31.a bundle: a lot of money.
A: "Your new car is really nice."
B: "It should be. It cost me a bundle!"
32.burn the midnight oil: study/work all night or until very, very late at night.
"I'm not ready for the test tomorrow. I guess I'll have to
burn the the midnight oil."
33.bushed: very tired; exhausted.
"I'm going to lie down for a while. I'm really bushed."
34.by on-eself: alone and without help.
"I can't do this by myself. Can you help me?"
35.by the skin of on-e's teeth: barely succeed in doing something.
"I'll have to start earlier the next time. This time I on-ly finished by the skin of my teeth."
36.call it a day: stop work for the day.
"It's late and you've accomplished a lot. Why don't you call it a day?"
37.can't make heads or tails of something: can't understand something at all;
find something confusing and illogical.
"I can't make heads or tails of your e-mail. Were you having problems
with your computer?"
38.catch on-e's eye: attract on-e's attention/interest.
"This brochure about Tahiti caught my eye when I was at the travel agency."
39.catch some Zs: sleep for a while; take a nap.
"You look tired, Dave. Why don't you catch some Zs?"
40.change on-e's mind: decide to do something different from what had been decided earlier.
A: "Why are you working this week? I thought you were going to be on vacation."
B: "I changed my mind. I'm taking my vacation next month."
41.chicken (adjective or noun): cowardly.
"Fred will never ask Lucy for a date. He's chicken / a chicken.
42.chow: food.
"How's the chow in the university cafeteria?"
43.chow down: eat.
"It's almost 6:00. Are you ready to chow down?"
44.a cinch: something that's very easy to do.
A: How was the test?
B: It was a cinch. I finished it quickly and I know that all my answers were correct."
45.cool (also kewl): neat, special, wonderful.
"The ESL Cafe on the Web is really cool!"
46.Cool it!: calm down.
"There's no need to be so upset. Just cool it!"
47.cost (someone) an arm and a leg: cost a lot; be very expensive.
A: "Your new car is really nice."
B: "It should be. It cost (me) an arm and a leg!"
48.couch potato: someone who spends too much time watching TV.
"You're a real couch potato, Jay. You need to get more exercise!"
49.cram: try to learn as much as possible in a very short time.
"Sidney did well on the test because he crammed for it. However, he probably
won't remember any of the information a couple of days from now."
50.crash course: short course designed to give a lot of knowledge/information in a very short time.
"Tom's company is sending him to a business meeting in Istanbul.
Should he take a crash course in Turkish?"
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