English Idioms: Wax and wane

English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: You can’t please everyone
Meaning: Making everyone happy is impossible no matter what you do.
Example: When the boss chose Mary as the chief executive of the project, everybody complained. But you can’t please everyone!

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Curl your lip
Meaning: An upward movement of the side of the mouth to show dislike and disrespect.
Example: He asked her not curl her lip at him.

English Idioms About “Work”
Idiom: Gum up the works
Meaning: The phrase gum up the works means to prevent a process, a system or a machine from working smoothly.
Example: He is not careful enough and always gums up the works.

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Pick of the bunch
Meaning: (Also the best of the bunch) the best.
Example: The dress she’s wearing is the pick of the bunch.

English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Add fuel to the fire
Meaning: (Also add fuel to the flames) to make a problem worse; to say or do something that makes a bad situation worse.
Example: Don’t add fuel to the fire by laughing at him. He is furious about what you have already done

English Idioms About “Work”
Idiom: Break your back
Meaning: If you break your back to do something, you work very hard to do it.
Example: I am not going to break my back to this job for such a low salary.