English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Keep your head above water
Meaning: Be just able to make enough money to survive.
Example: After his financial problems,he can hardly keep his head above water.
English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Drink like a fish
Meaning: To drink alcohol excessively.
Example: Alan really drank like a fish yesterday.
English Idioms About “Crime”
Idiom: Cat burglar
Meaning: A cat burglar refers to a thief who enters a building by skillfully climbing to a building without attracting notice.
Example: He was known for being a cat burglar who only stole from apartments in high buildings
English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Put yourself in someone’s shoes
Meaning: To see how it feels when you put yourself in smoeone’s place.
Example: What could I have done to solve the problem? Just put yourself in my shoes.
English Idioms About “Work”
Idiom: Burn the midnight oil
Meaning: Work hard, especially late into the night.
Example: She was burning the midnight oil preparing for her daughter’s wedding when she had a heart attack.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: An eye for an eye
Meaning: (Also, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.) said to suggest that punishment should equal the crime. At the root of this principle is that one of the purposes of the law is to provide equitable retribution for an offended party.
Example: In some countries, justice operates on the principle of an eye for an eye. That is, if you kill someone, you desrve to die.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: In the blink of an eye
Meaning: Very quickly.
Example: He disappeared in the blink of an eye.