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Inspiration quotes

"Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose."---Tom Krause quotes

"Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, an a pinch of creativity."

---Bo Bennett quotes

"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow."

--Mary Anne Radmacher quotes

"There are no failures- just experiences and your reactions to them."---Tom Krause quotes

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.Don't be trapped by dogma- which is living with the results of other people's thinking.Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice.And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.They somehow aleady know what you truly want to become.Everything else is secondary."

---Steve Jobs quotes

"Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength."

"Try and fail, but don't fail to try."

Stephen Kaqqwa quotes

"You won't realize the distance you've walked until you take a look around and realize how far you've been."

"Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air, but only for one second without hope."

"Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity."

W.Clement Stone quotes

“Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as much as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be.”

Karen Ravn quotes

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. Andre Gide quotes

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage o face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.

W. Clement Stone quotes

We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.

Frank Tibolt quotes

Education quotes

"Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death."

Albert Einstein quote

"The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson."

Tom Bodett quotes

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

Mahatma Gandhi quotes

Government Quote

"Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quotes

"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government- lest it come to dominate our lives and interests."

--Partick Henry quotes

Friendship quotes

"A true friend sees the good in everything, and brings out the best in the worst of things." Sasha Azevedo quote.

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

Walter Winchell quotes

Time goes by so fast, people go in and out of your life. You must never miss the opportunity to tell these people how much they mean to you.

Motivation quotes

"If your action inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."

John Quincy Adams

"Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be."

---Karen Ravn quotes

"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore." ---Andre Gide quotes

"Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals - Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want."

--Marsha Sinetar quotes

Remember today, for it is the beginning of always. Today marks the start of a brave new future filled with all your dreams can hold. Think truly to the future and make those dreams come true.

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.

Pamela Vaull Starr quotes

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

Confucius quotes

Nature quote

"We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature- trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls." Mother Tersea quotes

"In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful."

Alice Walker quotes

"Konwing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Konwing grass, I can appreciate persistence."

Hal Borland quote

Study and science quote

"Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can- there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did."

--Sarah Caldwell quotes

It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of

wave pressure.

Albert Einstein quotes

To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.

Albert Einstein quotes

Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.

Vera Rubin quotes

Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.

Martin Luther King. Jr. quotes

If we are going to teach creation science as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.

Judith Hayes quotes

The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them.

William Braqq. Sr. quotes

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quotes

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

Isaac Newton quotes

When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions; that is the heart of science.

Dr. Carl Sagan quotes

There are many hypotheses in science which are wrong. That’s perfectly all right; they’re the aperture to finding out what’s right. Science is a self-correcting process. To be accepted, new ideas must survive the most rigorous standards of evidence and scrutiny. Dr. Carl Sagan quotes

I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale.

Marie Curie quotes

Opportunity quote

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."

--Seneca quote

"Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them."

--Orison Swett Marden quotes

"Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open."

-Alexander Graham Bell quotes

"It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared."

--Whitney M.Young Jr quotes

"If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd."

--Edward de Bono quotes

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

--John D. Rockefeller

Most people don't recognize opportunity when it comes, because it's usually dressed in overalls and looks a lot like work."

-Thomas Alva Edison

Life quotes

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

-Albert Einstein quote

I certainly don’t regret my experiences because without them, I could n’t imagine who or where I would be today. Life is an amazing gift to those who have overcome great obstacles, and attitude is everything!

Sasha Azevedo quotes

The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.

Don Williams, Jr. quotes

Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.

James Dean quotes

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company...a church...a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past...we cannont change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it si with you...we are in charge of our Attitudes.

Charles R. Swindoll quotes

Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.

Maris Robinson quotes

Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling face. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dream.

Ashley Smith quotes

To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

If you wait to do everything until you’re sure it’s right, you’ll probably never do much of anything.

Win Borden quotes

Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose."

Kevin Arnold quote

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, that is way great spiritual giants are produced.

Swami Vivekananda quote

Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see life with a clearer view again.

Alex Tan quotes

Our attitude towards life determines life's attitude towards us.

John N.Mitchell quotes

This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when your doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, love to complete your life.

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.

Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes

One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching.

Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.

Keri Russell quotes

Never waste a minute of your precious life by squandering it thinking about people you don’t like.

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children... to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

Anne Frank quotes

When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.

Peter Marshall quotes

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

Walter Bagehot quote

People come into your life and people leave it… you just have to trust that life has a road mapped out for you.

Orlando Bloom quotes(English actor, 1977)

Don’t listen to anyone who tells you that you can’t do this or that. That’s nonsense. Make up your mind, you’ll never use crutches or a stick, then have a go at everything. Go to school, join in all the games you can. Go anywhere you want to. But never, never let them persuade that things are too difficult or impossible.

Douglas Bader quotes

I do believe that when we face challenges in life that are far beyond our own power, It’s an opportunity to build on our faith, inner strength, and courage. I’ve learned that how we face challenges plays a big role in the outcome of them.

Sasha Azevedo quotes

Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.

Benjamin Spock quotes (American pediatrician and author)

Our attitude toward life determines life’s attitude towards us.

John N.Mitchell quotes

Life may change, but it may fly not; Hope may vanish, but can die not; Truth be veiled, but still it burneth; Love repulsed, - but it returneth.

Percy Bysshe Shelley quotes (English romantic poet )

I’ve learned that making a “living” is not the same thing as making a “life”.

Maya Angelou quotes

When we long of life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.

Peter Marshall quotes (American TV game show host 1927)

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

Walter Bagehot quotes

Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.

Grandma Moses quotes

When I hear somebody sigh, “Life is hard,” I am always tempted to ask , “ compared to what?“

Sydney J. Harris quotes (American journalist and author)

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching other’s life.

Of course life is bizarre, the more bizarre it gets, the more interesting it is. The only way to approach it is to make yourself some popcorn and enjoy the show.

Life is short, don’t waste time worrying about what people think of you. Hold on to the ones that care, in the end they will be the only ones there.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

Albert Einstein quotes

You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need.

The Rolling Stones quotes

God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons we could not learn in any other way. The way we learn those lessons is not to deny the feelings but to find the meanings underlying them.

Stanley Lindquist quotes

Don’t go through life, grow through life.

Eric Butterworth quotes

One day at a time--- this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past for it is gone; and do not be trouble about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful it will be worth remembering.

Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, you’re supposed to help you discover who you are.

Bernice Johnson Reagon quotes (American historian and musician)

Friend Quotes

A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.

Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.

A friend is someone who, upon seeing another friend in immense pain, would rather be the one experiencing the pain than to have to watch their friend suffer.

Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose. Tennessee Williams quotes

Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Albert Camus quotes

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgetten the words.

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another," what!You too? I thought I was the only one."

C.S. Lewis quote

True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.

David Tyson Gentry quotes

If you see a friend without a smile; give him one of yours.

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Maya Angelou quotes

This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. T ake the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do it for you. Take the power to make your life happy.

Susan Polis Schutz quotes

I really don’t think is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don’t mind the failure but I can’t imagine that I’d forgive myself if I didn’t try.

Nikki Giovanni quotes

Live life so completely that when the death comes to you like a thief in the night, there will be nothing for him to steal.

I you live your life in the past, you waste the life you have to live.

Jessica Cress quotes

Life is all about timing… the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable become available, the unattainable… attainable. Have the patience, wait it out it’s all about timing. Stacey Charter quotes

What makes life worth living is knowing that one day you’ll wake up and find the person that makes you happier than anything in the whole world. So don’t ever lose hope and give up, everything turns out okay and the good guy always wins.

If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner.

Tallulah Bankhead quotes

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. Buddha quotes

Action quotes

Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes

Action conquers fear.

Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold – but so does a hard-boiled egg.

The more you are willing to accept responsibility for your actions, the more credibility you will have.

Brian Koslow quotes

Many fine things can be done in a day if you don’t always make that day tomorrow.

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.

Jules Renard quotes

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

George Bernard Shaw quotes

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action.

Oscar Wilde quotes

I’m a woman of very few words, but lots of action.

Mae West quotes

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.

Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes

Act as if were impossible to fail,

Dorthea Brande quotes

I shall make the most of all that comes: And the least of all that goes.

Sara Teasdale quotes

You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.

Anthony Robbins quotes

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

Jim Rohn quotes

Risk! Risk anything！Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.

Katherine Mansfield quotes

When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are woking to make things better.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

Words should be used as tools of communication and not as a substitute for action.

You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result.

Mhatma Gandhi quotes

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one’s ideas, to take a calculated risk – and to act.

Andre Malraux quotes

American Idioms

About time:

Nearly time, high time. "It's about time you bought a new car!"

Absence makes the heart grow fonder:

Proverb that means that our feeling for those we love increases when we are apart from them.

(To) act high and mighty:

To act proudly and arrogantly.

Actions speak louder than words:

Proverb meaning that's it's better to do something about a problem than to talk about it.

(To) act one's age:

To behave in a more mature way. Frequently said to a child or teen. ex. "Bill, stop throwing rocks! Act your age!"

(To) add fuel to the fire:

To make a bad problem even worse.

(To) add insult to injury:

To make a bad situation even worse.

Against the clock:

To attempt to do something "against the clock" is to attempt to do something as fast as possible usually before a deadline.

All-out:

Complete. Very strong. "They did an all-out search for the missing boy and they found him."

All set:

Ready (to go). "All set?"

All thumbs:

Awkward. Clumsy.

A little bird told me:

When someone says "a little bird told me" it means they don't want you to know who told them.

All in a day's work:

Typical. Normal. Expected. ex. "Talking to famous celebrities is all in a day's work for some Hollywood reporters."

(From) all walks of life:

(From) all social, economic, and ethnic groups. ex. "People from all walks of life voted for him, but he still lost the presidential election."

Apple of someone's eye:

Someone's favorite person (and sometimes thing). ex. "Sarah was the apple of Tom's eye for quite a long time. He was very much in love with her."

Armed to the teeth:

Heavily armed. ex. "The rebels were armed to the teeth."

At all hours (of the night):

Very late at night, throughout the night. ex. "Her boyfriend would call her at all hours of the night."

At each other's throats:

Fighting or arguing heavily. ex. "They were at each other's throats. The arguments never stopped."

At this stage:

At this point. ex. "At this stage, it's difficult to say who will win the election."

(a) ball-park figure:

A rough estimate. "Can you give me a ball-park figure of what this project will cost?"

(To get on the) bandwagon:

To begin to like something/start doing something because it's popular, "hip", or everyone else is doing it.

(To) bank on something:

To count or rely on something.

(To) bark up the wrong tree:

To ask the wrong person. To make the wrong choice. ex. "The gangster told the cops they were barking up the wrong tree in thinking he was responsible for the robbery."

(A) basket-case:

A very nervous person, someone at the verge of being neurotic. ex. "All the stress from the divorce turned John into a basket case."

(To) be a fan of someone/ something:

To like, idolize, admire someone/ or something. ex. "I'm not a big fan of heavy metal music."

(To) be in one's element:

To be completely comfortable doing something; To do something that comes very naturally to someone. ex. "When it comes to speaking in public, the Senator is in his element."

(To) be up to no good:

To be planning something bad, mischievous, etc. ex. "I could tell from the look in his eyes that he was up to no good."

(To) beat around the bush:

To avoid getting to the point. ex. "Stop beating around the bush and tell me what you really think."

(To) beg to differ:

A polite way of saying "to disagree", most often heard in the phrase "I beg to differ!"

Behind (someone)

In the past. "I used to smoke, drink, and take drugs, but all that is behind me now."

Believe it or not:

Used at the beginning sentence to state that something is true whether one chooses to believe it or not. ex. "Believe it or not, I still care for her."

Big fish in a little sea:

A person who's famous/ well-known but only in an unimportant place (city or area).

(To have a) big mouth:

To not be able to keep a secret. ex. "Don't tell her anything. She's got a really big mouth."

Big-shot (noun/adjective):

An important person. ex. "All the big-shots at headquarters never listen to what we have to say."; "A big-shot reporter."

(A) Bimbo:

A foolish/empty girl. The term "male bimbo" is also used. ex. "John only talks about his car and his clothes - he's a real male bimbo."

(The) birds and the bees:

Sex. Human reproduction. ex. "It's about time I talked to my son about the birds and the bees."

(A) bite to eat:

A snack, some food. ex. "Let's go grab a bite to eat before we go to the game."

(To) bite the hand that feeds you:

To do harm to someone who helps you.

(To) bite one's tongue:

To struggle not to say something that you want to say. ex. "I wanted to tell her everything, but I had to bite my tongue because I had promised Bill I would not (tell her)."

Black sheep (of the family):

The worst, least accepted member of a family.

(A) Blast:

A great time. A fun time. "We had a blast at the party last night."

(To) blow someone's cover:

To reveal someone's secret, or true identity. ex. "The spy was very careful not to blow her cover."

(To) break even:

To neither win nor lose. ex. "Michael thought he would lose $200, but he ended up breaking even."

(To) break new ground:

To do something that hasn't been done before. To innovate. ex. "Dr. Davis was breaking new ground in cancer research."

(To) break someone's heart:

To cause someone (strong) emotional pain. ex. "Fiona broke James' heart when she refused to marry him."

(To) break the news to someone/ to break "it" to someone:

To tell someone some important news, usually bad news. ex. "I hate to be the one to break it to you, but your wife has been cheating on you."

(To) burst into tears:

To start crying suddenly.

(To) call it a day:

To end work and go home. ex. "Let's call it a day. It's getting late."

(To) carry a tune:

To be able to sing on key (accurately). "She has an awful voice! She can't carry a tune."

(To) cash in on something:

To profit from something. "The actor wanted to cash in on his popularity by opening a restaurant."

(A) catch:

When talking about wives, husbands, girlfriends, etc., people sometimes say "He's quite a catch" or "She's quite a catch" - which means "He/she is a great partner - it's good to be in a relationship with him/her (usually because of his/her personality, money, or looks)"

(To) catch someone's eye:

To get someone's attention through eye contact.

(A) cheap drunk:

Also knows as "a cheap date". A person who becomes drunk after only one or two drinks. "Victor had one gin and tonic and was already slurring - what a cheap drunk!"

(A) clean bill of health:

A report from the doctor that one's health is good. Good results from a doctor's medical examination. ex. "I went in for my yearly physical and got a clean bill of health from Dr. Jones".

(To) clear the table:

To remove all dishes, cutlery, etc. from a table after a meal.

(A) close call:

Something that is close to danger or an accident. "That was a close call! The train almost hit the motorbike."

Coast-to-coast:

From the Atlantic to the Pacific coast in the United States. ex. "Our car made the coast-to-coast trip in 70 hours".

(To) come away empty handed:

To return without anything. To expect to receive something but to end up receiving nothing. ex. "The union workers came away empty handed from the negotiations."

(To) come to an end:

To finish. To stop. ex. "When the road came to an end, we turned left."

(To) come out of the closet:

To reveal that one is gay.

Come to think of it:

I just remembered. ex. "Hey, come to think of it, I do have a sleeping bag you can borrow."

(To) come up short:

To not quite achieve one's goal. ex. "The students tried to raise $1,000 for the school play, but they came up short."

Come what may

Whatever happens. No matter what happens.

Copycat (noun or adjective)

Someone who imitates/mimics another person *not really used in a positive sense*

(To) cover a lot of ground:

To go through a lot of information. "We've covered a lot of ground in my English class in the past two months."

(To) cover for someone:

To make excuses for someone or to conceal someone's errors.

(At the) crack of dawn:

Right at dawn (when the sun comes up). "We left at the crack of dawn."

(To) crash:

To sleep. To go to bed.

(To) cramp someone's style:

To limit someone in some way. To limit someone from expressing themselves fully.

(To) cry one's eyes out:

To cry hard. ex. "When her grandfather died, she cried her eyes out for three days straight."

(To) cut class:

To not go to class. T o skip going to class. "Jacob was a very bad student. He was always cutting class to go smoke with his buddies."

(To) cut loose:

To act or speak freely, without holding back ( = without restraint). "When the three of us are together we really cut loose."

(A) cut above (something):

Superior/ better (than something). "The commercial said that this car company is 'a cut above the rest'."

(To) die of boredom:

To be very bored.

(A) dead ringer:

A look-alike. "He's a dead ringer for Jude Law" (He looks exactly like Jude Law).

Dirt cheap:

Very cheap (inexpensive). "The hotel we stayed in was dirt cheap, but our room was very nice."

(A) dog's age:

A very long time. "I haven't seen him in a dog's age."

Don't hold your breath:

Don't wait for it to happen because it probably won't. "You think David will break up with Tina? Don't hold your breath!"

Don't let it get you down:

Don't let it upset you. Don't allow it to make you feel bad.

(To) do the dishes:

To wash the dishes.

(A) downer:

An event that causes one to be sad. "Your girlfriend broke up with you? What a downer!"

Down the drain:

Wasted. Lost forever. "I tried for five years to run this business and now I'm bankrupt. Five years down the drain."

(A) drag:

Boring; a disappointment. "The party was a real drag" or "My car broke down... What a drag!"

(To) drive a hard bargain:

To be firm when bargaining about something. You drive a hard bargain = It's hard to win when bargaining with you. "You drive a hard bargain, but alright, I'll pay you $10 for the lamp."

(To) drive someone crazy:

To make someone very agitated, upset, or emotional (either in a good or bad way). "That teacher is so awful! He drives me crazy with his attitude."

(To) drop it:

To stop talking about something. "I told you to drop it! I don't want to talk about it."

(To) drown one's sorrows:

To get/ become drunk.

(To) drop the ball:

To make a mistake. (WARNING: This idiom is overused in the business world). ex. "So it was John's fault? Yes, John really dropped the ball on this one."

(A) dream come true:

A great thing. A dream or wish that has become reality. ex. "Living in California is like a dream come true."

Down in the dumps:

Sad. Depressed.

(To) dump someone: (very informal)

To end a relationship with someone; to break up with someone. To stop seeing someone (romantically). "She dumped me."

Earful:

a strong verbal scolding. ex. "Katie's father really gave her an earful when she came home at 4 AM."

Easy:

Not so fast. Calm down! ex. "Easy! Don't eat so fast!"

(As) easy as pie:

Very easy.

Easy come, easy go:

PROVERB. Said to explain the loss of something that was very easily obtained in the first place.

Easy-going:

Tolerant. Laid-back. Relaxed.

(To) eat one's heart out:

To be envious or jealous. ex. "Eat your heart out Frank, I'm going to Paris!"

(To) eat out of someone's hands:

To do whatever someone else wants. ex. "James would do anything for Vicky. She had him eating out of her hands."