Something that makes a good thing even better
the icing on the cake (BE)/ the frosting on the cake (AE)
argue violently all the time
fight like cat and dog (BE)/ fight like cats and dogs (AE)
hard boring work
donkey work (BE), grunt work (AE)
used informally to describe something the speaker finds very annoying
take the biscuit (BE), take the cake (AE)
cry a lot (informal)
weep buckets (BE)/ cry buckets (AE)
money in the from of cash or notes
hard cash (BE)/ cold cash (AE)
very pleased with oneself (informal, usually collocates with ‘look’ ‘grin’ or ‘smile’)
like the cat that got the cream (BE)/ like the cat that ate the canary (AE)
sleep (informal)
catch some z’s
something is just sold out
fresh out of
Something has little or no value
it isn’t worth a dime
a plan succeeded absolutely perfectly
worked like a dream
it went smoothly, without an difficulties
went/ran like a clockwork
it has begun to work as planned
is up and running
it is on the point of starting to work well
is falling into place
it is looking very positive
is looking up
to be extremely happy
to be on top of the world/ on cloud nine / over the moon
to be ideally suited for
to be in (your) element/ to be made for
to be extremely unhappy/ disappointed
to be fed up to the back teeth
to be depressed
to be down in the dumps/ down in the mouth
sth. goes smoothly/without difficulties
to go/run like clockwork
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