English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: Go to war (over someone or something)
Meaning: To declare a war over someone or something.
Example: The US administration has gone to war over teenagers’ pregnancy for decades in vain.
English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Preach to the choir
Meaning: The phrase preach to the choir or preach to the converted means to try to convince people of something that they already believe.
Example: You are just preaching to the choir. It is pointless to convince us of the value of exercising. We all agree that exercising is good for our health.
English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Matter of time
Meaning: The phrase it is only a matter if time is used to say that something will certainly happen.
Example: It is only a matter of time before he resigns.
English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Rags to riches
Meaning: The phrase rags-to-riches refers to any situation in which a person rises from poverty to wealth.
Example: He was homeless and went on to create the largest and most successful service company in the country. It’s really a rags-to-riches story.
English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Traffic jam
Meaning: A lot of vehicles causing slow traffic.
Example: We got stuck in a traffic jam for more than an hour.
English Idioms About “Weather”
Idiom: Right as rain
Meaning: This idiom is used to mean that everything is perfectly fine; all right
Example: 1. Take these medicines and soon, you’ll be right as rain. 2. She had had a lot of problem with her parents. But as soon as she got married, everything was right as rain for her.
English Idioms About “Health”
Idiom: White as a sheet
Meaning: (Also as white as a sheet) said about someone whose face is very pale because of illness, shock or fear.
Example: Joe looks as white as sheet. He must be very ill.