come up with the goods
Do what is expected of you.
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Where will you be? Anywhere UK & IrelandUnited StatesOnline slangBusiness jargon
Expressions you’ll hear in Britain and Ireland — distinctly British usage first, then widespread staples.
cook the books
Fraudulently alter records.
cost an arm and a leg
To be extremely expensive.
couch potato
A lazy person.
crack of dawn
Early in the morning.
creature of habit
A person who follows an unvarying routine.
crocodile tears
Fake tears or drama tears; fake crying.
cross my heart
Being truthful.
cross swords
Have an argument.
cross the Rubicon
Take an irrevocable step.
cross to bear
Suffer troubles.
cry foul
Protest strongly about a wrong.
cry over spilt milk
Lament or make a fuss about a misfortune that has happened and that cannot be changed.
cut a deal
Make a deal.
cut and run
Make a speedy departure.
cut and thrust
Competitive atmosphere.
cut both ways
Have both good and bad effects.
cut corners
To do something in the cheapest or easiest way, sacrificing quality or safety.
cut down to size
Deflate exaggerated sense of self-worth.
cut from the same cloth
Of the same nature.
cut the cheese (US)
To pass gas.
cut to the chase
Get to the point.
day in the sun
Get recognition.
dead and buried
Over or irrevocably in the past.
dead meat
In serious trouble.
delulu
Deliberately or comically delusional — holding an unrealistic belief (often about a crush, celebrity, or personal prospects), sometimes embraced ironically as self-confidence.
dicking around
Messing about, not making any progress.
die hard
Persistent or hard to go away.
dig one's heels in
Refuse to change one's plans or ideas, especially when counseled otherwise.
dig up dirt
Discover damaging information about someone.
dish the dirt
Spread scandalous information.
do or die
Persist in the face of great danger.
dodge a bullet
Avoid something bad, harmful, or unpleasant.
dog eat dog
A situation where people are willing to harm each other in order to succeed.
dollars to donuts
Assert certainty that something is either true or likely to occur, often expressed as a wager of something expensive (dollars) against something cheap (donuts).
don't bite the hand that feeds you
Don't be ungrateful to individuals who aid you.
don't count your chickens before they hatch
Don't make plans for something that may not happen; alternatively, don't make an assumption about something that does not have a definitively predetermined outcome.
don't cry over spilled milk
Don't become upset over something that has already happened and you cannot change.
don't have a cow
Don't overreact.
don't judge a book by its cover
Do not judge the worth of something or someone by appearance alone.
done and dusted
Completely finished.
down tools
Stop work often as an industrial action.
draw a blank
Get no successful response.
draw the line
Set a limit.
dressed to kill
Flamboyantly dressed to impress.
dressed to the nines
Dressed smartly.
drop a dime (US)
To make a telephone call; to be an informant; (basketball) an assist.
duck and dive
Use ingenuity to deal with a situation.
eager beaver
Enthusiastic hard worker.
early bird
A person who acts early.
easy come, easy go
Indicates something acquired without effort may be spent casually.
easy on the eye
Pleasant to look at.
eat humble pie
Make a humble apology.
ebb and flow
A recurrent pattern of coming and going.
economical with the truth
Euphemistm to say someone is lying.
elephant in the room
An obvious, pressing issue left unaddressed due to its sensitive nature.
eleventh hour
At the last minute; the latest possible time before it is too late.
end in tears
Have an unhappy outcome.
err on the side of
Act with a specified bias towards something.
face the music
Deal with the negative consequences of something.
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