English - Idioms

IDIOMS - Meanings

all ears		To say that you are all ears means that you are listening very attentively. Of course I want to know - I'm all ears!
one's best bet	The action most likely to succeed is called one's best bet.       Your best bet would be to try calling him at home.
bide your time	If you bide your time, you wait for a good opportunity to do something. He's not hesitating, he's just biding his time, waiting for the price to drop.
breathe down neck			If someone is breathing down your neck, they are watching you too closely and making you feel uncomfortable. The atmosphere at work is not great; the boss keeps breathing down our necks all the time.
build bridges			If a person builds bridges between opposing groups, they help them to cooperate and understand each other better. A mediator is trying to build bridges between the local community and the owners of the new plant.
burn your fingers				If you burn your fingers (or get your fingers burnt), you suffer financially as a result of foolish behaviour. Jack got his fingers burnt playing on the stock market.
bury your head in sand				If you bury your head in the sand, you refuse to face the unpleasant reality by pretending that the situation doesn't exist. It's no good burying your head in the sand. We've got a problem on our hands.
bury the hatchet					When people who have had a disagreement decide to forget their quarrel and become friends again, they bury the hatchet. I didn't agree with my colleague's decision, but for the sake of peace, I decided to bury the hatchet.
carrot and stick						If you use a carrot-and-stick approach, you use the promise of reward and the threat of punishment to make someone work harder. Some parents use a carrot-and-stick approach to obtain good results from their children.
clip someone's wings							If you clip someone's wings, you do something to restrict their freedom. Taking away his credit card is a sure way to clip his wings.

Once in a Blue Moon is an idiom to refer a very rare occurrence. But, what in the world the Blue Moon refers?

Blue Moon  is nothing but the second full moon occurring in the same month which incidentally is a rare occurrence. If there happened to be two full moons in a month, then, the second full moon is referred as the Blue Moon.