English Idioms: Cold piece of work

English Idioms About “Work”
Idiom: Break your back
Meaning: If you break your back to do something, you work very hard to do it.
Example: I am not going to break my back to this job for such a low salary.

English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: Loose cannon
Meaning: The idiom “loose cannon” refers to a person who is unpredictable or uncontrolled and who is likely to cause unintentional damage.
Example: He is considered a loose cannon because he is unable to control himself.

English Idioms About “Law”
Idiom: Possession is nine points of the law
Meaning: Possession is nine points of the lawis a phrase used to suggest that if you really possess something, you will easily claim its ownership than someone who just says it belongs to him or her. The phrase comes from the early English property system, where the right to possession of property was endorsed by the king in the form of nine traditional writs. These writs evolved into the nine original laws defining property ownership, hence the expression “possession is nine points in the law.”
Example: The jacket you are wearing is presumed to be yours, unless someone can prove that it is not. Possession is nine points of the law.

English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: Cut a rug
Meaning: To dance.
Example: The couple impressed everybody when they cut a rug at the party.

English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Be in black and white
Meaning: (Also be down in black and white) to be written down.
Example: My conditions to accept the job were in black and white in the contract.

English Idioms About “Science”
Idiom: Blow a fuse
Meaning: Become uncontrolably angry; lose your temper.
Example: Hey, don’t blow a fuse.