make sense
The instructions make no sense (at all).
It makes sense to leave early to avoid traffic.
day after day
followed the same routine day after day
never mind
Never mind your mistake: it wasn’t serious.
My goodness
interjection
My goodness, you’ve grown!
money talks
In politics, money talks.
look (someone) in the eye
When I returned from abroad recently, a particularly officious young Customs Officer clearly regarded me as a smuggler.
‘Have you anything to declare?’ he asked, looking me in the eye.
‘No, ‘ I answered confidently. - Lesson 11 Not guilty, New Concept English Book 3
I wasn’t afraid to look him (right) in the eye and tell him just what I thought of him!
She looked me (right) in the eye and told me I was fired.
in the light of
It has been said that everyone lives by selling something. In the light of this statement, teachers live by selling knowledge, philosophers by selling wisdom and priests by selling spiritual comfort. - Lesson 27 Nothing to sell and nothing to buy, New Concept English Book 3
too good to be true
The price of the car is too good to be true. There must be something wrong with it.
go Dutch
We went Dutch on dinner.
take/get/keep your mind off
Try to relax and take/get/keep your mind off the problem.