English Idioms

English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Handle someone with kid gloves
Meaning:
Example: He has become so sensitive after his divorce. You need to handle him with kid gloves.

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Wag one’s chin
Meaning: To talk.
Example: Stop wagging your chin and do something.

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Send shivers down one’s spine
Meaning: To terrify; to make someone feel extremely nervous.
Example: Hearing that her rapers escaped prison sent shivers down her spine.

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 “Science”
Idiom: Bells and whistles
Meaning: The phrase bells and whistles refers to extra, fancy add-ons or gadgets on something like a phone, a car or a computer.
Example: This cars is loaded with all the bells and whistles, but it’s too expensive.

English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: All dressed up and nowhere to go
Meaning: The phrase all dressed up and nowhere to go means getting ready for something and then it never happened. The phrase may be used literally or figuratively.
Example: She was waiting for him but he never showed up. As usual, she was all dressed up and nowhere to go.

English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Poverty is no sin
Meaning: The phrase poverty is no sin means that we shouldn’t condemn people for their poverty.
Example: It is a pity that the police are chasing those beggars. Poverty is no sin.

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Knit one’s brow
Meaning: To frown or look worried, angry or puzzled.
Example: She knitted her brows as she listened to the strange story.

English Idioms About “Life”
Idiom: Fact of life
Meaning: Something that cannot be avoided.
Example: It is a pity that drug abuse has become a fact of life in the Olympic Games.

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Rack one’s brain
Meaning: (Also rack one’s brains) to think very hard about something.
Example: I’ve racked my brain all day long, but I still can’t remember where I put the keys.