Cheater's guide to Speaking English like a native by De Mente

An awesome book. Here are some idioms I found very useful in day to day life.

1. Ball park figure
2. Ball is in your court
3. Across the board
4. Nail down
5. Acting fishy
6. As American as apple pie
7. Back out
8. Pay off
9. At stake
10. Cut off
11. White lie
12. Wind up
13. Living in a La La Land
14. Lip service
15. Back to the drawing board
16. Beat a dead horse
17. Bog down
18. Bottom out
19. Brain drain
20. Break through
21. Carrot and Stick
22. Bread and butter
23. A little bird told me
24. A needle in a haystack
25. After one's own heart
2 . All shook up
27. An also-ran
28. Another day another doller
29. Ante up
30. Ants in the pants
31. Apple of one's eye
32. As flat as pancake
33. As guilty as sin
34. As slow as molasses
35. As smart as whip
36. As smooth as silk
37. As stubborn as mule
38. Asleep at the wheel
39. At heart
40. Bad apple
41. Bad egg
42. Be a sweetheart
43. Behind one's back
44. Below the belt
45. Benefit of the doubt
46. Bite your tongue
47. Black sheep in the family
48. Burning the candle at both ends
49. Butter up
50. Buy off
51. Call the shots
52. Carry the day
53. Cash cow
54. Cash in on
55. Caught in the act
56. Caught short
57. Caught with his/my/your pants down
58. Cave in
59. Change of heart
60. Chew the fat
61. Chip in
62. Chip off the old block
63. Chip on his 64. Clam up
64. Clip one's wing
65. Clue in
66. Cold shoulder
67. Come clean
68. Come crawling back
69. Come-on
70. Come on strong
71. Come to terms
72. Come up short
73. Common ground
74. Cook one's goose
75. Cool as a cucumber
76. Cool one's heels
77. Crazy like a horse
78. Cry wolf
79. Cut back
80. Cut corners
81. Cut off
82. Cut some slack
83. Dark horse
84. Deliver the goods
85. Dime a dozen
86. Dirty one's hands
87. Dog-eat-dog
88. Don't cry over spilt milk
89. Don't kid yourself
90. Don't sweat in
91. Down and dirty
92. Drag one's feet
93. Drag one's heel
94. Draw the line
95. Dressed to kill
96. Drive a hard bargain
97. Duck soup
98. Ear to the ground
99. Earn a quick buck
100. Easier said than done
101. Easy come, easy go
102. Eat crow
103. Eat one's words
104. Eat your hurt out
105. Egg on
106. Egg on one's face
107. Face down
108. Face value
109. Fake out
110. Fall flat on your face
111. Fall through
112. Falling into the lap of luxury
113. Fast buck
114. Fast money
115. Feather in one's cap
116. Feather one's nest
117. Fill like a million bucks/dollars
118. Feet on the ground
119. Fight tooth and nail
120. Fill the bill
121. Fine-tooth comb
122. Finger in the pie
123. Fish out of water
124. Fishing for something
125. Fit like a glove
126. Flat broke
127. Foam at the mouth
128. Follow through
129. Fool around
130. For a song
131. For the birds
132. For what it's worth
133. Fork over
134. Gain ground
135. Get a break
136. Get a green light
137. Get behind a person or something
138. Get behind the wheel
139. Get cold feet
140. Get down to business
141. Get hold of yourself
142. Get it on
143. Get the upper hand
144. Give-and-take
145. Give ground
146. Give in
147. Gleam in his eye
148. Go back on your word
149. Go for broke