English Idioms

English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: In a nutsheel
Meaning: In summary.
Example: The truth in a nutshell is that I know nothing about what they want me to do in this job.

English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: Call the shots
Meaning: If you call the shots you are in charge. You decide on the course of action and take the initiative.
Example: This is my wedding party; I will call the shots.

English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Laugh up your sleeve
Meaning: To be secretly amused.
Example: They’re very polite in your presence, but you get the feeling they’re laughing up their sleeves.

English Idioms About “Music”
Idiom: Draw in one’s horns
Meaning: (Also pull in one’s horns) to become less impassioned, aggressive, or argumentative; to back down from a fight; to yield or capitulate.
Example: He wanted to fight again but we managed to calm him down and get him to draw in his horns.

English Idioms About “Death”
Idiom: Dead to the world
Meaning: Said about someone who is sound asleep or unconscious.
Example: He slept right through the night and was still dead to the world when I went out.

English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: Everybody and his cousin
Meaning: Everybody; a huge crowd; too many people
Example: Everybody and his cousin will be in line for opening night with free popcorn!

English Idioms About “Men and women”
Idiom: Old wives’ tale
Meaning: A wrong traditional theory or belief, often about health.
Example: The idea of drinking alcohol to relieve you from flu is an old wives’ tale.

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Drag one’s feet
Meaning: To procrastinate, put off; to dawdle, avoid, or make progress slowly and reluctantly.
Example: He’s been dragging his feet about doing his homework.

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 “Time”
Idiom: Against time
Meaning: (Also against the clock) an attempt to finish something quickly within a time limit.
Example: It’s going to be a race against the time to finish the project before the deadline.