When you do something "on the fly," you do it quickly and without any preparation.

Telling someone "Don't give up your day job" is another way of saying "you are not very good at something."

Today, "by hook or by crook" means to try to get something by using any means possible - either good or bad.

"Crunch time" is a period of intense pressure. It's a critical point where action is needed.

When we say something happens "in the blink of an eye," we mean it happens fast.

A food coma means you feel very tired and sleepy after eating a big meal.

This idiom means that when something bad happens, other bad things usually happen, too.

The expression "have a heart" is used to ask someone to be kind, considerate or forgiving.

The expression 'a mile a minute' means that something happens very quickly.

If someone "blow their own horn" they talk about their own successes and skills. In other words, they brag.

The expression "to hit a wall" means to face something that stops us from progressing

To know the ins and outs of something means you are very familiar with the details of something.

If you “let the dust settle,” you wait until things have calmed down or returned to normal.

A cat nap is just a short amount of light sleep during the day.

To "weasel out" of something means to successfully avoid doing something in a dishonest or clever way.