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donkulator290021dNone of them involve the word "ass" though. Proper American idioms have to include at least one ass.
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Lensflare1713121d@kiki Request to Americanize my favorites:
Killing two birds with one stone.
There is more than one way to skin a cat. -
kiki3532421d@Lensflare honorable mentions:
Clapping two ni**as with one shot
There’s more than one way to clap a ni**a.
Just as American. -
Lensflare1713121d
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kiki3532421d@Lensflare mfw europeans use kilometers per hour instead of lawsuit per school shooter
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Demolishun3491221dHow can one call themselves a proper eurotard, if they haven't complained about imperial units in the last 5 minutes?
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Lensflare1713121d@Demolishun I can‘t imagine what 5 minutes are. Could you rephrase it in imperial units like Eye blinks, for more clarity?
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Demolishun3491221d@Lensflare what is the conversion to femtoseconds? lol, nice, right back at me. Respect.
Let's Americanize idioms:
1. Break the ice — Open the wallet
2. Bite the bullet — Pay the price
3. Hit the nail on the head — Count the exact change
4. Let the cat out of the bag — Drop a dime
5. Piece of cake — Easy money
6. Costs an arm and a leg — Break the bank
7. Under the weather — In the red
8. The ball is in your court — The check is in your hands
9. Burn the midnight oil — Spend the last dollar
10. Hit the sack — Cash in for the night
11. Barking up the wrong tree — Investing in a bad stock
12. When pigs fly — When money grows on trees
13. Kick the bucket — Cash out
14. Spill the beans — Drop a coin
15. Break a leg — Make a fortune
16. Pull someone's leg — Shortchange someone
17. Once in a blue moon — Once in a financial windfall
18. A blessing in disguise — A hidden treasure
19. The best of both worlds — A double dividend
20. Caught between a rock and a hard place — Between a loan and a hard debt
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