Idiomatic expression:

if it were his money that had been lost, he’d be singing another tune.

Idiomatic expressions	Their meaning
By heart	Knowing surely
Call it a day	Remarkable day
Go without saying	It is clear
Ring a bell	sound familiar
Slowly but surely	Getting result at the end.
Takes a lot of nerve	require a lot of courage
Take it into account	into consideration
Can’t believe one’s eyes	incredible
A breeze	Something very easy to do. A piece of cake.
Chip in (on, for)	contribute, help a little bit
Get in one’s blood	become a habit, become customary
Lend a hand	help, give a hand
Look who’s talking !	( as he smoke and say don’t smoke!)
Music to my ears	something that sound pleasant
What the doctor ordered	exactly what was needed, the perfect thing
On edge	nervous
On hand	easily available
Right away	immediately
To know the ropes	to know how to do in a particular situation
Clear up	clarify, make understandable, become nice and sunny ( about weather)
Get off the ground	start to be successful
Hours on end	a lot of hours
Short for	a nickname for
Over one’s head	obscure, not understandable ( a joke for example)
Push one’s luck	to continue doing something too long; to keep taking chance
Run of the mill	ordinary
To put somebody through the mill	to do harm for him.
For good	forever, permanently
An old hand at	an experienced person
Pull one’s leg	joke with someone; make up a story
In the same boat	in the same situation; having the same problem
Save one’s breath	don’t bother asking someone.
Serve Somebody (one) right	receive the proper punishment get the penalty one deserves
Follow in one’s footsteps	do what someone else did ( especially an older relative)
Break the news (to)	inform; give bad news.
By and large	mostly, generally; on the whole
Sing another tune	change one’s opinion; feel differently
That’s out of the question	definitely not, impossible
Come out of it smelling like a rose	at the end she will solve her problems
Rough it	experience somewhat difficult or primitive conditions
to be even warm	don’t want
Day in and day out	Constantly
Down the drain	Wasted, done for no raison
Easy as pie	Very easy, a piece of cake
To be hard to come by something	difficult to find something
To fall the rough	Fail to hapen
To feel like a million dollars	Fell very good
To follow in one's foot steps	To do what someone(an old relative) did
To get a kick out of doing something	enjoying, love, fun doing something
To get in touch with	get a hold to, contact
To get under way	start, begin
To get in one's blood	become a habit, become customary
To give somebody a cold shoulder	ignore, act unfriendly toward somebody
To get off the gound	start to be successful
To get the hang of something	learn how to do something
To get in over one's head	take on too much responsibility, bite off
To get carried away	go too far, do too much, go an extra mile
To get in the way	To block, to obstruct
To give a hand with	assist
To give a hand	applaud, clap
To go without saying	be obvious, be clear
To go easy on	not punish severely
To have the time of one's life	have fun, great time
To have a word with someone	talk briefly to someone
To have a hunch	have an intuitive feeling
To have a heart	be compassionate, show mercy
To have one's hands full	be very busy, have a challenging job
To hit the road	leave, go away
To hit it off	become friendly (especially at the first meeting)
To hear first hand (from)	get information directly from somebody

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