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(on) cloud nine : extremely happy

"Andrea was on cloud nine when she bought her new car."

dig deep : look hard for information

"I had to dig deep to find my old report cards."

dirt cheap : very inexpensive

"The clothes at the thrift shop are dirt cheap."

down to earth : natural or real (personality)

"Lucile is really down to earth for a woman with so much money."

fair-weather : friend a person who is only a friend in good times

"I can't talk to Nancy about my boyfriend problems. She's only a fair-weather friend."

a field day : a very enjoyable time

"The kids had a field day at the water slide park."

go downhill : get progressively worse

"My grades started going downhill when I got a part-time job."

go with the flow : continue in the same way as others

"Nobody trained me at work. I just went with the flow."

hit the hay : go to sleep

"I'm exhausted. I think I'll hit the hay early tonight."

hit the road : leave

"It's getting late. We had better hit the road."

keep one's head above water : have just enough money to live

"It's hard to keep my head above water with all of these medical bills."

know which way the wind blows : know how things will turn out

"Who knows which way the wind will blow? I just hope Jesse gets one of the jobs he's applied for."

make a mountain out of a molehill : make a small problem seem big

"The car only got a tiny dent. You're making a mountain out of a molehill."

out of the woods : clear of danger

"The doctor said my heart is doing better, but I'm not out of the woods yet."

over the hill : past middle age

"I knew I was over the hill when I started needing glasses to read."

rain on someone else's parade : ruin somebody else's happiness

"Whenever I had a dance recital, my older brother always rained on my parade."

stick-in-the-mud : a loner or person who won't join in

"They didn't bother inviting Charles to the party because he's alway a stick-in-the-mud."

(as) quick as lightning : very fast

"Wow! Your shower was as quick as lightning."

the tip of the iceberg : a small part of a large problem

"The lost tickets were just the tip of the iceberg. "

take a raincheck : accept at a later date

"I'd love to go out for dinner, but can I take a raincheck?"

under the weather : ill

"I was feeling under the weather so I went back to bed. "

up the creek : in trouble

"If my Dad finds out I had a party I'll be up the creek. "

win by a landslide : win by a lot of points

"The skiier in the green coat won by a landslide."

(get) wind of something : overhear something about someone or something (often gossip)

"My Dad has a new girlfriend. I got wind of it over dinner tonight. "

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