Intermediate - Idiom - Part 3
Keeping my fingers crossed :	"I have a one in ten chance of winning the television. I better keep my fingers crossed." A: "The championship game is tonight. Are you going to watch it?" B: "Yeah. My favorite team lost their best player. I don't think they will win." A: "You never know. They can get lucky." B: "I'm keeping my fingers crossed."
Out of this world :	"It's totally out of this world. You're going to be impressed." "The concert was out of this world. It was an awesome experience." A: "Did you see the new 3D movie at the IMAX theatre?" B: "No. Was it any good?" A: "It was better than good. It was out of this world."
Over one's head :	"I don't know the answer to that problem. The subject is over my head." "Don't bother explaining it to him. It's way over his head." "I don't understand the meaning. It might be too deep for me." A: "I have to write a paper on the theory of relativity. Do you know anything about it?" B: "I won't be able to help you. The theory of relativity is way over my head."
Pain in the ass :	"Having to deal with traffic every day is a pain in the ass." A: "I have to go to the post office." B: "I thought you went yesterday?" A: "They made a mistake on the postage so the package was returned." B: "What a pain in the ass."
Piece of cake :	"You won't have any problems with it. It's a piece of cake." "It's not that difficult. Actually, it's a piece of cake."
Sooner or later :	"She'll realize that she's doing something wrong sooner or later." A: "Why does Sarah date so many guys. Doesn't she know most of them are jerks?" B: "I know. She needs to get hurt before she'll realize what's going on." A: "I guess she'll figure it out sooner or later." B: "Yeah... but I'm hoping it is sooner than later."
Pull someone's leg :	"I'm just kidding. I was just pulling your leg." "I didn't know you believed me. I was just pulling your leg." A: "I was eating at a restaurant and this lady next to me started eating my food right in front of me." B: "What? You can't be serious. Nobody would ever do that." A: You're not gullible at all. I was trying to pull your leg."
Put oneself in one's place :	"What was I suppose to do? Try to put yourself in my place." "It's easy to be understanding if you always put yourself in the other person's place." "If you put yourself in my place, you would understand why I did that."
I can eat a horse :	"If I didn't eat anything for two days, I would feel like I can eat a horse
Read between the lines :	"Steve isn't very good at reading between the lines. You have to tell him exactly what you want." A: "Did you read chapter three for our English class?" B: "Yeah. I think the author was indicating that he was supporting the war." A: "Even though he said one thing, he meant another. You have to read between the lines to fully understand his stance." B: "That might be true. I should go read it again."
Rings a bell :	"That reminds me of something." "That sounds so familiar." A: "Did you go to Martha Lake High School?" B: "Yeah. Why?" A: "I met this girl. Her name is Jane Summerland. Do you know her?" B: "That name rings a bell, but I don't remember for sure."
Bug :	"Stop bothering me." "I need to concentrate on this, so stop bugging me." A: "Johnny, will you play Star Craft with me?" B: "I can't. I'm doing my homework." A: "Come on. I need someone to play with." B: "Stop bugging me. I said I'm busy."
Sleep on it :	"I've been thinking about this problem for two hours. I think I will sleep on it. It might come to me in the morning." "I don't think I can decide now. Let me sleep on it and I'll tell you my answer tomorrow." "I'm going to need to sleep on it. I don't want to rush my answer right now."
Play it by ear :	"We'll have to play it by ear for next Friday because everything is uncertain." "Should we plan something for this Saturday or should we play it by ear?" "I don't have any reservations tonight so let's just wing it." "We'll just do things as they come along."
Speak of the devil :	"I was at a party last night, and I saw Jake play the guitar in front of an audience... speak of the devil, there's Jake right now." "Joanne did great on her presentation. Speak of the devil... Hi Joanne." A: "Andy was walking down the street and he tripped over beggar." B: "I was there too. It was so funny. He just got up and pretended nothing happened." A: "Speak of the devil. There's Andy now."