10 Idioms in 10 Minutes

• safe and sound = unharmed. After being away for five months, we arrived home safe and sound.
• short and sweet = without unnecesary details. A long letter of complaint would be annoying, so when you write it, try to make it short and sweet.
• sick and tired = completely annoyed or tired of something/someone. I'm sick and tired of hearing about your trip to Russia.
• wine and dine = have a meal with wine at a restaurant. For our anniversary I think we could wine and dine at that new restaurant that opened last week.
• bag and baggage = with all your possessions. Mary got tired of living with her boyfriend so she decided to move, bag and baggage.
• bits and pieces = small things. I didn't hear everything he said, just some bits and pieces.
• body and soul = physical and mental energy. Jim loves learning a new language, he puts body and soul into it.
• bread and butter = way of earning money to live. Thomas doesn't have much money, he earns his bread and butter as a teacher.
• bricks and mortar = property, buildings. If you want to invest your money, I would advise you to put it into bricks and mortar.
• give and take = compromise. We can reach an agreement with a bit of give and take from both sides.