English Glossary

 -TO ASK FOR THE MOON: Means to make unreasonable demands for things or to wish something impossible to achieve or to obtain.

 -When you HOLD THE FORT it means that you take care of a place when the person normally in change is away.

 -UNDER THE TABLE: Is a phrase used to describe secretive behaviour often suggesting corruption or illegality.

 -TO HORSE AROUND: Means to behave in a silly way making noise and causin distruption.

 -When you say someone has CHICKENED OUT of something you mean they have failed to do something or they haven't tried to do it because they were afraid.

 -When you say someone is a WISE OLD OWL you mean they are very experienced in life.

 -A NIGHT OWL is someone who stays up late into the night.

 -When you say someone is IN SAFE HANDS you mean they are being cared for someone who is confident and skilled.

 -A SAFE PAIR OF HANDS is a similar expression to refers to someone who can be trusted to do a good job avoiding mistakes.

 -If someone tells you TO HOLD YOUR TONGUE it means they want you to stop talking because they don't like what you are saying.

 -If a situation is BLACK AND WHITE it means you have a clean opinion about it. You can easily see what you think is right and wrong.

 -The phrase MONEY DOESN'T GROW ON TREES means you must not spend too much money as there is limited amount of it.

 -The phrase MONEY IS NO OBJECT means that you have a lot of money available to spend.
 -LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY means to allow things to happen no matter what the consequences are.
 -When you say something is AS CHEAP AS CHIPS you mean it is very cheap.
 -If you are CHASING YOUR TAIL you are busy doing a lot of different things but not achieving very much.