Idioms

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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.

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there is no such thing as a free lunch

Used to say that it is not possible to get something that is desired or valuable without having to pay for it in some way.

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rags to riches

Refers to any situation in which a person rises from poverty to wealth.

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to get your feet wet

To begin doing a new job, activity, etc., in a brief and simple way in order to become more familiar with it.

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Bam!

A bam is a loud, startling sound.

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to have the edge over

To have a slight advantage or superiority over.

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touch some grass

To go outside; enjoy nature (used especially as an exhortation to spend less time on electronic devices).