Exercise – 26

🔹 Kick up a fuss
🔸 Meaning: To make a big deal out of something unnecessarily
✅ Don’t kick up a fuss over such a small issue.
✅ If you kick up a fuss every time, nothing will ever work.

🔹 Get your wires crossed
🔸 Meaning: To have a misunderstanding
✅ Looks like we got our wires crossed.
✅ You got your wires crossed about what he meant.

🔹 Bury the hatchet
🔸 Meaning: To forgive and make peace / end a feud
✅ Let’s bury the hatchet and be friends again.
✅ They buried the hatchet after years of bitterness.

🔹 Throw in the towel
🔸 Meaning: To give up / stop trying
✅ He tried many times, but eventually threw in the towel.
✅ No matter the difficulties, don’t throw in the towel.

🔹 Not one’s cup of tea
🔸 Meaning: Something you don’t like or isn’t suitable for you
✅ Parties are not my cup of tea.
✅ Reading books isn’t everyone’s cup of tea.

🔹 Cry over spilled milk
🔸 Meaning: To be upset over something that can’t be changed
✅ There’s no use crying over spilled milk now.
✅ He made a mistake, but crying over spilled milk won’t help.

🔹 Hit below the belt
🔸 Meaning: To act unfairly or attack someone improperly
✅ You hit below the belt by bringing up personal stuff in the argument.
✅ Criticize if you must, but don’t hit below the belt.

🔹 Break the bank
🔸 Meaning: To cost a lot / spend all your money
✅ Buying this car would break the bank.
✅ Taking a vacation shouldn’t break the bank.

🔹 Face the music
🔸 Meaning: To confront the consequences of your actions
✅ Now you have to face the music for your mistake.
✅ If you did wrong, be ready to face the music.

🔹 Take it with a pinch of salt
🔸 Meaning: Don’t completely believe something / treat with skepticism
✅ Take his words with a pinch of salt.
✅ Always take rumors with a pinch of salt.