PHRASEOLOGY AMERICAN ENGLISH

Beat one’s brain out	Think hard
Beat the bushes	Search thoroughly
To be in Dutch with smb	To arouse anger
Be from Missouri	Always skeptical
Behind the eight-ball	In trouble
To chew the fat	To gossip
Drop the ball	Make stupid mistake
To feel like two cents	To feel very bad
To high-hat smb	To be snobbish, naughty
To hit the deck	To get out of bed
To lay an egg	To fail
To live high off the hog	To live in luxury
Nip and tuck	closely contested
To put a bug in smb’s ear	To give a hint
To say an uncle	To admit defeat