English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Act of God
Meaning: Something that ooccured, such as an accident, for which no human is responsible. A natural disaster such as a storm, earthquake…
Example: The Haiti earthquake was really an act of God.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Wax and wane
Meaning: To increase and decrease.
Example: His love for politics has waxed and waned over the years.
English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: Face (that) only a mother could love
Meaning: A very ugly face.
Example: Look at that poor girl. That’s a face that only a mother could love.
English Idioms About “Men and women”
Idiom: Man in the street
Meaning: (Also, woman in the street) This idiom is used to describe an ordinary person.
Example: Generally speaking, politicians are rarely concerned with the needs and interests of the man in the street.
English Idioms About “Numbers”
Idiom: Take the fifth
Meaning: To decline to answer, especially on grounds that it might be incriminating. The origin of the phrase dates back to the Fifth Amendment in the Bill of Rights, which says that a person can’t “be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.”
Example: If you ask me who stole the wallet, I will simply take the fifth.
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 “General”
Idiom: For all I care
Meaning: Used to suggest that you don’t care.
Example: You can go to the party alone, for all I care