I was taking part in a quiz, on the final question I was asked, “For 10,000 name 5 popular idioms.”
I said, “Oh dear, I think I may have bitten off more than I can chew, I’m not going to beat around the bush, I don’t know what an idiom is. I could have a go, but it would just be a stab in the dark. If I was to go for broke and win the ten grand, that would be the icing on the cake, but I think I will cut my losses and take the 5,000 and run.”