Idioms: 3

Idioms:
-To ask for the moon: means to take unreasonable demands for things or to wish something impossible to archieve or to obtain.
-When you hold the fort: it means that you take care of a place when the person, nomally in change, is away.
-Under the table: is a phrase used to describe secretive behaviour often suggesting corruption or illegality.
-To horse around: means to behave in a silly way making noise and causing disruption/interraption.
-When you say someone has chickened out of something: you mean they have failed to do something or they haven't tried to do it because they were afraid.
-When you say someone is a wise old owl you mean they are very experienced in life.
-A night owl: is someone who stays up late into the night.
-When you say someone is in safe hands you mean they are being cared for someone who is confident and skilled.
-A safe pair of hands: is a similar expression. It refers to someone who can be trusted to do a good job avoiding mistakes.
-If someone tells you to hold your tongue: it means they want you to stop talking because they don't like what you are saying.
-If a situation is black and white: it means you have a clear opinion about it. You can easily see what you think is right and wrong.
-The phrase money doesn't grow on trees means you must not spend too much money as there is a limited amount of it.
-The phrase money is no object: means that you have a lot of money available to spend.
-Let the chips fall where they may:means to allow things to happen no matter what the consequences are.
-When you say something is  as cheap as chips you mean it's very cheap.
-If you are chasing your tail you are very busy doing a lot of different things but not archieving very much.