1. April showers bring May flowers.
++ Although rain in April is annoying, it starts the flowers growing.
a. Although it was a dreary, rainy day, we felt cheerful, since April showers bring May flowers.
b. I hate when it rains all day long, but sin April showers bring May flowers, I'll bear with it.
2. Ask for the moon.
++ To make outlandish requests or demands for something.
a. She is asking for the moon, and she is not getting it!
b. Be reasonable, don't ask for the moon.
3. Curiosity killed the cat.
++ Something that you say in order to warn someone not to ask too many questions about something.
a. They said curiosity killed the cat, but last I check, I'm not a cat.
b. Dude, don't poke into things that is not your concern. Don't you know curiosity killed the cat?
4. Clothes make the man.
++People will judge you according to the way you dress.
a. Jim was always careful about the way he dressed because he believed that clothes make the man.
b. Before John was rejected at the job interview, the man in the fancy suit told him, clothes make the man, so next time make sure to clean up before coming in for a job interview.
5. Eye for an eye.
++If someone hurts you, you should punish the offender by hurting him or her in the same way.
a. When they were little, the two brothers operated on the principle of an eye for an eye, so that if the older one hits the younger one, the younger one can hit the older one back just as hard.
b. In the game of way, it will always be an eye for an eye.
6. Pain in the neck.
++ Someone who is very annoying and always disturbing you.
a. My little brother is a pain in the neck!
b. The girls in my class are a pain in the neck, always bothering me with their gossips.
7. Keep in touch.
++Keep communicating with someone even though you may live apart.
a. I still keep in touch with some of my childhood friends.
b. She moved away a few years ago, but every now and then we still keep in touch.
8. Face your demons.
++Confront your fears or something that you have been trying very hard to avoid.
a. Sometimes you just have to face your demons and jump in the water.
b. My friend told me to just go ask him out. Easy for you to say, you're not the one that has to face your demon!
9. Dark horse.
++ A person that is a bit of a mystery and we don't know how he or she will react or perform.
a. Ever since he won that game unexpectedly, people have been calling him the dark horse.
b. Suddenly, after years of being in the bottom, Joshua has suddenly become the dark horse of the team.
10. Back the wrong horse.
++ Giving your support to the losing side in something.
a. She knew she back the wrong horse when the team she was rooting for was being thrashed by the other team.
b. The worst feeling in the world is when you back the wrong horse, and someone is always there to tell you I-told-you-so.
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