ENGLISH VOCABULARY 2º TRIMESTER!!!!!!!!



To ask for the moon means to make unreasonable demands for things or to wish something impossible to achieve or to obtain.
 
When you hold the fort it means that you take care of a place when the person normally in charge is away.
 
Under the table is a phrase used to describe secretive behaviour often suggestion corruption or illegality.
 
To horse around means to behave in a silly way, making noise and caussing disruption.
 
When you say someone has chickened out of something you mean they have failed to do something or they haven't tried to do it because they were afraid.
 
When you say someone is a wise old owl you mean they are very experienced in life. 

A night owl is someone who stays up late into the night.  

When you say someone is in safe hands you mean they are being cared for someone who is confident and skilled. 

A safe pair of hands is a similar expression it refers to someone who can be to do a good job avoiding mistakes.

If someone tells you to hold your tongue it means they want you to stop talking because they don't like what you are saying. 

If a situation is black and white it means you have a clear opinion about it and you can easily see what you think is right and wrong. 

Money doesn't grow on trees means you must not spent to much money as there is a limited amount of it. 

Money is not object means that you have a lot of money available to spend. 

Let the chips fall where they may means to allow things to happen no matter what the consequences are. 

When you say something is as cheap as chips you mean it is very cheap. 

If you are chasing your tail you are very busy doing a lot of things but not achieving very much.