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IT Idioms

Something Simple:
  • A piece of cake
  • Dead Easy
Some Discrepancy:
  • Wildly exaggerated
  • Wildy inaccurate 

Random:
  • Add insult to the injury
  • Add fuel to the fire
  • All in the same boat
  • An arm and a leg
  • Best of both worlds 
  • Icing on the cake
  • Let the cat out of the bag 
  • Off the record
  • Pass the buck
  • Sixth Sense
  • Smell fishy
  • Start from scratch
  • Off the hook - when you free yourself from obligation or blame.
  • Kill two birds with one stone
  • Great minds think alike


Sentences:
  • Cut to the chase - Ashish, I asked you to cut to the chase. We don't have much time to listen to all the details
  • Let the cat out of the bag- I don't trust April anymore. She has let the cat out of the bag.
  • Scapegoat - Don't make me the scapegoat. I did nothing on this code.
  • The ball is in your court, so don't miss the chance.
  • To make a long story short - Well, to make a long story short, they decided to live their own lives apart from each other.
  • Without a doubt  - Without a doubt, trust me, I know what I'm talking about.
  • On the fence - Gary is on the fence about traveling to Australia. 
  • Lose your head - Rachel doesn't lose your head. Keep calm and discuss the situation together. 
  • Excuse my french - He's being so f**** stupid all the time, excuse my french.
  • Every cloud has a silver lining -  I hope, that every cloud has a silver lining and I'll get a PR soon.
  • Keep fingers crossed - we need to keep our fingers crossed for this go-live.

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