Question

Native speakers of any language use quite a lot of idiomatic expressions without thinking.
However, when you are learning a foreign language it is one of many stumbling blocks.
Let's sort them out!

Answer 1

Off the hook - to free smb from an obligation

To make a mountain out of the molehill - to make a big issue out of a small issue

Barefaced - being deliberately bold and shameless
- to lie without any embarrassment

To pull smth out of the hat - To produce smth unexpectedly - by surprise - and solve a problem
- to imagine things that are not true

In the blink of an eye - Very fast