tipple

a tipple - an alcoholic drink

Tips for basic English

tit for tat

tit for tat - pay someone back in kind for something they have done, retaliation

titter

to titter - nervous laughter

To be all fingers and thumbs

To be all fingers and thumbs - clumsy, to drop things

to be at sixes and sevens

to be at sixes and sevens - disorganised, chaotic

to be for the high jump

to be for the high jump - to be in trouble for doing something wrong

to beat about the bush

not to get on with something

To bite the hand that feeds you

To bite the hand that feeds you - treat someone who has helped you badly

To call a spade a spade

To call a spade a spade - to speak about things in a direct way even if impolite