A really thin person. The person is thinner than the cord pulled to advise the bus driver that you want to get off at the next stop.

To be dressed extremely gaudy, have too much makeup on, to wear large, ugly accessories.

Dressed to the nines. Describes someone that is extremely well dressed, everything coordinates perfectly.

Between a rock and a hard place. To be in a difficult, if not impossible, situation.

The person wants to be in charge of everything and will not give up responsibility for some things.

To be in jam. To be in a difficult situation. Also means to be financially strapped or drained.

To be stuffed or full, to over eat.

He is a leech. The person is a freeloader.

Someone that is annoying, bothersome and pisses you off.

All over the place. You’re everywhere.

Don’t wish too hard, you might just get it. Even though you may believe that you want something to happen, be careful because it may turn out different from what you expected.

That’s a whole different story. Phrase used when one person tries to compare two things, and the second person believes that they are completely unrelated.

That’s a whole different story. Comment used to interrupt someone when that person is trying to compare two situations but they really have nothing in common.

You cannot get a quart into a pint pot, You cannot get blood from a stone [turnip]. You are asking for something impossible.

To sound like a broken record. To repeat yourself constantly without being heard, especially in situations where you give advice or reprimand someone, but they do nothing to correct their actions.

Not be a fan of. To not be interested in maintaining a friendship with someone, implies that the person is not good. Generally there is bad blood, or a history between the two people.

New broom sweeps clean. Someone that is just learning a task will be much more energetic than someone that has been doing it for a longer time.

Since some things can happen beyond your control, you should ignore them and focus on the things that you can change.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. You will be better off by planning ahead and avoiding problems, than by having to fix problems that appear.

Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know. It is sometimes better to stick with what you know, even if it is not perfect, rather than running the risk of changing, and finding something even worse.

It is better to give than to receive.

Since the upper jaw never moves, it is extremely lazy. Imagine being lazier than that!

As stubborn as a mule. Mules are really stubborn, so the person in question must be worse.

As ugly as sin. To be a really bad situation.

Even though someone may change physical appearances, the person continues being the same

A fanatic or extremist, often used in reference to supporters of a political party

The blind leading the blind. Observation that the person in charge is just as clueless as the people that follow.

Have your cake and eat it too, The best of both worlds. A person wants to have it all. For example, a boyfriend doesn’t want a commitment, but doesn’t want to leave his girlfriend either.

Looking for a needle in a haystack. An almost impossible situation, something that will take a ridiculous amount of time to accomplish.

There were already too many problems to deal with, and on top of it grandma is pregnant.