All roads lead to Rome: All paths or activities lead to the center of things. Many different methods will produce the same result. For example, So long as you meet the deadline, I don't care how much help you get--all roads lead to Rome.
A penny saved is a penny earned: What one does not spend, one will have. Money not spent is money that is in one’s pocket. What one does not spend, one will have. This maxim for thrift is so familiar that it often appears in shortened form, as in Although they can afford to buy a house right now, they're putting it off, on the principle of \"a penny saved.\"
A pretty penny: A considerable sum of money, as in That fur coat must have cost a pretty penny
All hell broke loose: Bad things start to happen. When all hell breaks loose, there is chaos, confusion and trouble.
Rome was not built in a day: Many things cannot be done instantly, and require time and patience. Important work takes time. This expression functions as an injunction or plea for someone to be patient. For example, You can't expect her to finish this project in the time allotted; Rome wasn't built in a day.
All the tea in China: If someone won’t do something for all the tea in China, they won’t do it no matter how much money they are offered. A considerable fortune.
Backseat driver: A passenger who gives unwanted or unneeded directions to the driver; also, a person who interferes in affairs without having knowledge, responsibility, or authority for doing so. For example, Aunt Mary drives us all crazy with her instructions; she's an incurable backseat driver.
Bad blood: Anger or hostility between persons or groups, as in There's been bad blood between the two families for years.
Bigger fish to fry: If you aren’t interested in something because it isn’t important to you and there are more important things for you to do, you have bigger fish to fry.
Carrot or the stick: Combining a promised reward with a threatened penalty. Reward and punishment used as persuasive measures, as in Management dangled the carrot of a possible raise before strikers, but at the same time waved the stick of losing their pension benefits.
I’m so hungry I could eat a horse: Quite hungry.
Early bird catches the worm: If you start something early, you stand a better chance of success. as in She's always the first one in line and does well at these auctions--the early bird catches the worm!
Fair and square: If someone wins something fair and square, they follow the rules and win conclusively. Honestly and according to the rule. Just and honest, as
in He won the race fair and square.
Go Dutch：If you go Dutch in a restaurant, you pay equal shares for the meal. To pay one’s own expenses on a date or outing. Everybody pays for themselves when eating at a restaurant
Kill two birds with one stone: To manage to do two things at the same time instead of just one, because it is convenient to do both. Achieve two ends with a single effort, as in As long as I was in town on business, I thought I'd kill two birds and visit my uncle too.
Let sleeping dogs lie: To not talk about things which have caused problems in the past, or to not try to change a
situation because you might cause problems. Allow inactive problems to remain so, as in Jane knew she should report the accident but decided to let sleeping dogs lie.
Make a killing: To earn a lot of money quickly through some kind of lucrative business. Enjoy a large and quick profit, as in They made a killing in real estate.
Needle in a haystack: If trying to find something is like looking for a needle in a haystack, it means that it is very difficult, if not impossible to find among everything around it.
Over your head: 1.To a position higher than yours. 2. Beyond one’s understanding or competence. Eg. If you are in over your head, you cannot control things. It would mean that you could have too much debt and get in trouble.
Paper tiger: A person who appears to have power but is in reality ineffectual. One that is seemingly dangerous and powerful but is in fact timid and weak: “They are paper tigers, weak and indecisive”
Put your foot in your mouth: To make an embarrassing or tactless blunder when speaking. Rob tries to say nice things, but he always ends up putting his foot in his mouth.”
Shooting fish in a barrel: It is so easy that success is guaranteed. One side is so much stronger than the other that the weaker side has no chance at all of winning. Ridiculously easy, as in Setting up a computer nowadays is like shooting fish in a barrel.
There’s no such thing as a free lunch: Something that you say which means that if someone gives you something, they always expect you to give them something or to do something for them. He offered me a room in his house, but he seems to expect me to do all the housework. I should have known there's no such thing as a free lunch.
Ugly duckling: One that is considered ugly or unpromising at first but has the potential of becoming beautiful or admirable in maturity. A homely or
unpromising individual who grows into an attractive or talented person, as in She was the family ugly duckling but blossomed in her twenties.
Wolf in sheep’s clothing: Figuratively, anyone who disguise a ruthless nature through an outward show of innocence. Someone who seems to be pleasant and friendly but is in fact dangerous or evil. Figuratively, anyone who disguises a ruthless nature through an outward show of innocence. Jesus taught his followers to “beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”
Easy come easy go: Things easily acquired may be lost just as easily. Readily won and readily lost, as in Easy come, easy go--that's how it is for Mark when he plays the stock market.
A penny for your thoughts: Something that you say in order to ask someone who is being very quiet what they are thinking about. What are you thinking about? For example, you’ve been awfully quiet--a penny for your thoughts.
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