CAE. Idioms p.2.

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a shoulder to cry on - used to describe a person who listens to your problems and gives you sympathy

take someone or something for granted - to expect someone or something to be always available to serve in some way without thanks or recognition; to value someone or something too lightly.

I wish you didn't take me for granted. I guess that I take a lot of things for granted.

take for granted

1. Consider as true or real, anticipate correctly, as in I took it for granted that they'd offer to pay for their share but I was wrong. [c. 1600]

2. Underestimate the value of, become used to, as in The editors felt that the publisher was taking them for granted.

full of oneself - Fig. conceited; self-important. (*Typically: act ~; be ~.)

Mary is very unpopular because she's so full of herself. She doesn't care about other people's feelings. She's too full of herself.

Ever since she won the prize Mary's been so full of herself that no one wants to talk to her .

This expression uses full of in the sense of "engrossed with" or "absorbed with," a usage dating from about 1600.

in the wrong - wrong; morally or legally incorrect.

I am not in the wrong, you are. No, you are in the wrong.

in the wrong - responsible for an accident, a mistake, an argument, etc.

The motorcyclist was clearly in the wrong.

It took a lot of courage to admit that she was in the wrong.

how are you, etc. fixed (for something)? - (informal) used to ask how much of something a person has, or to ask about arrangements

How are you fixed for cash?

How are we fixed for Saturday (= have we arranged to do anything)?

how are you fixed for - do you have enough? how many do you have?

How are you fixed for diapers? May I borrow one?

in your element - doing what you are good at and enjoy

She's really in her element at parties.

out of your element - in a situation that you are not used to and that makes you feel uncomfortable

I feel out of my element talking about politics.

add insult to injury - Fig. Cliché to make a bad situation worse; to hurt the feelings of a person who has already been hurt.

сыпать соль на раны?

First, the basement flooded, and then, to add insult to injury, a pipe burst in the kitchen.

My car barely started this morning, and to add insult to injury, I got a flat tire in the driveway.

be up to sth = to be doing something:

What are you up to at the moment?

off the top of one's head If you say a fact off the top of your head, you say it immediately, from memory. по памяти, без подготовки

"What date is their wedding?" "I couldn't tell you off the top of my head."

there or thereabouts - (British English, informal) used to say that something is very good, even if it is not perfect

At the end of the tournament, he'll be there or thereabouts (= he may not win, but he will be one of the best players).