English Idioms

English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Into a jam
Meaning: (Also in a jam) in a difficult situation.
Example: He found himself in a jam when he was caught cheating.

English Idioms About “Home”
Idiom: Wake up on the wrong side of bed
Meaning: To feel grumpy, irritable; to be easily annoyed.
Example: She must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. She didn’t stop shouting all day long.

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Fall through the cracks
Meaning: To be missed; to escape the necessary notice or attention
Example: Complete every item, and make sure nothing falls through the cracks.

English Idioms About “Men and women”
Idiom: Man cannot live by bread alone
Meaning: Used to mean that things like poetry, art, music, etc are necassary for people just as food.
Example: People need to read some poetry! Man cannot live by bread alone.

English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Fan the flames
Meaning: To make a bad feeling or situation become worse or more intense.
Example: His racial declarations fanned the flames of the ethinc war.

English Idioms About “Home”
Idiom: Charity begins at home
Meaning: Charity begins at home is a proverb. It means that, before deciding to take care of other people, one’s family should be one’s foremost concern.
Example: Take care of your children before volunteering in any association. Charity begins at home.

English Idioms About “Love”
Idiom: Love at first sight
Meaning: An instantaneous attraction
Example: It was love at first sight when we met.

English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Vale of tears
Meaning: The world considered as sad and harsh.
Example: His grandfather left this vale of tears yesterday.

English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Baptism of fire
Meaning: The idiom baptism of fire refers to a very difficult first experience someone undergoes. The term baptism is a religious ceremony in which one is initiated, purified, or given a name.
Example: My first day as the manager of the restaurant was a real baptism of fire.

English Idioms About “Sport”
Idiom: Play ball
Meaning: To cooperate and agree to work with others.
Example: The manager asked him to play ball if he wants things to go well.