VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

all that jazz

Meaning: Everything else related to something; and other similar things.

blow one's own horn

Meaning: to brag; to talk boastfully.

call the tune

Meaning: to be the one who controls a situation; to have the most power and authority in a situation

carry a tune

Meaning: The phrase to carry a tune means to sing a melody accurately.

chin music

Meaning: talk, conversation

clean as a whistle

Meaning: If someone is as clean as a whistle they are perfectly clean.

draw in one's horns

Meaning: to become less impassioned, aggressive, or argumentative; to back down from a fight; to yield or capitulate.

fine-tune

Meaning: to make small adjustments to something until optimization is achieved

have to face the music

Meaning: accept or face the unpleasant consequences of one's actions.

it takes two to tango

Meaning: for something to work properly the cooperation of both parties is needed.

lock horns

Meaning: to come into conflict.

make chin music

Meaning: talk or chatter.

music to someone's ears

Meaning: Some good news; a spoken expression or a sound which is pleasing; a welcome remark or information.

on the horns of a dilemma

Meaning: To face a choice between two equally undesirable alternatives.

pull in one's horns

Meaning: To become less impassioned, aggressive, or argumentative; to back down from a fight; to yield or capitulate.

sing the same tune

Meaning: If people sing the same tune, they agree about a subject in public in spite of their disagreement.

stop the music

Meaning: If something strikes a chord with you, it reminds you of something, it seems familiar to you or you are interested in it.

strike a chord

Meaning: stop everything.

toot one's own horn

Meaning: to boast; to brag

who pays the piper calls the tune

Meaning: one who pays for something controls it.