idioms

  ring a bell  informal (sound familiar) The name doesn’t ring a bell with me, but that face sure does. His face rings a bell. I’m sure I’ve seen him before.   envocabulary.com

  not know beans about  informal (to know nothing about) I don’t know beans about computers, nor do I care to know. I bet you don’t know beans about cricket.   envocabulary.com

  spill the beans informal (to tell people a secret unintentionally) We are going to have a surprise party for Tom; please don’t spill the beans. Someone spilled the beans about her affair with Mike.   envocabulary.com

  forever and a day (for a very long or seemingly endless time) It’s going to take me forever and a day to pay off all my debts. We had to wait forever and a day for the food to arrive.   envocabulary.com

  keep your head down (behave in a quiet way to avoid trouble) I’m trying to keep my head down and do my job. Just keep your head down and your mouths shut while you’re in here.   envocabulary.com