Idioms

engaged in behavior that is mischievous, dishonest, or otherwise wrong

used to say that you know something while keeping your informant's identity secret

Matching variant: A little bird whispered to me

to be summarized as or reduced to the most essential point

To get to the important point without wasting time.

To have more important matters to deal with.

I cannot understand it at all

to try to convince people who already agree with you

to refuse to change your position under pressure

to deal with the most important or practical details of something

used to express relief that an unwanted person or thing has gone

to work hard and steadily without distraction

to pay one debt by creating another

used to dismiss a story or claim as unbelievable