| A | B |
|---|
| Ace up your sleeve | -a surprise or secret advantage, especially something tricky that is kept hidden until needed. |
| Babe in the wood | a person who is inexperienced; a naïve, thrusting person |
| Call you on the carpet | to call a person before an authority for a scolding |
| Diamond in the rough | -someone or something that doesn’t look so good now, but that has great merit or potential to be beautiful |
| Easy as pie | -not difficult; requiring practically no effort |
| Face the music | -to endure the consequences of one’s actions; to take what you have coming to you |
| Get in on the ground floor | -to be part of something big or important project or business at its start |
| Handle with kid gloves | -to treat gently or carefully |
| In one ear and out the other | -not listening to what is being said; not attentive |
| Jack-of-all-trades | -a person who can do many different kinds of work well |
