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- State of the art: It refers to the highest level of development in a field, typically one involving technology or science.
- Stay in your lane: An advice for someone to stick to what they're familiar or skilled with and not interfere with what others are doing.
- Steal someone's thunder: It means to take credit for something that someone else did.
- Step up to the plate: To take on a responsibility, typically one that has been abandoned by someone else.
- Stick to your guns: To refuse to compromise or change, despite opposition.
- Stop on a dime: It means to stop very quickly or suddenly.
- Storm in a teacup: A situation where people are upset or angry about something that is not important.
- Straight from the horse's mouth: Hearing information directly from the most reliable source.
- Strike while the iron is hot: It means to take advantage of an opportunity immediately.
- Stuck in a rut: It describes being stuck or trapped in a situation or lifestyle that you can't escape from.
- Sugar coat: Making something unpleasant seem more pleasant and acceptable.
- Take it with a grain of salt: It means to view something with skepticism, or to not take it literally.
- Take the bull by the horns: It implies tackling a problem or task head on, without avoiding it.
- Take the cake: If something takes the cake, it wins, excels or stands out above all others.
- That's the way the cookie crumbles: Used to underline the fact that things don't always turn out as we plan, and we should just accept it.
- The ball is in your court: It's your decision, responsibility or move to make next.
- The last straw: The latest problem in a series of problems, that makes a situation impossible to accept.
- The whole nine yards: Everything or all inclusive.
- Tie the knot: To get married.
- To each their own: It implies that everyone is entitled to their own personal preferences and choices.
- Turn a blind eye: To ignore something that you know is wrong.
- Twist someone's arm: It means to persuade someone to do something.
- Under the weather: Feeling sick, poor health.
- Up in the air: Something that is uncertain or unresolved.
- Walking on eggshells: To tread carefully around certain people or situations.
- Water under the bridge: Difficult events or situations in the past that are now over and done with and hence, should be forgotten.
- Weigh your options: It means to consider which choice is the best for a given situation.
- When it rains, it pours: When trouble, bad luck, or hardship are compounded and seem to come all at once.
- Wild goose chase: A pointless, senseless pursuit or search.
- With a grain of salt: If you should take something with a grain of salt, you shouldn't necessarily believe it all.
- Wolf in sheep's clothing: Someone who is dangerous but pretends to be friendly and harmless.
- You can't judge a book by its cover: It means you shouldn't prejudge the worth of someone or something, by its outward appearance alone.
- Zip your lip: To stop talking or to keep quiet.
- Zonked out: Extremely tired, to the point of passing out or falling asleep.
- Hit two birds with one stone: To accomplish two tasks with one action.
- Bite the bullet: To face a difficult or unpleasant situation bravely.
- Bark up the wrong tree: To ask the wrong person or to accuse the wrong person.
- Beat around the bush: Avoid talking about the main topic.
- At the drop of a hat: Willing to do something immediately.
- All in the same boat: In the same situation.
- Back to square one: To start something over again because your first attempt was unsuccessful.
- Blow off steam: To do or say something that helps you get rid of your anger or frustration.
- Burn the midnight oil: To work late into the night.
- Chip off the old block: A child whose character is similar to one of its parents.
- Don't count your chickens before they're hatched: Do not plan anything that depends on something good happening before you know it has actually happened.
- In a nutshell: To summarize.
- Jump on the bandwagon: Join a popular trend or activity.
- Let sleeping dogs lie: Avoid reawakening old disputes.
- On top of the world: Feeling wonderful, ecstatic, on cloud nine.
