English Idioms with words Bad, Big

Idiom	Meaning	Sentence
a bad lot	inf. a person with bad personal qualities	He was in prison for looting. He's a bad lot.
a bad patch	a period of difficulty or problems	Their marriage is going through a bad patch.
be in someone's bad books	be out of favour with someone	If you don’t get the report finished by tomorrow, you’ll be in your boss's bad books.
give something up as a bad job	try to do something because it seems very unlikely to succeed	He started learning English three times, but he didn’t make much progress. So now he’s given it up as a bad job.
go from bad to worse	to deteriorate	Business is going from bad to worse - they may have to close down the company.
(It’s/That’s) too bad	it’s a pity	It's too bad that you can’t come to my party. I'll miss you.
make the best of a bad job	to do the best one can in a difficult situation	He didn’t get to university to study marketing. He’s decided to make the best of a bad job and go into banking.

Idiom	Meaning	Sentence
a big hit	something/someone very popular with others	Your new flat is a big hit with your parents. They think it’s perfect for you.
a big mouth	(informal) someone who boasts, exaggerates, makes promises he doesn’t keep etc.	'He says he’ll take me to his yacht one day.' 'Well, don’t believe it. He’s just a big mouth.
a big noise/shot	(informal) an important person with influence	There’s some big noise coming up from headquarters tomorrow, so we’ll have to prepare for it.
in a big way	on a large scale	They invited over a hundred guests to their wedding party. They always do things in a big way.
give somebody a big hand	applaud someone with enthusiasm	He acted very well in the drama group’s performance. He was given a big hand.
make it big	slang be very successful, usually in business	His dream was to make it big in television.
a big cheese	the most important person in a group; somebody who thinks that s/he is the most important	He is a big cheese at work so he seems to think that he can boss us around at home, too.
big deal!	terrific! great!	'I won! I won!' 'Big deal! You were the only contestant!
a big fish in a little/small pond	someone who is important in a small group, company, unit etc.	He prefers to be a big fish in a small pond, so he works for a small family-owned company.