agree wholeheartedly. |