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Open door policy
An open door policy means that people are welcome to come and talk freely with someone in charge. It means that a person, usually a leader or manager, is willing to listen to questions or concerns.The expression comes from the idea of leaving an office door open so that others feel comfortable walking in to speak. Over time it became a metaphor for openness and easy communication.
The principal has an open door policy, so students can come in and discuss problems anytime.
Out of left field
The idiom out of left field means something that is completely unexpected and catches people off guard.The phrase comes from baseball, where left field is one of the outfield positions. A ball or throw coming from that area could arrive suddenly and unexpectedly, which led to the expression being used for surprising situations.
His question about moving to another country came completely out of left field.
Out of sight, out of mind
The idiom out of sight, out of mind means that people tend to forget about things that they no longer see or think about regularly. When something disappears from view, it often disappears from attention as well.The saying has been used in English for several centuries and reflects a common human habit of forgetting things that are not easily visible.
Once the old toys were packed away in the attic, they were out of sight, out of mind.
Out of the blue
Out of the blue means that something happens suddenly with no clear sign that it was about to happen.The phrase comes from the image of a sudden bolt of lightning appearing from a clear blue sky. Because lightning usually comes with storm clouds, a strike from a blue sky would be very surprising.
Out of the blue, an old friend called him after many years without contact.
Out of the frying pan
The idiom out of the frying pan, into the fire means to escape from one bad situation and go straight into another one. This one is drawn from the idea of you being in a hot frying pan, and you escape but you find yourself in the fire.She left her abusive husband but her new boyfriend is just as bad, out of the frying pan into the fire.
Out of the loop
To be out of the loop means not being included in information or decisions that other people know about. A person who is out of the loop does not know what is going on.The expression likely comes from the idea of a communication loop or chain where information passes between people. If someone is outside that loop, the information never reaches them.
I was out of the loop about the plan until someone mentioned it at lunch.
Out on a limb
To go out on a limb means to take a risk by saying or doing something that others might not agree with.The phrase comes from the image of climbing far out on a tree branch. The farther you go from the trunk, the less support you have, and the greater the chance the branch could break.
I might be out on a limb here, but I think their small startup could become very successful.
Over the moon
To be over the moon means to be extremely happy about something.The expression comes from the nursery rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle, where the cow jumps over the moon. Over time the phrase came to describe a feeling of happiness so strong it seems to lift someone far above the ground.
She was over the moon when she heard she had been accepted into the program.
You're only human
When you say you are only human, you mean you are like other people and you have emotions, you make mistakes, and you are imperfect, just like other people.Sorry I got it wrong, but I'm only human.