English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: Good fences make good neighbors
Meaning: (Also good walls make good neighbors) this means that people should respect other people’s property and privacy and mind their own business.
Example: Our neighbor should prevent his children from messing up our lawn. Good fences make good neighbors.
English Idioms About “Health”
Idiom: Bitter pill to swallow
Meaning: (Also swallow a bitter pill) Said about something unpleasant that must be accepted or endured.
Example: After the disappointment and defeat, to declare bankruptcy was a bitter pill to swallow for him.
English Idioms About “Law”
Idiom: The spirit of the law
Meaning: When one obeys the spirit of the law but not the letter, one is doing what the authors of the law intended, though not necessarily adhering to the literal wording. (See also letter of the law) In one of the best known examples, The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare introduces the quibble as a plot device to save both the spirit and the letter of the law. The moneylender Shylock has made an agreement with Antonio that if he cannot repay a loan he will have a pound of flesh from him. When the debt is not repaid in time Portia at first pleads for mercy in a famous speech: “The quality of mercy is not strain’d, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.” (IV,i,185). When Shylock refuses, she finally saves Antonio by pointing out that Shylock’s agreement with him mentioned no blood, and therefore Shylock can have his pound of flesh only if he sheds no blood.
Example: A judge who adheres to the spirit of the law is concerned with the intent and purpose of the lawmaker.
English Idioms About “Music”
Idiom: Clean as a whistle
Meaning: If someone is as clean as a whistle they are perfectly clean.
Example: She’s clean as a whistle.
English Idioms About “Weather”
Idiom: Every cloud has a silver lining
Meaning: This expression is used to say that there is always something good even in an unpleasant, difficult or even painful situation. The origin of this expression is most likely traced to John Milton’s “Comus” (1634) with the lines, Was I deceiv’d, or did a sable cloud. Turn forth her silver lining on the night?
Example: You should never feel hopeless. Every cloud has a silver lining, you know
English Idioms About “Law”
Idiom: Bend the law
Meaning: The phrase to bend the law means to cheat a little bit without breaking the law.
Example: He just bent the law a little bit to get what he wanted.
English Idioms About “Love”
Idiom: Fall head over heels for someone
Meaning: To be in love with someone very much; hopelessly smitten.
Example: They fell head over heels in love with each other.