Idioms Stands/sticks out like a sore thumb=a shag on a rock=as plain as the nose on your face=OBVIOUS (Plain=apparent) *It is not negative, but it is said about logic or facts, not about people. Smart cookie n. a clever person. She’s really a smart cookie if you give her a chance. A pig in a poke something that you buy or accept without first seeing it or knowing what it is like, with the result that it might not be what you want e.g., Clothes from a catalogue are a pig in a poke. You can't feel the quality of the fabric or know if the clothes will fit. Pot luck n. a. whatever food happens to be available without special preparation b. (as modifier): a pot-luck dinner. 2. whatever is available (esp in the phrase take pot luck) Take potluck Come to eat whatever happens to be served; also, take one's chances. For example, You're welcome to join us for supper but you'll have to take potluck, or When the flight was canceled, passengers had to take potluck on other airlines. This idiom alludes to accepting whatever happens to be in the cooking pot. Pandora's box, A bit like 'a can of worms' A source of many unforeseen troubles: "Reform is a Pandora's box; opening up the system can lead to a loss of economic and political control" (Russell Watson). Catnap v.=take a nap Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth Let the cat out of the bag