English Idioms About “Health”
Idiom: White as a sheet
Meaning: (Also as white as a sheet) said about someone whose face is very pale because of illness, shock or fear.
Example: Joe looks as white as sheet. He must be very ill.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: In the zone
Meaning: Focused
Example: He’s doing a good job. He’s in the zone!
English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: As patient as Job
Meaning: If someone is as patient as Job, they are very patient. The person who shows great endurance through all sorts of trials is said to have the patience of Job. This idiom is a simile related to the religious figure Job mentioned as a prophet in all Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. ones, his health and all his property. His struggle and his patience to understand his situation leads him to get a reward from God restoring his health, doubling his original wealth and giving him a lot of children and grandchildren. Job is presented as a good and prosperous family man who is beset with hideous and dreadful events that bereft him of his loved by
Example: If you want to work with that temperamental woman you must be as patient as Job.
English Idioms About “Crime”
Idiom: On the take
Meaning: This idiom is used to describe a person who is in a position of authority and takes or seeks to take bribes or illegal income.
Example: This is a country where many officials are on the take.
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 “Sport”
Idiom: A lost ball in the weeds
Meaning: The phrase a lost ball in the weeds refers to a person who is completely lost or confused and does not know what they are doing, how to do it or possibly even where they are.
Example: I got confused as to what I should do. I was a lost ball in the weeds.
English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Put money on somebody or something
Meaning: To bet money or to believe that someone will accomplish something or that something will happen.
Example: He will pass the exam – I’d put money on it.