English Idioms: Birthday suit
English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Birthday suit
Meaning: The idiom birthday suit is a slang term for the naked human body.
Example: It was embarrassing for her to be seen in her birthday suit.
English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Birthday suit
Meaning: The idiom birthday suit is a slang term for the naked human body.
Example: It was embarrassing for her to be seen in her birthday suit.
English Idioms About “Age”
Idiom: Tender age
Meaning: A young age.
Example: It’s easier to learn languages at a tender age.
English Idioms About “Travel”
Idiom: jump on the bandwagon
Meaning: To profit from a craze; to join a trend.
Example: After the incredible success of the new product, the company has jumped on the bandwagon, and released a new version of it.
English Idioms About “Life”
Idiom: Charmed life
Meaning: The phrase “charmed life” refers to a life protected as if by magic charms. It describes a person who is very lucky and is strangely unaffected by dangers and difficulties. The phrase was first used by Shakespeare in his play, Macbeth in 1605. “Thou losest labor. As easy mayst thou the intrenchant air With thy keen sword impress as make me bleed. Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests; I bear a charmèd life, which must not yield To one of woman born.” The two lines: “I bear a charmed life, which must not yield To one of woman born” mean: “I lead a charmed life, which can’t be ended by anyone born from a woman.”
Example: Everybody believes that he leads a charmed life. He was lucky enough to survive after a terrible car accident.
English Idioms About “Travel”
Idiom: Miss the boat
Meaning: To fail to take advantage of an opportunity.
Example: The price discount ended yesterday and I just missed the boat on a great deal.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Keep somebody in stitches
Meaning: To keep somebody laughing hard or amused.
Example: The show kept me in stitches the whole time.
English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: Get on like a house on fire
Meaning: Said about two people like each other and become very close friends in a very short time.
Example: The two ladies are getting on like a house on fire.