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If you put your foot in it you say something that causes a problem. Often it is because you say something that you should not have said, which upsets people or is embarrassing for them.

scharf nachdenken

eine schnelle Entscheidung treffen

für neue Ideen offen sein

alles zu seiner Zeit

If you dig yourself into a hole you say or do something to make a bad situation even worse.

One meaning of hash is a meal made by mixing up a number of ingredients, which may lead to make a hash of something, rather like to make a mess of something; in this case it means that you have done it so badly that it needs to be done again

If you draw a blank you are unable to come up with a solution to a problem. It is often used to mean that you have been unsuccessful in a search for something, as in this example.

If you hit a stumbling block you come up against a problem that stops you from making progress

If you are barking up the wrong tree means you have been trying to do something in the wrong way, or with a mistaken approach. (This idiom is generally used in the continuous form "are barking", "was barking".)

We use to bang your head against a brick wall to describe how we feel when we are frustrated and making no progress with something

If you go back to square one you start something again from the beginning again.

We say that something is going nowhere when it has no direction, impact or possibility of success

If you flesh something out, you add more detail or information to it

If someone has bigger fish to fry, that person has more important things to do.

have bigger fish to fry = Wichtigeres zu tun haben

If you are up to speed, you have the most recent information.

to be up to speed = auf dem neuesten Stand sein

If a market is cut-throat it means it is intensely competitive. Rivals may even use dirty tricks to gain market share.

cut-throat = halsabschneiderisch; hier: gnadenlos

If something costs the earth then it is very expensive.

cost the earth = ein Heidengeld kosten

When you show someone the ropes you show that person how a particular job is done.

show sb. the ropes = jmdn. in eine Arbeit einweisen

If someone is out of step then that person is not conforming to what others are thinking or doing.

be out of step = nicht im Gleichklang sein be out of pocket = draufzahlen

If something is a long shot it doesn't have much chance of success.

a long shot = eine riskante Angelegenheit; ziemlich aussichtslos

Wenn sie einmal zu reden anfängt, hört sie nicht mehr auf

Sie ist die Größte

He’d love to get his claws into the project. = Er würde das Projekt gerne an sich reißen.

claw = Kralle, Klaue

We can also say that people would love to get their hands on something, not "into" something.

Sie wird sich so ganz nebenbei entscheiden

Sie versucht, uns Sand in die Augen zu streuen

Ich werde ihn unter meine Fittiche nehmen

Mir ist da eine Idee gekommen.

Rede nicht um den heißen Brei herum

schrecklich teuer sein

to keep sth. secret, etw. geheim halten

Mir kommen Zweifel.

to make someone go crazy

I’ve got a lot on my plate. = Ich habe viel um die Ohren.
If we say that something is on the cards, it is possible that it will happen.
It’s on the cards = Das ist zu erwarten

mit Arbeit eingedeckt sein

etwas zurückstellen, to postpone sth.

etw. steht auf dem Spiel

Machen wir Schluss für heute

Er gibt den Ton an

Warten wir einfach ab was passiert.

das Gesicht nicht verziehen

bis über die Ohren in Arbeit stecken

jmdm. die Hölle heiß machen

sich etwas von der Seele reden