18 People Idioms and Meanings

18 People Idioms and Meanings

• Down-To-Earth: sensible and realistic
• Go-Getter: a person who is active, energetic, and has the initiative to pursue the things they want.
• Break a leg: good luck
• Cutting corners: Doing something poorly in order to save time or money
• Pull yourself together: Calm down
• So far so good: Things are going well so far
• A busybody: always wants to know about other people’s private lives
• Oddball: a weirdo or a strange person
• Down-To-Earth: sensible and realistic

• Daredevil: someone who takes unnecessary risks
• Cheapskate: someone who hates to spend money
• Joined at the hip: to be exceptionally close to someone
• Elbow grease: hard physical effort
• Forty winks: a short nap
• Barrel of laugh: someone who is very funny
• Old as the hills: some who is very old
• Oddball: a weirdo or a strange person
• Hang in there: Don’t give up