Say What?

Howard, your an idiom. I feel sorry for people that speak English as a second language, we say some pretty goofy things. Here are a few, and why we say them...

• Above board
• Balls to the Wall
• Beck and call
• Best thing since sliced bread
• Big Cheese, The
• Bob's your uncle
• Bought The Farm
• Bring home the bacon
• Bun in the Oven
• Called on the carpet
• Can't hold a candle to
• Catbird Seat, sitting in
• Close but no cigar
• Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey
• Cooking with gas
• Dark Horse
• Dead as a door nail
• Dead Ringer
• Dog days
• Double Dutch
• Feel your oats
• Fly in the ointment
• Fly off the handle
• Get your dander up
• Going Gang-Busters
• Got Dibbs
• Groggy
• Hoist with your own petard
• Hold your feet to the fire
• Hot and Heavy
• Hunky dory
• In like Flynn
• Keep your shirt on
• knows which side her bread is buttered on
• Pan Out
• Pardon my French
• Red tape
• Ride Shotgun
• Sing for your supper
• Sticky Wicket
• With bated breath
• Woodshed, Take someone to