English Idioms: Next to nothing

English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Browned off
Meaning: Annoyed, upset, angry, bored, fed up, disgusted.
Example: He was browned off when he was ill treated.

English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Yellow journalism
Meaning: Journalism which is sensationalistic and of questionable accuracy and taste.
Example: This paper is practising yellow journalism with its reports on sex scandals.

English Idioms About “Love”
Idiom: Make love, not war
Meaning: A hippie anti-war slogan encouraging love and peace.
Example: Why don’t you stop fighting! Make love not war!

English Idioms About “Science”
Idiom: Cog in the machine
Meaning: (Also a cog in the wheel) said about one part of a large system or organization
Example: He was just an important cog in the machine of organized crime.

English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: Meet your Waterloo
Meaning: If someone meets their Waterloo they are defeated by someone who is stronger or by a problem that is very difficult to surmount. The phrase to meet one’s Waterloo refers to the Battle of Waterloo near Belgium in 1815 where the French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated. The phrase entered the English language as a phrase signifying a great test with a final and decisive outcome – generally one resulting in failure and proving vincibility for something or someone who had seemed unbeatable.
Example: He met his Waterloo when he was challenged by the young contestant.

English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Mecca for someone or something
Meaning: If a place is a Mecca for someone or something, it is a place that a lot of people visit because it is known for something that they want to see or do. Mecca is the religious city of Islam. It is a city where Muslims go for pilgrimage.
Example: Milan is a Mecca for fashion.