10 COMMON IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS

If you had a rude awakening,
you have been
forced to realize the
unpleasant truth about
something

If you say that you are
breaking your back to do
something, you are
emphasizing that you are
working
it is extremely hard to try to
do it.

If you tell someone that the
ball is in their court, you are
pointing
out that it is their
responsibility to decide what
to do next
in a particular situation.

If something rings a bell, it is
slightly familiar
to you and you are aware that
you have heard it before,
although you may not

If you give someone the
benefit of the doubt, you
decide
to believe that what they are
doing is honest and right,
even though it is possible that
they are not
telling the truth or that they
are doing something
wrong

If you have to foot the bill for
something, it means that you
have to pay for it

if someone eats like a bird, it
means that they don't eat
very much

If something happens out of
the blue,
it happens unexpectedly