Idioms Target: ““““““““““` 1. Fender bender. A car accident that causes minimal damage, usually only to the front or back bumpers. 2. To barrel out of somewhere. To leave somewhere very quickly, usually with little attention to your surroundings. Notice that you may also hear barrel up, barrel down, barrel along, barrel in, etc. 3. To ride someone’s tail. To follow someone at an uncomfortably close or dangerous distance. Notice that this expression doesn’t necessarily have to be used for driving only. 4. To rubberneck. To drive slowly past the scene of an accident while turning your neck to see what happened. 5. To speed up. To accelerate. 6. To cut someone off. To pass in front of someone very closely and prevent them from moving ahead. 7. To sideswipe someone. To hit someone with the side edge of something. 8. To come up from behind. To approach someone from behind. Notice that you can also say come up from the side, come up from below, etc. 9. Blind spot. A part of someone’s field of vision that is obstructed, so that things in this area cannot be seen. 10. To slam on the brakes. To press the brake pedal in a car forcefully and suddenly. 11. To nail someone. To hit or do damage to someone. 12. To pull over. To drive one’s car to the side of the road in order to stop. 13. To swap information. To exchange names, phone numbers, license plate numbers, and insurance company information, especially after a car accident. 14. Like a bat out of hell. Moving in a fast and almost crazy manner. 15. Hit and run. A car accident where the person responsible for the accident leaves the scene before the police arrive. 16. To take off. To leave quickly. 17. To be looking at. To be in a position to expect something. 18. To track someone down. To find someone by following clues. 19. To give someone a piece of your mind. To give someone your opinion about him or her or something he or she has done. Usually it is a negative and harshly critical opinion. 20. To lose sleep over something. To worry about something. To feel upset or guilty about something. 21. To take someone to the cleaners. To fight for economic compensation until the other person has no more money left. 22. To count your chickens before they hatch. To depend on a beneficial or positive future event as if it were certain, even though it may not happen. 23. To bark up the wrong tree. To be seeking something from the wrong source. To be asking for something from a source that cannot or will not provide it. 24. To be caught up in something. To be involved in something wrong, illegal, or unethical. 25. To total a car. To inflict damages that, if repaired, would cost more than the value of the car. 26. To sit tight. To wait, to be patient. Apps “““““““““““` Website: https://www.essentialenglish.review/easy-american-idioms/ Google Store: https://goo.gl/p66Vox App Store: https://goo.gl/eAZkhn