Idioms starting with G

Each card gives the idiom's meaning and one example of it in use. Open one for the Vietnamese expression that comes closest.

13 idioms

Get out of hand
Success and Failure
To become impossible to control.
Example: The argument got out of hand very quickly.
Get the ball rolling
Work and Business
To start something, especially a group activity or process.
Example: I'll send the first draft to get the ball rolling.
Give someone an inch and they'll take a mile
People and Relationships
Allow someone a little, and they will try to take much more.
Example: I let my brother borrow the car for one evening and now he wants it every weekend — give someone an inch and they'll take a mile.
Give someone the cold shoulder
People and Relationships
To deliberately ignore someone.
Example: It is easier to give someone the cold shoulder than to explain what is wrong.
Give the benefit of the doubt
People and Relationships
To choose to believe someone when you cannot be sure.
Example: It was his first week, so I decided to give the benefit of the doubt.
Go back to the drawing board
Work and Business
To start planning again after a failure.
Example: The prototype cracked, so we went back to the drawing board.
Go the extra mile
Work and Business
To do more than is required.
Example: She always goes the extra mile for her students.
God never sends mouths but he sends meat
Time and Life
Every new mouth to feed comes with some way of feeding it.
Example: They worried about feeding a fourth child, but her mother said God never sends mouths but he sends meat.
Good watch prevents misfortune
Wisdom and Folklore
Keeping a careful watch stops bad things from happening.
Example: We check the boat's engine before every trip, because good watch prevents misfortune.
Good wine needs no bush
Work and Business
Something genuinely good does not need advertising.
Example: The bakery has no sign and a queue every morning — good wine needs no bush.
Grasp all, lose all
Success and Failure
Trying to get everything can end in getting nothing.
Example: He held out for the whole amount and lost the sale — grasp all, lose all.
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls
Morality and Karma
Being grateful to those who have helped you shows a fine character.
Example: Every year she visits the teacher who paid her school fees; gratitude is the sign of noble souls.