English Idioms: Talk nineteen to the dozen
English Idioms About “Numbers”
Idiom: Talk nineteen to the dozen
Meaning: To speak very quickly.
Example: I couldn’t understand what he was saying because he was talking nineteen to the dozen.
English Idioms About “Numbers”
Idiom: Talk nineteen to the dozen
Meaning: To speak very quickly.
Example: I couldn’t understand what he was saying because he was talking nineteen to the dozen.
English Idioms About “Love”
Idiom: Love me, love my dog
Meaning: The phrase love me, love my dog. means that if you love someone, you must be willing to accept everything about them.
Example: Alan decided to get married to Lisa although her brother was a drug dealer. When they started their relationship, she often insisted: “love me, love my dog.”
English Idioms About “Life”
Idiom: Give the kiss of life
Meaning: To give the kiss of life means to help a person who has stopped breathing by giving them artificial respiration, that is to say, by blowing into their mouth and pressing their chest.
Example: He saved a victim of an accident by giving him the kiss of life.
English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Matter of time
Meaning: The phrase it is only a matter if time is used to say that something will certainly happen.
Example: It is only a matter of time before he resigns.
English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Money for jam
Meaning: (Also be money for old rope) said about a job when it is an easy way of earning money.
Example: Selling ice-cream is money for jam when it is very hot.
English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Kill time
Meaning: To kill time means to spend time doing nothing in particular.
Example: He had nothing in particular to do, so he went for a walk downtown to kill time.
English Idioms About “Weather”
Idiom: Blue-sky thinking
Meaning: This refers to thinking that is unrealistic. This phrase may also refer to creative ideas that diverge from current beliefs or ideas.
Example: Blue-sky thinking has long been denigrated, and because of the economic recession, such fanciful thinking may even be considered downright irresponsible.