VOCAB, IDIOMS, EXPRESSIONS AND SO ON. UNIT 5

• To free up = to make sth. available.
• To ask for the moon = to make an unreasonable request/ to wish sth. imposible to achieve or to obtain.
• To hold the fort = to take care of a place when its owner is away.
• To be under the table = to be sth. illegal/ to have sb. a secretive behaviour often suggesting corruption or illegality.
• To horse around = to behave in a silly way making noise and causing disruption.
• To have chickened out of sth.= to have failed to do sth./ to have not tried to do sth. because being afraid.
• To be a wise old owl =to be very experienced in life.
• To be a night owl = to usually  stay up late into night.
• To be in safe hands = to be cared for sb. who is confident and skilled.
• To be a safe pair of hands = to be reliable when doing some work.
• To be sth. black and white = to have sth. advantages and disadvantages.
• To hold the tongue = to stop talking when bothering other person.
• "Money doesn't grow on trees" = "You sholdn't spend too much money as there is a limited amount of it".
• "Money is no object" = "Don't worry, there is much money available to spend".
• "Let the chips fall where they may" = "Let things to happen no matter what the consequences are".
• To be as cheap as chips = to be very cheap.
• To chase your tail = to be very busy doing a lot of different things but not achieving them.