As John hurt her feelings, Kelly's giving him the cold shoulder.(She is ignoring him.)
His youngest son was the apple of his eye.(The person who someone loves most and is very proud of.)
My stepfather and I, we just don't see eye to eye.(We don't agree.)
They are set to meet head to head in next week's final.(When two groups of people face each other directly to decide the result of a disagreement or competition.)
Waiting in line is a pain in the neck. (Somebody or something that bugs you, annoys or bothers you.)
Regarding the students' results, the weight is all on my shoulders.( To have full responsibility for something.)
Eventhough most of the idioms showed here are pretty obvious, I think we still take them for granted. Not using idioms prevent us from getting closer to what natives do as regards coloquial language.
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