English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: Love-hate relationship
Meaning: An interpersonal relationship involving simultaneous or alternating emotions of love and hate.
Example: He has a love-hate relationship with his mother.
English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: A watched pot never boils
Meaning: This expression is used to mean that things appear to go more slowly if one waits anxiously for it.
Example: There’s no point running downstairs for every mail delivery. A watched pot never boils.
English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Rags to riches
Meaning: The phrase rags-to-riches refers to any situation in which a person rises from poverty to wealth.
Example: He was homeless and went on to create the largest and most successful service company in the country. It’s really a rags-to-riches story.
English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Have a card up your sleeve
Meaning: To have a secret plan
Example: She still has got something up her sleeve, and it should solve all her problems.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Pass the buck
Meaning: To blame others for something you shoud accept reponsibilty for.
Example: It’s not my fault. Don’t try to pass the buck!
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Dance with death
Meaning: Try to do something that involves a lot of risks.
Example: He danced with death when he tried to negotiate a deal with that dangerous criminal.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Magic touch
Meaning: A special skill to do something very well.
Example: Her magic touch is so obvious in the decoration of her house.