To be on cloud nine

to be extremely happy and excited. être aux anges

"Was Helen pleased about getting that job?" "Pleased? She was on cloud nine!"

Gullibility

credulousness.-naïveté, crédulité

Ahead of the curve

Similar to ahead of the pack, ahead of the curve literally refers to your position on the statistical bell curve, where the top of the curve represents the median, average result. 

By being ahead of the curve you represent the top percentile of results that either has the advanced skills or understanding that sets you apart.

to be behind the curve:
not keeping up with current thinking or trends

Chipmunk

Chipmunks are small, striped rodents of the family Sciuridae. Chipmunks are found in North America, with the exception of the Siberian chipmunk which is found primarily in Asia.










Photograph by Susan Breau
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/chipmunk/

Right up (down) my alley

up one's street ( alley): well suited to one's tastes, interests, or abilities.- Cela me convient parfaitement, c'est fait pour moi. 

• this job would be right up your street
• Skiing is right down my alley. I love it. 
• This kind of thing is right up John's alley.

Artic Monkeys - I Wanna Be Yours

"I Wanna Be Yours"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JkaoOzb-PY

I wanna be your vacuum cleaner

Breathing in your dust

I wanna be your Ford Cortina

I won't ever rust

If you like your coffee hot

Let me be your coffee pot

You call the shots babe

I just wanna be yours

Secrets that I have held in my heart

Are harder to hide than I thought

Maybe I just wanna be yours

I wanna be yours, I wanna be yours

Wanna be yours, wanna be yours, wanna be yours

Let me be your 'leccy meter and I'll never run out

And let me be the portable heater that you'll get cold without

I wanna be your setting lotion (I wanna be)

Hold your hair in deep devotion (How deep?)

I'll be at least as deep

As the Pacific Ocean

I wanna be yours

Secrets that I have held in my heart

Are harder to hide than I thought

Maybe I just wanna be yours

I wanna be yours, I wanna be yours

Wanna be yours, wanna be yours, wanna be yours

Wanna be yours, wanna be yours, wanna be yours...

I wanna be your vacuum cleaner

Breathing in your dust

I wanna be your Ford Cortina

I won't ever rust

I just wanna be yours

(Wanna be yours)

I just wanna be yours

(Wanna be yours)

I just wanna be yours

(Wanna be yours)

To hunker down

hunker down:  US, figurative (prepare to endure, resist). - se replier, tenir bon
 

• Any company that wants to survive this recession must hunker down, reduce costs and cut investment to the bare minimum.

Other meanings:

1. To sit on the heels with the knees bent forward; squat: My personal trainer hunkered down to help me with the barbells. - s'accroupir
2. To take shelter or refuge: The campers hunkered down in the cabin during the blizzard. - se réfugier
3. To hold stubbornly to some position: The candidates hunkered down and refused to admit their mistakes.- se braquer
4. To apply oneself and start working seriously at something: You need to hunker down and study if you're going to pass that test.- tenir bon