A perfect storm
- The worst possible situation
- The oil crisis has set off a perfect storm in the Middle East
Comparing apples to oranges
- Comparing two things that cannot be compared
- You can’t compare your job as a nurse to mine as an engineer-that’s comparing apples and oranges
Get a taste of your own medicine
- Get treated the way you have treated others
- They got a taste of their own medicine when they had to follow the same procedures
Give someone the cold shoulder
- Ignore someone
- I thought she really liked me, but the next day she gave me the cold shoulder
Go on a wild goose chase
- To so something pointless
- I went on a wild-goose chase looking for john before I realized he was in a different shopping center!
Good things come to those who wait
- Be patient
- Always remember that good things come to those who wait
Bigger fish to fry
- Something more important or more interesting to do
- Don’t they have bigger fish to fry? Drugs, guns, gangs and cuts to fire and police budgets?
Ignorance is bliss
Let the cat out of the bag
- Give away a secret
- He let the cat out of the bag by telling her about the surprise birthday party
On thin ice
- On probation; in a precarious or risky situation
- You’re on thin ice, Jefferson. If you come inlate one more time, you’re fired!
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