Make a mountain out of a mole hill. Take a simple problem and turn it in to something complicated.

Things are getting ugly, Things are taking a turn for the worse, Things are getting out of hand. A given situation is becoming more serious.

When pigs fly, Not in a million years. Never, that chance is so remote it is impossible, forget it.

A dead-end job, there is no future in what the person is doing.

To be dreaming of unattainable things.

A taste of his own medicine, What comes around goes around. The same bad thing happens to someone, after he/she already made someone else experience it.

To be really, really lost. I guess cockroaches and chickens never socialize together.

Apparently cross-eyed crabs get lost regularly so if you’re more lost than the poor crab, you’re in big trouble. Lost refers not only to directions, but also in situations when a person does not follow the conversation or an idea.

Apparently someone did the research, and realized that monkey’s asses have no hair on them, so this phrase means to be completely bald.

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.