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Contents of More Slang:
[cost the Earth] or [charge the Earth] {v. phr.}
To be very expensive or costly.
Just having a cup of coffee costs the Earth in there. It's ridiculously expensive.
[to pay the Earth] = to pay a lot of money.
Comp.: [cost a bomb], [arm and a leg]
[fat is in the fire]
~[game over], [game is up]
The situation is in crisis.
{literally} because sth. or someone has [poured oil on the flames] or [added fuel to the fire].
[fools rush in where angels fear to tread] {proverb}
The idiom is used where people who are inexperienced or lack knowledge do something that more informed people would avoid.
[go around the barn at high noon] {v. phr.}
To use indirect ways of doing sth. when it is quite not necessary.
To shift, contrive to avoid sth.
See:
[all around Robin Hood's barn]
[go down the tubes] {v. phr.} {informal}
To transit to a state of failure or ruin.
The whole scheme is likely to go down the tubes.
[goof up] {v. phr.}
To make a mistake (usually not serious).
See also: [blunder], [screw up] — bad mistake.
[have a blast] {v. phr.}
To enjoy doing something very much.
Sky watchers are having a blast keeping track of the comet.
They had a blast poking around the farmers' market looking at all the food.