English Idioms: Behind closed doors

English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Name the day
Meaning: Fix the date of an important event, especially marriage.
Example: Sarah and John are going to name the day soon.

English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: In God’s name
Meaning: (Also in the name of God, in the name of heaven,in God’s name, in heaven’s name) used to add emphasis.
Example: What in God’s name did you do to that poor girl?

English Idioms About “Crime”
Idiom: The weed of crime bears bitter fruit
Meaning: The phrase the weed of crime bears bitter fruit means that nothing good comes from criminal schemes. The idiom comes from The Shadow radio drama broadcasted in the 1930s. The program is well-remembered for those episodes voiced by Orson Welles. The episodes start with: “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of me. The Shadow knows”
Example: Don’t mislead yourself. You will pay for your crimes one day; the weed of crime bears bitter fruit.

English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: All that glitters is not gold
Meaning: Appearance is sometimes misleading. Things that appear valuable or worthwhile might not be as good as they look.
Example: The house looks beautiful from the outside but the inside part of the house looks terrible; all that glitters is not gold.

English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Look like mutton dressed as lamb
Meaning: Said about a woman who tries to look much younger.
Example: Her skirt is too short. She looks like mutton dressed as lamb.

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Easy on the eye
Meaning: Attractive, pleasant to look at.
Example: Her paintings are easy on the eye.