Idioms 25:

1-keep your fingers crossed /cross your fingers
to hope that something will happen the way you want:
• Keep your fingers crossed that I get this job.

2- to make a killing
to make a lot of money in a short time:
• Alexander recalled making a killing in the stock market in the '80s.

3- to show sombody door
to make it clear that someone is not welcome and should leave a building:
• Then one of his bodyguards showed me the door.

4- hang by theard
to be in a very dangerous situation:
• For weeks after the accident, her life hung by a thread.

5-be in dout
not certainly loose a game

6-give sb an earful or get an earful
INFORMAL to tell someone about something you are upset or angry about, or to be told by someone else about something they are upset or angry about:
• The chancellor got an earful when he asked the students for feedback

7- your better/other half
HUMOROUS your husband or wife


8- better off
adjective [no comparative]
1 richer than you were before:
• Are you better off than you were four years ago?2 happier, improved, more successful etc.:
• The country would be better off if more women were serving in Congress.
• I think you'd be better off if you just moved back to your mother's house for a while. --compare WELL-OFF

9- found of flame