Intermediate - Idiom - Part 1
         
Bored to death : I have nothing to do. I'm bored to death.

You've got to be kidding : A: "Hey Jared. Mom told me to tell you that you shouldn't stay out too late."
B: "You've got to be kidding me. I'm 30 years old."

Sick and Tired : "I'm sick and tired of eating the same thing for lunch everyday."

Call it a day : "Let's call it a day. I'm too tired to continue working."

Get on one's nerves : "Will you please stop doing that? It's getting on my nerves."
   
Couch potato : "My husband is a couch potato. He sits in front of the TV all day long."

Read one's mind : A: "Do you want to go play pool?"
B: "You read my mind. That's exactly what I was thinking too."
   
Feel blue : A: "Where is Matt these days? I haven't seen him in a while."
B: "He feels a little blue because he can't find a girlfriend."

Fender bender : "I got into a small accident. It was just a fender-bender."
"I got into a fender bender in the parking lot."

Get foot in the door : "It's not a great position, but at least my foot is in the door."
"I need to find a way to get my foot in the door."

Chicken : "There's nothing to be scared of. Don't be a chicken."
"Everyone thinks I'm a chicken because I didn't go bungee jumping with them."

Give somebody a hard time : "My mom gave me a hard time for one bad grade on my report card."
"If you don't finish your project, the manager is going to give you a hard time."

Make up one's mind : "We don't got all day, make up your mind."
"Make up your mind, we don't have much time."
"I can't make up my mind. Can you help me decide?"

Go Dutch : "You don't have to pay for me. Let's go dutch today."
"I'll pay half of it."
"Let's pay together."
"I didn't pay for her. We paid our own share."

Throw in the towel : A: "The boxing match is great."
B: "One guy is really getting beat up."
A: "Do you think he's going to give up?"
B: "He's not going to throw in the towel, they rarely do that these days."

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