English Idioms: Drop a bombshell
English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: Drop a bombshell
Meaning: The phrase drop a bombshell refers to an alarming and unexpected announcement.
Example: His wife dropped a bombshell when she said she loved another man.
English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: Drop a bombshell
Meaning: The phrase drop a bombshell refers to an alarming and unexpected announcement.
Example: His wife dropped a bombshell when she said she loved another man.
English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Coining it
Meaning: (Also coining money) to be earning a lot of money quickly.
Example: The company has been coining it since the new boss took over.
English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Sour as vinegar
Meaning: The phrase sour as vinegar very sour and disagreeable.
Example: 1. This cheese is sour as vinegar. 2. Mike is sour as vinegar this morning.
English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Under one’s belt
Meaning: The idiom under your belt refers to something that you have learned, mastered or achieved and that might be an advantage for you in the future.
Example: I see that you already have the techniques of drawing under your belt.
English Idioms About “Love”
Idiom: Match made in heaven
Meaning: The phrase a match made in heaven refers to two people, so well-suited to each other that their marriage is likely to be happy and successful. The phrase may also refer to a very successful combination of two people or things.
Example: As soon as they met, they liked each other and decided they should get married. They were really a match made in heaven.
English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Money talks
Meaning: Money talks suggest that with money people can get whatever they want.
Example: She got what she wanted. Well you know money talks!
English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: when pigs fly
Meaning: If you say when pigs fly you mean that something will never happen. This phrase is used presumably due to the unlikelihood that pigs will ever evolve wings.
Example: Sure she’ll help us clean the house — when pigs fly.