English Idioms: Shape up or ship out

English Idioms About “Life”
Idiom: Between life and death
Meaning: This phrase is used to refer to a situation where both living and dying are possible.
Example: After his terrible accident, he was for a long time between life and death.

English Idioms About “Law”
Idiom: Possession is nine points of the law
Meaning: Possession is nine points of the lawis a phrase used to suggest that if you really possess something, you will easily claim its ownership than someone who just says it belongs to him or her. The phrase comes from the early English property system, where the right to possession of property was endorsed by the king in the form of nine traditional writs. These writs evolved into the nine original laws defining property ownership, hence the expression “possession is nine points in the law.”
Example: The jacket you are wearing is presumed to be yours, unless someone can prove that it is not. Possession is nine points of the law.

English Idioms About “Home”
Idiom: Home away from home
Meaning: (Also home from home) a place where you are at ease as if you were at home.
Example: When I used to visit her, it was really a real home away from home.

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Drag one’s feet
Meaning: To procrastinate, put off; to dawdle, avoid, or make progress slowly and reluctantly.
Example: He’s been dragging his feet about doing his homework.

English Idioms About “Music”
Idiom: Fine-tune
Meaning: To make small adjustments to something until optimization is achieved
Example: They need to fine-tune their plan before they start the project.

English Idioms About “Law”
Idiom: The letter of the law
Meaning: This idiom is used when one is obeying the literal interpretation of the law, but not the intent or the spirit of those who wrote the law.
Example: Judges mustn’t follow the letter of the law, but its spirit.