I hate to break it to you 관용구

a feather in your cap

an honor, a credit to you, chalk one up for you Because you are Karen's teacher, her award is a feather in your cap.

a penny for your thoughts

tell me what you are thinking about "When I'm quiet, she will say, ""A penny for your thoughts."""

a run for your money

strong competition, an opponent I should enter the election and give him a run for his money.

all your eggs in one basket

depending on one plan or one investment, hedge your bets If you invest all your money in one hotel, you'll have all your eggs in one basket.

an ace up your sleeve

an important card to play, an important fact to reveal To survive, one needs an ace up one's sleeve - a special talent.

anchor you

make you feel stable or confident When you have a crisis, your faith will anchor you.

another nail in your coffin

"another cigarette; harmful substance" Every cigarette he smoked was another nail in his coffin.

any way you slice it

(See no matter how you slice it)

at your beck and call

serving you, doing everything for you You don't have to be at his beck and call, doing whatever he asks.

at your fingertips

easy to find, ready to use When I repair a car, I like to have all my tools at my fingertips.

I abhorrence to breach it to you

Used to acquaint some advice that one is about to acknowledge that the added being will acquisition upsetting, unpleasant, or undesirable. A: "We'll charge a able third division to acclimate this downturn." B: "Well, I abhorrence to breach it to you, but sales are advancing to a arrest halt." Look, I abhorrence to breach it to you, but Molly doesn't appetite annihilation to do with you anymore.Learn more: break, hate

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at the ripe old age at the top of her game at the top of his voice at the top of one at the wheel at this point in time at will at your beck and call at your fingertips attend to someone away out away out of line away to the races awesome AWOL axe to grind B I don't understand I don't understand (it) I don't want to alarm you, but I don't want to sound like a busybody, but I don't want to upset you, but I don't want to wear out my welcome I don't wonder I don't/couldn't give a monkey's I doubt it I doubt it/that I doubt that I dread to think I expect not I expect so I feel that I feel you I felt like a penny waiting for change I find your lack of (something) disturbing I gave at the office I gotta fly I guess I guess not I guess so I had a good time I had a lovely time I hate to break it to you I hate to eat and run I have a bridge to sell you I have only got one pair of hands I have to be moving along I have to go see a man about a dog I have to love you and leave you I have to move along I have to wash a few things out I haven't got all day I hear what you are saying I hear what you're saying I hear what you're saying, and I hear you I hear you I hear you. I hope all goes well I hope so I hope you're happy I just have this feeling I kid you not I know I know that feel I know what you mean I know you are but what am I? I like (someone's) cheek I like (someone's) nerve