| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| jump at the chance | be ready to try if you have the opportunity | If I was asked to play with their band, I'd jump at the chance. |
| jump for joy | jump up and down because you are happy | When their horse won the race, they jumped for joy. |
| jump in the lake | (See go jump in the lake) | |
| jump in with both feet | become totally involved, go whole hog | Ken gets involved in his work. He jumps in with both feet. |
| jump out of your skin | jump with fright, become very scared, scared stiff | Keith, if you had seen that ghost, you would have jumped right out of your skin! |
| jump queue | go to the front of a line of people waiting for service, horn in | If somebody jumps queue in front of Dad, he tells them to go to the back of the line. |
| jump ship | go to work for the other team - the competition | The company asked me to sign a form saying I wouldn't jump ship. |
| jump start | use cables to start a car, kick start | One cold morning my dad helped me to jump start my car. |
| jump the gun | act too soon, leave early (Не) действуй слишком поспешно (не обдуманно). | A good chef waits until the food is cooked. Don't jump the gun. |
| jump through hoops | do all the required steps, red tape | To get a student loan, I had to jump through a lot of hoops. |