English Idioms About “Music”
Idiom: Draw in one’s horns
Meaning: (Also pull in one’s horns) to become less impassioned, aggressive, or argumentative; to back down from a fight; to yield or capitulate.
Example: He wanted to fight again but we managed to calm him down and get him to draw in his horns.
English Idioms About “Men and women”
Idiom: Old wives’ tale
Meaning: A wrong traditional theory or belief, often about health.
Example: The idea of drinking alcohol to relieve you from flu is an old wives’ tale.
English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: See a man about a dog
Meaning: Used as an excuse for leaving without giving the real reason (especially if the reason is to go to the toilet, or to have a drink)
Example: Please, wait for me here. I won’t be long. I’m just going to see a man about a dog.
English Idioms About “Numbers”
Idiom: Safety in numbers
Meaning: safety in numbers is the hypothesis that, by being part of a large physical group or mass, an individual is proportionally less likely to be the victim of a mishap, accident, attack, or other bad event.
Example: Nobody went sightseeing alone, knowing that there was safety in numbers.
English Idioms About “Numbers”
Idiom: Nine to five
Meaning: Said about a job with normal daytime hours, a job that begins at nine o’clock in the morning and finishes at five.
Example: She’s tired of working nine to five.
English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: Bad blood
Meaning: Unpleasant feeling between different people.
Example: There is bad blood between Nancy and Leila. They are rarely in good terms with each other.
English Idioms About “Love”
Idiom: Match made in heaven
Meaning: The phrase a match made in heaven refers to two people, so well-suited to each other that their marriage is likely to be happy and successful. The phrase may also refer to a very successful combination of two people or things.
Example: As soon as they met, they liked each other and decided they should get married. They were really a match made in heaven.