the Idiom of today

I will tell you one Mr.big brother, I heard it from my reading teacher, it says "I'm in the pig's peek", the teacher explain it as "I'm very happy", it looks unacceptable, what do you think?

I have one too and it goes like this...

Roger fell to pieces when his mother died.

It means...he became emotionaly upset and sad.

to get on like a house on fire

example: Candy ad I get on like a house on fire.



i.e To be very friendly with each other.

May be this can add something
http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/

to take someone's thunder...

It means To take the credit for something someone else did.

If w-ch allows me to correct it i'd say..To steal someone's thunder..

the youth...I think it's the same thing.I heard it from a "very reliable" source.

Get Your Walking Papers...

It means to get fired from your a job

Not by a long shot/chalk

example: The team performance wasn't great as the previous one- not by along shot .

i.e: not in any way

I've got another one...

A Piece of Cake:
ex:English Literature's exam was a piece of cake...
It means:the exam was very eassy.

Jack Hit the road very early today


It means... he started his journey very early today

a little bird told me
If someone doesn't want to say where they got some information from, he can say that a little bird told him.
If you will
'If you will' is used as a way of making a concession in a sentence: He wasn't a very honest person, a liar if you will. Here, it is used a way of accepting that the reader or listener might think of the person as a liar, but without commit the writer or speaker to that position fully.

I know I can walk tall because I'm innocent

It means...There is no reason to be afraid

Give it a shot : to try something

Ex: You can't solve this problem ! Let me give it a shot .

It is a long shot

means it is something not to be easily achieved

At the end of your tether : (UK) If you are at the end of your tether, you are at the limit of your patience or endurance.

At the end of your rope : (USA) If you are at the end of your rope, you are at the limit of your patience or endurance.

Be/do something for one's sins.

Example: Q: "Are you a historian?"
A: "Yes,for my sins!"

To be or to do something for your sins means that you consider it as a punishment.

Hide your light under a bushle
Example:Your the best artist but you hide your light under a bushle
The ideom means that you don't let people know that you are good at something.

To hit the road

It means to leave

Hi,
to be up the creek= to be in a diffecult situation.
Example: I've been up the creek with my car.