Idioms

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bottom line

Main result/factor.
The bottom line is, I don't have enough money.

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castles in the air

Plans that have very little chance of happening.

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apple of one’s eye

Special favorite, beloved person or thing.
The youngest was the apple of his father's eye.

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bring home the bacon.

To bring home the bacon means to earn the household income.

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a drop in the bucket.

A very small amount compared to the amount needed

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at first sight.

Used to describe your first impression of someone or something, usually to indicate that this first impression was wrong or incomplete.
Love at first sight

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roughly speaking

Not being totally accurate (used as a phrase to specify).

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put food on the table

To provide enough money to cover basic necessities.

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put your heart and soul into something

If you put your heart and soul into something, you do it with a great deal of enthusiasm and energy.

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nail something down

To finalize.

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man of his word

A person who can be trusted to keep a promise; a reliable person.

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odds and ends

Various things of different types, usually small and not important, or of little value.

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on hand

If someone or something is on hand, they are near and able to be used if they are needed.
Do you have a calculator on hand?

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which way the wind blows

What the real situation is.

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The real meat of things

The most important part or the main part of something.

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under cover of something

Hidden or protected by something.
He was working undercover at that time.

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super-duper

Extremely good.

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keep in mind

To be careful to remember something important.

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bear in mind

If you tell someone to bear something in mind or to keep something in mind, you are reminding or warning them about something important which they should remember.

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the chicken and egg problem

If you describe a situation as a chicken and egg situation, you mean that it is impossible to decide which of two things caused the other one.