We use the phrase "what's the catch" when something sounds too good for it to be possible.

If you "spill the beans," you tell someone something before you were supposed to.

When you call shotgun, you are claiming the seat next to the driver.

If you "beat around the bush," you do whatever you can to avoid saying something.

If something happens "in the nick of time", it happens at the last possible moment, just before it is too late.

In conversation, "whitewashing" means to make something wrong or illegal look

When you are "in the dark," you are not informed about a situation.

When you "bank on" something, you trust it will happen as much as you trust the bank with your money.

When you force someone's hand, you make them act or speak before they are ready. You give them no other choice.

To "cook the books" means to be dishonest about a company's earnings. This is illegal.

We use the expression "toss-up" to describe a situation where the result is unclear and could go either way.

Window dressing is meant to attract customers. But in daily life, "window dressing" makes something seem better than it really is. We mostly use this expression in a critical way.

If someone cries wolf, they say that there is a problem when there is not, with the result that people do not believe them when there really is a problem.

You can put your body and soul into anything: your work, your favorite sport or, music

A person who is a "one-trick pony" has little else to offer.