English Idioms: Make waves
English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Make waves
Meaning: To cause trouble.
Example: Please don’t make waves. We’re trying to settle all our problems.
English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Make waves
Meaning: To cause trouble.
Example: Please don’t make waves. We’re trying to settle all our problems.
English Idioms About “Age”
Idiom: Ripe old age
Meaning: Very old age.
Example: After living to a ripe old age, she died yesterday.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: To wash one’s hands of
Meaning: To absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame for.
Example: I wash my hands of this whole affair.
English Idioms About “Work”
Idiom: Work like a beaver
Meaning: (Also work like a mule; work like a horse; work like a slave) To work like a beaver means to work very hard.
Example: You work like a beaver; you need to relax.
English Idioms About “Names”
Idiom: By the name of
Meaning: Called.
Example: I met a doctor by the name of John.
English Idioms About “Home”
Idiom: Sweep something under the rug
Meaning: To hide something because it’s embarassing.
Example: Because many famous people were involved in the affair, everything was swept under the rug.
English Idioms About “Health”
Idiom: Black out
Meaning: To lose consciousness.
Example: He blacked out when he fell.