Idioms starting with T

English

Take to your heels

To run away from somebody or something

The calm before the storm

A calm time immediately before an expected period of violent activity or argument

There is no help for it

It is not possible to avoid doing something that may harm somebody in some way

The pot calling the kettle black

Used to say that you should not criticize somebody for a fault that you have yourself

Take something with a pinch of salt

To be careful about believing that something is completely true

There's a method in somebody's madness

There is a reason for somebody’s behaviour and it is not as strange or as stupid as it seems

Turn the tables

To change a situation so that you are now in a stronger position than the person who used to be in a stronger position than you

Turn the other cheek

To make a deliberate decision to remain calm and not to act in an aggressive way when somebody has hurt you or made you angry

To your fingertips

In every way

The penny drops

Used to say that somebody has finally understood or realized something that they had not understood or realized before