Does anybody know some American Idioms?

0 Hi Mayumi! Here are some interesting-looking websites:...02br
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00www.englishdaily626.com/idioms.php02br
00www.eslmania.com/students/idioms/Business_idioms.htm02br
00www.pride-unlimited.com/probono/idioms1.html02br
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00Ann :-) 0-

0 " It's raining cats and dogs!"02br
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00I'm not totally sure it is an idiom, but I am pretty sure.0-

0 oh thanks a lot Ann...hey what about british idioms? 0-

0 Thanks a lot Fly, but what does it mean then? 0-

0It means "it's raining heavily"; "it's pouring down".02br
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00I don't think it's an American Idiom ... you can hear that also in the UK.0-

0 Hi Mayumi, here's a great website - which also mentions which idioms are American and which are British:02br
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00www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms 0-

0 "the world is your oyster"? I think that means that the world is your place to be.0-

0 Let's call it a day!02br
00Means, we finish here. It's enough (for today.)0-

0Ann, that IS a great site. You can search for USA or UK to find idioms that are specific to one or the other. 02br
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00Be aware, though, that not all of them are common. Like "All hat, no cattle" (which made me laugh and I immediately understood it) is not one I've ever heard. One of my favorites, not on that site, is "I don't have a dog in that fight" which means that it

0 Hi Barbara, like you I had to laugh at some of the unfamiliar-yet-understandable idioms I've read on that site.02br
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00One definition of a squib is: a small firework that burns with a hissing sound before exploding.02br
00And a damp squib is an idiom for something "...that is expected to have a great effect or impact but doesn't." (...Like a wet firework)