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AmericanEnglishIdioms~A~AbitmuchIfsomethingisexcessiveorannoying,itisabitmuch.AchainisnostrongerthanitsweakestlinkThismeansthatprocesses,organisations,etc,arevulnerablebecausetheweakestpersonorpartcanalwaysdamageorbreakthem.Adaylateandadollarshort(USAIfsomethingisadaylateandadollarshort,itistoolittle,toolate.Ahitchinyourgiddy-upIfyouhaveahitchinyourgiddy-up,you'renotfeelingwell.('Ahitchinyourgittie-up'isalsoused.AlittlebirdtoldmeIfsomeonedoesn'twanttosaywheretheygotsomeinformationfrom,theycansaythatalittlebirdtoldthem.AlittleknowledgeisadangerousthingAsmallamountofknowledgecancausepeopletothinktheyaremoreexpertthantheyreallyare.eg.hesaidhe'ddoneacourseonhomeelectrics,butwhenhetriedtomendmytablelamp,hefusedallthelights!IthinkalittlelearningisadangerousthingApennyforyourthoughtsThisidiomisusedasawayofaskingsomeonewhattheyarethinkingabout.ApennysavedisapennyearnedThismeansthatweshouldn'tspendorwastemoney,buttrytosaveit.ApictureisworthathousandwordsApicturecanoftengetamessageacrossmuchbetterthanthebestverbaldescription.ArollingstonegathersnomossPeoplesaythistomeanthatthatanambitiouspersonismoresuccessfulthanapersonnottryingtoachieveanything.Originallyitmeanttheoppositeandwascriticalofpeopletryingtogetahead.AwatchedpotneverboilsSomethingsworkoutintheirowntime,sobeingimpatientandconstantlycheckingwilljustmakethingsseemlonger.AboutfaceIfsomeonechangestheirmindcompletely,thisisanaboutface.Itcanbeusedwhencompanies,governments,etc,changetheirpositiononanissue.AbsencemakestheheartgrowfonderThisidiommeansthatwhenpeopleareapart,theirlovegrowsstronger.AccidentwaitingtohappenIfsomethingisanaccidentwaitingtohappen,there'sdefinitelygoingtobeanaccidentorit'sboundtogowrong.('Disasterwaitingtohappen'isalsoused.AceintheholeAnaceintheholeissomethingotherpeoplearenotawareofthatcanbeusedtoyouradvantagewhenthetimeisright.AceupyoursleeveIfyouhaveanaceupyoursleeve,youhavesomethingthatwillgiveyouanadvantagethatotherpeopledon'tknowabout.Achilles'heelAperson'sweakspotistheirAchilles'heel.ActofGodAnactofGodissomethinglikeanearthquakeorfloodsthathumanbeingscannotpreventorcontrol.ActofwarAnactofwarisaactionthatiseitherintendedtostartawarorthatisinterpretedasbeingsufficientcauseforawar.ActionsspeaklouderthanwordsThisidiommeansthatwhatpeopleactuallydoismoreimportantthanwhattheysay-peoplecanpromisethingsbutthenfailtodeliver.Adam'sappleTheAdam'sappleisabulgeinthethroat,mostlyseeninmen.AddfueltothefireIfpeopleaddfueltothefire,theymakeabadsituationworse.AddinsulttoinjuryWhenpeopleaddinsulttoinjury,theymakeabadsituationevenworse.Afteryourownheart
AmericanEnglishIdiomsApersonafteryourownheartthinksthesamewayasyou.AgainsttheclockIfyoudosomethingagainsttheclock,youarerushedandhaveverylittletimetodoit.