English Idioms: Skin someone alive
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Skin someone alive
Meaning: To punish someone severely.
Example: My parents will skin me alive if they see my grades.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Skin someone alive
Meaning: To punish someone severely.
Example: My parents will skin me alive if they see my grades.
English Idioms About “Love”
Idiom: Misery loves company
Meaning: The phrase misery loves company means that if someone is miserable, they like others to be miserable too so that they can feel better about themselves.
Example: I see that you got into a lot of trouble, but since your colleague is in trouble too, that makes you feel better. Misery loves company, doesn’t it?
English Idioms About “Travel”
Idiom: On the wagon
Meaning: To abstain from drinking any alcoholic drink, usually in the sense of having given it up
Example: No, thank you! No alcohol for me I am on the wagon.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Do the trick
Meaning: Said about something that works.
Example: Some lemon juice should do the trick to make this sauce more delicious.
English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Golden opportunity
Meaning: Ideal moment to do something.
Example: She missed a golden opportunity to prepare herself for a career as a doctor, when she didn’t continue her studies at university.
English Idioms About “Law”
Idiom: The letter of the law
Meaning: This idiom is used when one is obeying the literal interpretation of the law, but not the intent or the spirit of those who wrote the law.
Example: Judges mustn’t follow the letter of the law, but its spirit.
English Idioms About “Weather”
Idiom: Under a cloud
Meaning: This idiom is used to describe someone who is suspected of having done something wrong.
Example: After the murder of the old lady, everyone living in the house was under a cloud.