Idioms for Cold, Delay and Near Misses

to be freezing cold

Tip: lit. 'freeze like a dog'

to shake with cold

Tip: lit. 'shake like an aspen leaf'

to get a move on

Tip: lit. 'brisk on'

to lose your head

Tip: lit. 'lose the head'

to keep a cool head

Tip: lit. 'keep the head cold'

to be at a complete standstill

Tip: lit. 'stand completely still'

to be flat out

Tip: lit. 'go at full'

to go badly astray

Tip: lit. 'end up on stray roads'

to have rotten luck

Tip: lit. 'have un-luck'

to be in the same boat

Tip: lit. 'sit in the same boat'

to be a piece of cake

Tip: lit. 'be a child's game'

to be no picnic

Tip: lit. 'be no dance on roses'

to move at a snail's pace

Tip: lit. 'go at snail speed'

to be dazzled by headlights

Tip: lit. 'be blinded'

to be scared stiff

Tip: lit. 'be stiff with terror'

to be completely drained

Tip: lit. 'be pumped out'

to be running late

Tip: lit. 'be late out'

to make it at the last second

Tip: lit. 'manage it in the last second'

to give someone a lift

Tip: lit. 'to shuttle someone'

to be a backseat driver

Tip: lit. 'sit and drive from the back seat'

to know it like the back of your hand

Tip: lit. 'know it like one's own pocket'

to be miles away in your thoughts

Tip: lit. 'be far away in the thoughts'

to keep your eyes peeled

Tip: lit. 'keep the eyes open'

to play it safe

Tip: lit. 'go on the safe'

to be a close call

Tip: lit. 'be near the eye'

to get off lightly

Tip: lit. 'escape away cheaply'

to be dead set on something

Tip: lit. 'have set oneself in the mind'

to freeze your fingers off

Tip: lit. 'freeze one's fingers off'

to be chilled to the bone

Tip: lit. 'be frozen through'

to have goosebumps

Tip: lit. 'have goose skin'

to be blue with cold

Tip: lit. 'be blue about the lips'

to warm your hands

Tip: lit. the same

to be in a tearing hurry

Tip: lit. 'have panic about the time'

to cut it fine

Tip: lit. 'take it in the smallest measure'

to have time to spare

Tip: lit. 'have plenty of time'

to lose an hour

Tip: lit. the same

to be stuck in traffic

Tip: lit. 'sit stuck in the traffic'

to inch forward

Tip: lit. 'creep forward'

to take the back roads

Tip: lit. 'take the small roads'

to know a way round

Tip: lit. 'know a detour'

to be back on track

Tip: lit. 'be on the right keel again'

to breathe out

Tip: lit. 'puff out'

to count your blessings

Tip: lit. 'be grateful anyway'

to be more careful next time

Tip: lit. the same

to have an angel on your shoulder

Tip: lit. 'have a guardian angel'

that could have gone badly

Tip: lit. 'that could have ended badly'

all's well that ends well

Tip: lit. 'it went the way' — it worked out