Idioms starting with T

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

51 idioms

The truth will out
Communication and Mind
The truth eventually becomes known, however well it is hidden.
Example: They kept it quiet for a year, but the truth will out.
The upper hand
Work and Business
A position of advantage or control.
Example: With the contract signed, they had the upper hand.
The whole nine yards
Everything; the complete amount.
Example: They booked the hall, the band, the flowers — the whole nine yards.
The writing is on the wall
Success and Failure
There are clear signs that something will fail or end.
Example: After the third round of cuts, the writing is on the wall.
There is no smoke without fire
Communication and Mind
A rumour usually has some basis in fact.
Example: She did not believe all of it, but there is no smoke without fire.
There's no place like home
Travel and Movement
Your own home is the most comfortable place to be.
Example: After three weeks abroad, there's no place like home.
Think before you speak
Communication and Mind
Consider your words carefully before you say them.
Example: Think before you speak — once it's said, you can't take it back.
Through thick and thin
People and Relationships
Through good times and bad, without giving up.
Example: They stayed together through thick and thin for forty years.
Throw a sprat to catch a mackerel
Work and Business
To risk or give away something small in order to gain something bigger.
Example: The shop gave away free samples, throwing a sprat to catch a mackerel.
Throw caution to the wind
Success and Failure
To take a risk without worrying about the consequences.
Example: She threw caution to the wind and booked the ticket.
Throw in the towel
Success and Failure
To admit defeat and give up.
Example: After the fourth rejection he threw in the towel.
Throw someone under the bus
People and Relationships
To blame someone else to protect yourself.
Example: Nobody trusts a manager who will throw someone under the bus.