Idioms

To give someone the cold shoulder is to treat them with deliberate coldness or indifference, pointedly ignoring or snubbing them.

To spill the beans is to disclose secret or private information, often prematurely or accidentally, giving away what was meant to stay hidden.

Son of a gun is a mild exclamation of surprise or annoyance, or a jocular, half-affectionate term for a man or rogue.

To mind your Ps and Qs is to be careful about your behaviour, manners, and words, especially to avoid giving offence.

To do or include the whole nine yards means everything possible, the full extent, with nothing held back or left out.

To be at loggerheads is to be locked in a stubborn dispute, unable to reach agreement with the other side.

The third degree is prolonged, aggressive questioning intended to force a confession or extract information through relentless pressure.

To pull out all the stops is to make every possible effort and use all available resources to achieve something.

To be mad as a hatter is to be completely crazy or eccentric, behaving in a wildly irrational and unpredictable way.

To be caught red-handed is to be discovered in the very act of doing something wrong, with the evidence undeniable.