Born and bred: born and having grown up in a particular place and having the typical qualities of someone

from that place

Nuclear family: a family consists of a father, mother and their children
Extended family: including uncles, aunts and grandparents,
Have/start a family: have children
Double feature: when two films are shown together
Generation gap: a difference in attitude and behavior between old and young people
Marriage of convenience: a marriage for political or economic reasons, not for love
Its all relative: used to say that you are not poor, comparing to some people
Be a near thing: if sth you succeed in doing is a near thing, you succeed but you nearly failed.
Go native: try to live and behave like the local people
A native of: someone who lives in a place for a long time
Be in the national/public interest: to be good or necessary for the success of a country and its people
Informed choice: good choice because they have the right information
Pick and choose: to choose the best people or things or the only that you really like
Take delight in (doing) sth: to enjoy doing sth very much, especially sth you oughtnt do
Eager beaver: someone who is too keen and works harder than they should
Free and easy: relaxed, friendly and w/o many rules
At your leisure: slowly and w/o hurrying
You need only do sth/ all you need do is: used when saying that you only have to do sth in order to do sth
else
Keep/leave your options open: to wait before making a decision
Play with yourself: masturbate
Play for time: to try to delay sth so that you have more time to prepare for it or prevent it from happening.
Play the fool: behaved in a silly way
Play sth by ear: to decide what to do according to the way a situations develops, w/o planning
At play: having an effect
For want of: because of a lack of sth, because sth is not available
Develop/acquire a taste for sth: start to like sth
In bad/poor taste: likely to offence people in good taste
Rest assured (that): used to tell someone not to worry, because what you say about a situation is true
Put/set sbs at rest: to make someone feel lessa anxious or worried
At rest: =dead