idioms

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black and blue all over
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covered with bruises
behind bars
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in prison
full of beans
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very lively
drop a brick
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say/do sth tactless
browned off
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fed up
brainwave
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sudden clever idea
out of the blue
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suddenly and unexpectedly
break even
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show neither loss nor profit
cost a bomb
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be very expensive
by and large
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generally, on the whole
in cold blood
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without feeling of remose
beat about/around the bush
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avoid saying what's one means directly
take the bull by the horns
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take a bold step immediately/deal with the problem
ring a bell
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remind sb of sth
lay (laid) bare
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revealed (obnażać/odsłaniać)
blue-eyed boy
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favourite
in the balance
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uncertain, be on the b.
to be broke
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have no money
in the black books
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be in sb's black books-not popular with sb
to make a clean breast of it
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confess, przyznawać się do czegoś
a bolt from the blue
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suddenly, grom z jasnego nieba
in black and white
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very clearly
kick the bucket
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die
get one's own back on
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get revenge/ zemścić sie
a blessing in disguise
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positive although seeming negative
make one's blood boil
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make sb angry
feeling sth in bones
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feel sth instinctively
bark up the wrong tree
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make a mistake
butter the boss up
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flatter
hold one's breath
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wait for sb anxiously
catch sb red-handed
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catch in the act of doing sth wrong
deal a blow to sb
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damage one's hopes, chances
see the back off sb
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be happy to see sb leave
a chip off the old block
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sb who is very like one od his/ her parents
a wet blanket
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a dull person who spoils people's enjoyment
big-headed
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conceited, selfimportant

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