English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: The customer is always right.
Meaning: In order to make profit, it is necessary for a business to satisfy customers’ wishes and make them happy.
Example: Look at that waiter! He always argues with customers. He doesn’t know that the customer is always right.
English Idioms About “Sexuality”
Idiom: Shotgun marriage
Meaning: (Also shotgun wedding) when the bridegroom is forced to marry the bride he made her pregnant.
Example: It was a shotgun marriage. Nancy was three months pregnant when she married John.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Are your ears burning?
Meaning: Said about someone who was not present but was the topic of discussion.
Example: We were just talking about you. Are your ears burning?
English Idioms About “Life”
Idiom: Shelf life
Meaning: The length of time something will last.
Example: This medicine has a short shelf life.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Right on the button
Meaning: To be exactly right.
Example: Her remarks were right on the button.
English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Rome wasn’t built in a day
Meaning: Said to emphasize that great work takes time to do. Nothing of importance can be done in a short period of time.
Example: Don’t expect immediate outstanding earnings fom your new buisiness. Rome wasn’t built in a day.
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.