Achilles’ heel: a weak point:He is very brave, but fear of spiders is his Achilles’ heel

Act your age:behave more maturely:child:Aw, come on! Let me see your book! Mary:be quiet and act your age.Don’t be such a baby!

Afraid of one’s own shadow:easily frightened / timid: after tom was robbed, he was even afraid of one’s shadow.

All ears: listening eagerly and carefully: well , hurry up and tell me I am all ears.

All eyes and ears: : listening and watching  eagerly and carefully:

Be careful what you say.the children are all eyes and ears

All systems are go:every thing is ready: the rocket is ready to blast off-all systems are go.

All or nothing:everything or nothing at all.sally wouldn’t accept only

Part of money. She wanted all or nothing.

All talk and no action:the car needs washing.bill is all talk and no actin on this matter.

An all-out effort: through effort: we need to make an all-out effort to get this job done on time.

 

Answer the call:to dieour dear brother answered the call and has gone to his eternal rest.

Answer to : to expain to sb/to report to sb: I only answer to the boss.

Ants in one’s pants:the imaginary cause of nervousness and agitation: I always get ant’s in my pants before test.

Apear in court: to go to a court of law as participant: I have to apear in court for my traffic violation

The apple of sb’s eye:someone’s favorite thing or person:a boy friend or girlfriend: Tom is the apple of mary’s eye.she thinks he is the greatest.

Apple-polisher:flatterer:doesn’t that wimpa apple-polisher know how stupid he looks?apple-polish  - yes_ man

Armed and dangerous:sb suspected of crime: having a gun or other lethal weapon and not being reluctant to use it : the murderer is at laege, persumed to be armed and dangerous.

Armed to teeth: heavily armed with deadly weapons: Armed so heavily that even a knife is carried in the teeth.the bank robber was armed to the teeth when he was caught.

Asleep at the wheel:asleep while behind the steering wheel of a car or other vehicle:he fell asleep at the wheel and crashed.

At close range: very near: the gun was fired at close range.

At death’s door:very near the end of one’s life.I was so ill that I was at death’s door for three days.

At the last minute:at the last possible chance:please don’t make reservation at the last minute.

At the last juncture: at this point/ at this pause:there is little more that I can say at this juncture.