chicken out, to decide not to do something out of fear, usually just before, copycat, a person who does the same thing as someone else, have ants in one’s pants, to be unable to sit still or remain calm out of nervousness or excitement, eager beaver, someone enthusiastic when completing a task and someone who goes beyond what is expected of them, hold one’s horses, to wait or slow down, let the cat out of the bag, to reveal a secret, pig out, to eat a lot of something, rain cats and dogs, to rain very heavily, cash cow, something that a company sells very successfully and that brings in a lot of money, have butterflies in one’s stomach, to feel very nervous, usually about something you are going to do.

New Horizons - B2 - Vocabulary - Lesson 36 - Introduction

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