English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: Sweep something under the carpet
Meaning: (Also sweep something under the rug.) to hide or ignore something.
Example: You’ve made a terrible mistake. Don’t try to sweep it under the carpet!
English Idioms About “Science”
Idiom: Push someone’s buttons
Meaning: (Also press someone’s buttons) draw a strong emotional reaction from someone, especially anger or sexual arousal.
Example: Don’t push my buttons with your silly comments.
English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Licence to print money
Meaning: If a company or activity is a licence to print money, it generates a lot of money without much effort.
Example: Advertizing companies are just a licence to print money.
English Idioms About “Sexuality”
Idiom: Have the hots for someone
Meaning: To be strongly sexually attracted to someone.
Example: He has the hots for her but he can’t tell her. He’s so shy.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Make a clean breast of
Meaning: To tell the truth; to confess.
Example: After he had lied about the stolen money, he was urged to make a clean breast of it.
English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: As ugly as sin
Meaning: If something is as ugly as sin, it is very ugly. The term sin has a religious connotation. It refers to a violation of God’s will, a misdeed.
Example: Jesus Christ! The dress she is wearing is as ugly as sin.
English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Have other fish to fry
Meaning: (Also have bigger fish to fry; have more important fish to fry)to have other things to do; to have more important things to do.
Example: I can’t answer your question. I have other fish to fry.