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A penny for your thoughts
The idiom a penny for your thoughts is a way to ask people what they are thinking about. You'd ask this if someone has been sitting looking quiet, or like they are daydreaming.This dates back to the 1500s, when a penny was worth a lot more than it is now.
You've been staring out the window for half an hour now. A penny for your thoughts?
A piece of cake
The idiom a piece of cake means that something is very easy to do. It suggests that the task requires little effort or skill. People often use this phrase after completing a job that turned out to be simpler than expected.The quiz was a piece of cake for her.
Piece of the Puzzle
The idiom piece of the puzzle means one part of a larger situation. You might use this idiom if you have just solved an important part of a larger problem. The origin is from jigsaw puzzles.This clue was an important piece of the puzzle.
Pigs might fly
The idiom pigs might fly is a way of describing something that is absurd or so unlikely it is almost impossible.Getting my husband to help with the housework? Yeah, when pigs fly
Play It by Ear
The phrase play it by ear means to decide what to do as things happen; there is no fixed plan ahead of time. This idiom comes from some people's ability to play a song on a musical instrument from what they have heard, without the sheet music or practising.Let’s play it by ear and see how the day goes.
Pot calling the kettle black
The idiom the pot calling the kettle black means that someone is criticizing someone for something that both of them do, without realising it. It is a way of pointing out hypocrisy.A pot and a kettle on the stove are both blackened equally from use.
You can't complain that I'm late when you are always late yourself. That's like the pot calling the kettle black.
Pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
The phrase pot of gold at the end of the rainbow comes from Irish folklore, where leprechauns hid their treasure where a rainbow touches the ground. It is used to mean a desire that is elusive and is always out of reach.Rainbows do not have a real end, if you try and get the end of a rainbow it keeps moving away from you.
A work from home job where I can sit on a beach all day, that's the pot of gold at the end of my rainbow!
Put your finger on it
To put your finger on it means to know the exact cause or meaning of something. This idiom is more used in the negative, I can't put my finger on it which means that you know that something is wrong but you can't work out what it is, the same way you might not be able to put your finger right onto something.Something just doesn't work with the decor of this room, but I can't put my finger on it.
The penny dropped
The penny dropped is an idiom that means someone finally understood something, after some confusion or delay. A similar idiom is a light bulb moment or to put two and two together.It originates in older slot machines, where there was a delay between inserting a coin, and the mechanism starting to work.
She stared at the instructions for a full 10 minutes before the penny dropped.