Idioms

1. pay through the nose
to pay too much ​money for something:

We ​paid through the ​nose to get the ​car ​fixed.

2. kick the bucket = to die

3. close shave 倖免

I had a close shave this morning, - some idiot almost knocked me off my bike.

4. red letter day 喜慶日
The day I first set foot in America was a red-letter day for me.

5. a bolt from/out of the blue
出人意料的事情；睛天霹靂The news of his marriage was a bolt from the blue.

6. foot the bill 付帳

7. knuckle under 服膺

8. They (passed the hat) to raise funds for the new youth centre.

9.(verb) to end a fight and try and become friends again

Example Sentences:

My mother was happy when my father and I agreed tobury the hatched after years of arguing.

A: Are you and your wife still fighting?
B: No. We buried the hatched last night after I apologized for kissing her sister.