Bite the bullet
Ata mgbọ ahụ
Hit the sack
Kụọ akpa ahụ
Let the cat out of the bag
Mee ka pusi si na akpa ahụ pụta
Piece of cake
Iberibe achicha
Costs an arm and a leg
Na-efu otu ogwe aka na ụkwụ
Under the weather
N'okpuru ihu igwe
Once in a blue moon
N'otu oge na ọnwa na-acha anụnụ anụnụ
Speak of the devil
Na-ekwu maka ekwensu
See eye to eye
Lee anya na anya
Kill two birds with one stone
Were otu nkume gbuo nnụnụ abụọ
Let sleeping dogs lie
Ka nkịta na-ehi ụra ụgha
Bark up the wrong tree
Gbuo osisi na-ezighi ezi
Hit the nail on the head
Kụọ ntu n'isi
Burn the midnight oil
Ọkụ n'etiti abalị mmanụ
Beat around the bush
Tie gburugburu ohia
By the skin of your teeth
Site na akpụkpọ ezé gị
Add fuel to the fire
Tinye mmanụ ọkụ na ọkụ
Back to the drawing board
Laghachi na bọọdụ ịse
Bite off more than you can chew
Ata ahụhụ karịa ka ị nwere ike ita
Cry over spilt milk
Tie akwa maka mmiri ara ehi wụfuru
Cut to the chase
Bee na ịchụ ya
Feeling under the weather
Mmetụta n'okpuru ihu igwe
Get a taste of your own medicine
Nweta uto nke ọgwụ nke gị
Give the benefit of the doubt
Nye abamuru nke obi abụọ
Go the extra mile
Gaa maịl ọzọ
In the heat of the moment
Na okpomọkụ nke oge
Jump on the bandwagon
Malie na bandwagon
Keep your chin up
Debe agba gị elu
Make a long story short
Mee ogologo akụkọ dị mkpirikpi
Miss the boat
Agbaghara ụgbọ mmiri ahụ
No pain no gain
Ahụhụ adịghị uru agaghị adị
Pull someone’s leg
Dọrọ mmadụ ụkwụ
Take it with a grain of salt
Were ya na ọka nnu
The ball is in your court
Bọọlụ ahụ dị n'ogige gị
The best of both worlds
Nke kacha mma n'ụwa abụọ
Throw in the towel
Tụba akwa nhicha ahụ
Your guess is as good as mine
Echiche gị dị mma dịka nke m
Elephant in the room
Elephant n'ime ụlọ
Hit the jackpot
Kụta jackpot