Relier Pairs COMMON ENGLISH IDIOMS & EXPRESVersion en ligne These English idioms are used quite regularly in the United States. You may not hear them every day, but they will be very familiar to any native English speaker. You can be confident using any of them when the context is appropriate. par José Gabriel Garnica Martínez 1 A perfect storm 2 Add insult to injury 3 A penny for your thoughts 4 Bite off more than you can chew 5 Birds of a feather flock together 6 A picture is worth 1000 words 7 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush 8 Actions speak louder than words 9 A penny saved is a penny earned 10 Barking up the wrong tree Tell me what you're thinking What you have is worth more than what you might have later To be mistaken, to be looking for solutions in the wrong place Take on a project that you cannot finish Better to show than tell Money you save today you can spend later People who are alike are often friends (usually used negatively) the worst possible situation Believe what people do and not what they say To make a bad situation worse