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- someone's cup of teasomething one likes
- someone's goose is cookedAll hope is gone; there is no possibility of success; the period of good fortune is over.
- steal someone's thunderTo appropriate someone's ideas or information, typically in order to look better at that person's expense.
- none of someone's businessA matter (especially a private or personal one) that someone is not entitled to be involved in or informed about.
- apple of someone's eyeThe object of somebody's affections; a person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers; a favorite, a loved one.
- pull someone's legTo tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. It usually implies teasing or goading by jokingly lying.
- get on someone's nervesTo annoy or irritate someone; to bother someone.
- someone's jaw droppedsomebody was very surprised.
- break someone's heartTo cause a person to feel grief, disappointment, or sadness.
- behind someone's backWithout somebody's knowledge; secretly.
- cat got someone's tongueWhy is someone not saying anything?
- thorn in someone's sideA persistent annoyance.
- make someone's dayTo make someone happy, or be a source of satisfaction, for the rest of the day.
- music to someone's earsA spoken expression or a sound which is pleasing; specifically, some good news, or welcome information or remarks.
- have someone's backTo be prepared and willing to support or defend someone.
- make someone's blood boilTo cause a person to feel angry or very annoyed, especially in situation in which one cannot fully display that feeling to others.
- put words in someone's mouthTo say or imply that someone has made a statement or remark which they did not precisely or directly make.
- rain on someone's paradeTo spoil someone's celebration.
- take someone's word for itTo believe a person's claim, especially without personal verification.
- under someone's noseDirectly in front of one; clearly visible.
- follow in someone's footstepsTo follow the same path as someone; to take actions similar to another's.
- breathe down someone's neckTo follow or supervise someone too closely, causing discomfort for that person.
- pull the wool over someone's eyesTo deceive someone.
- cook someone's gooseTo spoil one's plans or hope of success.
- put oneself in someone's shoesTo try to look at a situation from a different point of view; as if one were the other person; to empathise.