Saturday 2 April 2011

Go hand in hand: Things that go together.
Go haywire: To get totally out of control.
Go nuts: Get very excited about something.
Go overboard: To overdo something.
Go tell it to birds: When you say this to someone, you are telling them that what they are saying is a lie.
Go the distance: To continue doing something until it reaches its end, no matter how difficult it is.
Go the extra mile: To do more than one needs to in order to help or make something successful.
Go through the motions: To do things mechanically, in a routine manner without any emotions.
Go to seed: To decline in quality or appearance.
Go to the wall: Usually used for a company that fails.
Go to the wire: To risk one’s life, reputation or job to help someone.
Go under the hammer: This refers to something that is auctioned.
Go with the flow: To accept things as they happen and do what everyone else is doing or wants.
Going concern: A successful business.
Golden handshake: A payment made to someone in order to make them resign from their job.
Golden rule: An essential and fundamental rule.
Golden touch: To have a golden touch is to have the ability to make a success out of anything one does.
Gone fishing: To be unaware of what is happening around you.
Gone to pot: Used for something that doesn’t work or has gone wrong.
Gone to the dogs: When something is gone to the dogs, it has gone very wrong or has been spoilt badly.
Good antennae: When someone has good antennae they are good at detecting things.
Good egg: A good person.
Good hand: To be good at something.
Good Samaritan: A person who helps others when they are in need.
Good spell: A short period when things are fine and going well.
Goody two-shoes: A prudish self-righteous person.
Grab the bull by its horns: To deal directly with a problem.
Grain/Pinch of salt: To take something with a grain of salt is not to believe it completely.
Grandfather clause: A condition in a contract or agreement that cannot be changed.
Grasp the nettle: To deal bravely with a problem.

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