top dollar - the highest end of a price range; a lot of money
Example 1. Rohan paid top dollar for a shirt at JIP.
Example 2. Wait until those jeans go on sale. Why pay top dollar?
(to) go back to the drawing board - to start a task over because the last try failed; to start again from the beginning.
Example 1. Frank's new business failed, so he had to go back to the drawing board.
Example 2. The president didn't agree with our new ideas for the company, so we had to go back to the drawing board.
(to) give one the creeps - to create a feeling of disgust or horror
Example 1. Rohini has six earrings in each ear and an "I love India" tatoo on her arm. She really gives me creeps.
Example .2 There was a strange man following me around the shopping mall. He was giving me the creeps.
as sharp as a tack - very intelligent
Example 1. You are fired and I have already found a new manager for this job. She is sharp as a tack.
(to) cost an arm and a leg - to be very expensive
Example 1. Going abroad for studies cost an arm and a leg.
Example 2. Pertroleum Products cost an arm and a leg these days.
(to) break the news - to make something known
Example 1. Varun and Sunakshi are getting married, but they haven't yet broken the news to their parents.
Example 2. I didn't wanted to break the news, but my dad got the result letter mailed by the acedmic dept.
