| A | B |
| to bend over backwards | to make every effort possible |
| to crunch numbers | to calculate finances or statistics |
| to run out of | to have very little of something, like money |
| to keep someone company | to provide friendship to someone |
| to keep abreast | to remain informed about |
| to kill time | to waste time |
| to hit the roof | to become very angry |
| to give a rain check | to promise to do something later that you can't do now |
| to rain cats and dogs | to have heavy precipitation |
| to fall head over heels | to completely fall in love with someone |
| to get someone down | to depress someone |
| to be over someone's head | to be much too difficult for someone |
| to be crazy about | to adore someone or something; to be in love with something or someone |
| to be at odds with | to disagree strongly with someone or something |
| to be tongue tied | not be able to say a word |