"Have Egg On Your Face".............




To suffer embarrassment as a result of some public failure or faux pas.


Sidebar: Or as Fran Kubelik said in the The Apartment about the pitfalls of dating married men .....Egg Foo Yung on your face!

"Fools Rush In Where Angels Fear To Tread".................






People without good sense or judgment will have no hesitation in tackling a situation that even the wisest would avoid.

"Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained"............




If you do not take risks, you will never achieve anything.

"Fair And Square".....................


If someone wins a competition or does something fair and square, they do it without cheating or lying. With no underhanded or unfair methods. Honest and straightforward, especially of business dealings.

"On The Ball".......................



Attentive, knowledgeable, and quick to take action. If someone is on the ball, they are alert and deal with things quickly and intelligently.

" I Have To Hand It To You".................



To give, or feel obliged to give, credit or recognition to someone for something they have done.

"It'll All Come Out In The Wash"...............





To have a positive resolution (like a clothing stain that is washed away). If the truth or facts come out in the wash, people find out about them after some time. You tell someone that everything will come out in the wash when you want to reassure them that a difficult situation will definitely end.

"Opposites Attract"..............


Unlike people tend to be drawn to each other. People who are completely different make ideal partners.


I do not feel this is true. I think you must have at least a few things in common with someone for the relationship to last and flourish!

"Pull Yourself Up By Your Own Bootstraps"..........




Improve one's position by one's own efforts.This impossible task is supposed to exemplify the achievement in getting out of a difficult situation by one's own efforts.

"Tickles your fancy"...........


Something that gives one pleasure and puts a smile on their face..

If you break down the phrase, tickle is used to mean 'to excite or stir up in a pleasing manner' (think of the smiling, laughing reaction of a person being physically tickled), and fancy as a noun that means 'a notion or whim, a fantasy.

"Don't Let A Few Bad Apples Spoil The Whole Batch"..............




Just because you've ran into someone who is less than honest and trustworthy don't judge everyone from that experience! There are plenty of nice folks out there.

"Careful What You Wish For, You Just Might Get It".......


If you get things that you desire, there may be unforeseen and unpleasant consequences.

"Third Time Is The Charm"..........



The third time you try to do something, it will work. Used to inspire someone for third attempt, when already failed twice.

"Like Money In The Bank"..............


Something or someone you can be sure of.

"In One Ear And Out The other"..........





Of something spoken, essentially ignored, dismissed, or forgotten almost immediately after being heard.

"Madder Than A Wet Hen". ....



Describing someone who is raging mad. When hens are wet, they are mad. In fact, they are livid.

:seeingstars: having NEVER seen a wet hen, I don't know if this is true or not!

"Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Scorned"..........




A woman who has been rejected can be ferociously angry and vindictive.To refer to somebody, usually a woman, who has reacted very angrily to the fact that her partner/ lover has been unfaithful.

"Speak Of The Devil!...........



This expression is used when the person you have just been talking about arrives.

"Old Stamping Grounds".............




A favorite place where one used to frequent; a location where one used to spend a lot of time.