| A | B |
|---|
| dirt cheap | very inexpensive |
| down-to-earth | honest, direct, sensible |
| to go downhill | to go down in numbers or quality |
| to make a mountain out of a molehill | to make a big problem out of a small problem |
| once in a blue moon | almost never, very seldom |
| out of the woods | out of trouble or difficulty |
| over the hill | getting too old |
| the tip of the iceberg | small part of a larger problem |
| up the creek | in trouble |
| to win by a landslide | to get almost all the votes |
| dog-eat-dog world | a very competitive and often unfair world |
| rat race | the continual struggle to survive in life |
| on the run | always moving, never resting |
| run around in circles | to be so busy that one isn't sure what to do next |
| in a rut | in a boring and unchanging situation in life |
| back to the same old grind | back to someone's usual work routine |
| couch potato | someone who sits and watches TV all the time |
| creature comforts | the conveniences of modern life |
| keep up with the Joneses | the maintain the same lifestyle as one's friends and neighbors |
| weigh on one's mind | to concern greatly, to preoccupy with thought |
| lose sleep over | not to sleep well because of worry |
| raise eyebrowns | to attract the concern or disapproval of others |
| make much of | to consider important and worth talking about |
| not give a thought to | not to worry or think about something |
| be too bad | to be regrettable; to be sorry |
| kick oneself for | to reg ret one's past action or inaction |
| come back to haunt | to return as a problem from someone's past |
