Confession of an Idiom

Updated: Feb 1, 2019

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I have a bone to pick with you.

- to have a disagreement to discuss with someone

My slate is clean.

-a fresh start, a new chance

Don't you have bigger fish to fry?

- to have more important or interesting things to do

I see that you're sticking to your guns.

- to stick to your beliefs even if other people disagree with you

I've had my eye on you.

- to watch someone or something carefully

I'm calling your bluff.

- to tell someone to do what they are threatening to do because you do not believe they will really do it

Spill the beans.

-to reveal a secret

Look at me, I'm falling apart.

- to lose control of your emotions and become unable to deal with a difficult situation

I don't have a leg to stand on.

-to be in a situation in which you cannot prove something

I broke someone's heart.

- to upset someone very much, especially by letting them know that you do not love them

I killed two birds with one stone.

- to succeed in achieving two things at the same time

I stabbed a man in the back.

- to do something harmful to someone who trusted you

Confession is good for the soul.

-you will feel better if you admit that you did something wrong

I’m laughing my a*s off.

- laugh so hard a something you pretty near fall off your chair