Idioms and Phrases
Give the benefit of doubt
Give the benefit of doubt
- To be partial to someone
- To be judgemental
- Regard someone as innocent until proven otherwise
- Say something exactly right
Don’t count your chickens before the eggs have hatched
Don’t count your chickens before the eggs have hatched
- If you are not good at something better to avoid that
- Don’t make plans for something that might not happen
- Not to come up to expectations
- Don’t put all your resources in one possibility
Devil’s advocate
Devil’s advocate
- A dangerous person
- To present a counter argument
- Very argumentative person
- Creating an unpleasant situation
Cut the mustard
Cut the mustard
- Prepare spices out of mustard seeds
- To come up to expectations
- Making absurd expectations
- Very enthusiastic
Cry over spilt milk
Cry over spilt milk
- Complaining about a loss in the past
- Too much inquisitive about something
- When something is done badly to save money
- Dealing with a problem only in an emergency situation