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•Tempting fate
You shouldn’t be snobby and smug even when you won an award. It could be tempting fate.
•Bite the bullet
It’s completely your fault driving ex-girlfriend mad. You have to bite the bullet and apologise for her.
•Stick my neck out
Why had he banged his teacher? If I were him, I would never stick my neck out.
•Upset the applecart
To be honest, I wanted to go to the cinema, but I didn’t fancy upsetting the applecart.
•Tough it out
It’s going to be hard task, you should tough it out, because what do it itself is value.
•Bite off more than you can chew
New employees are pretty studious. Therefore, their boss has to pay attention not to bite off more than they can chew.
•Cross that bridge when we come to it
You don’t have to worry about the way of using lottery before you win lottery. You’ll cross that bridge when you come to it.
•Trim our sail
I had spent a lot of money to buy clothes this month. I’ll have to trim my sail next month.
•Be on thin ice = be skating on thin ice
People can do unbelievable things when they are on thin ice.
My friend seems to be addicted to be skating on thin ice.
You shouldn’t be snobby and smug even when you won an award. It could be tempting fate.
•Bite the bullet
It’s completely your fault driving ex-girlfriend mad. You have to bite the bullet and apologise for her.
•Stick my neck out
Why had he banged his teacher? If I were him, I would never stick my neck out.
•Upset the applecart
To be honest, I wanted to go to the cinema, but I didn’t fancy upsetting the applecart.
•Tough it out
It’s going to be hard task, you should tough it out, because what do it itself is value.
•Bite off more than you can chew
New employees are pretty studious. Therefore, their boss has to pay attention not to bite off more than they can chew.
•Cross that bridge when we come to it
You don’t have to worry about the way of using lottery before you win lottery. You’ll cross that bridge when you come to it.
•Trim our sail
I had spent a lot of money to buy clothes this month. I’ll have to trim my sail next month.
•Be on thin ice = be skating on thin ice
People can do unbelievable things when they are on thin ice.
My friend seems to be addicted to be skating on thin ice.
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You shouldn’t be act snobby and smug even when you win an award.
This idiom wasn't used correctly. You might say, for example, "After all the trouble I went through to help you, this is how you repay me! See if I ever stick my neck out for you again!" Basically, "sticking your neck out for someone" is like putting yourself in the position of getting your head cut off. It means that you took risks to yourself to help someone.
Therefore, their boss has to pay attention not to bite off more than they can chew.
This one doesn't make sense. "Biting off more than you can chew" means taking on more than you can handle. It would make more sense if you said, "The new employees seem really ambitious. Even though the boss thinks he can use them to his advantage, he might have bitten off more than he can chew."
You don’t have to worry about the way you're going to spend your lottery winnings before you have even won the lottery.
My friend seems to be addicted to be skating on thin ice.
I don't think this example shows the meaning of the idiom so much as it uses it. Here is an example "I wouldn't miss class today if I were you. You've already missed more than the allowed number of days and you have only turned in one assignment. You're skating on thin ice."