Meeting them half way?
A willingness to meet with your opponent half way simply means that you're very willing to negotiate and make compromises.
Repealing Obamacare is a nonstarter?
If someone's proposal is deemed a nonstarter, it is not very good.
Step on your toes?
If someone's words step on our toes, they can hurt our feelings real bad.
Crying wolf?
Crying wolf has become synonymous with anyone raising a false alarm, especially to attract attention.
什么是“幸運(yùn)小姐”(Lady Luck)?
Lady Luck stands for good fortune, the chance of something good happening to you.
Won’t break the bank?
If you have to break your piggy bank to buy something, then it is perhaps too expensive.
Can’t shoot straight?
If someone can't shoot straight with sth. they say, then they don't know what they're talking about.
Having a ball?
People said they had a ball when they meant to say they had a good, exciting time.
Job lock?
Job lock refers to the situation where you are stuck with your current job.
Crash diet?
That’s essentially what “going on a crash diet straight afterwards” means really.
Basket case
In other words, Thatcherism prevented the teetering British economy from total collapse.
Group think
Group think, literally, is what the group as a whole thinks instead of what each individual member of that group thinks.
Chinese whispers?
It came out of the blue as the singer was preparing for his final concert tour.
Angel investing?
In other words, he’s been investing in technology start-ups as a venture capitalist.
Final hurrah?
In short, last hurrah, or final hurrah (which is the slightly less popular) represents a person’s last great performance or activity.