English Idioms

English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Have other fish to fry
Meaning: (Also have bigger fish to fry; have more important fish to fry)to have other things to do; to have more important things to do.
Example: I can’t answer your question. I have other fish to fry.

English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: All’s fair in love and war.
Meaning: In love or in war, you are allowed to be deceitful in order to get what you want.
Example: To get her to go out with him, he lied and told her that is very rich. All’s fair in love and war.

English Idioms About “Weather”
Idiom: Blue-sky thinking
Meaning: This refers to thinking that is unrealistic. This phrase may also refer to creative ideas that diverge from current beliefs or ideas.
Example: Blue-sky thinking has long been denigrated, and because of the economic recession, such fanciful thinking may even be considered downright irresponsible.

English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Red handed
Meaning: Be discovered in or just after the act of doing something wrong or illegal
Example: She was caught red-handed, stealing a ring.

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Under one’s thumb
Meaning: Completely controlled by someone; at someone’s command.
Example: She has her husband under her thumb. He would do anything for her.

English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Come into bloom
Meaning: To blossom, to start to produce flowers.
Example: Look at the roses are just coming into bloom.

English Idioms About “Numbers”
Idiom: Pull the other one
Meaning: Used to tell someone that you don’t believe what they have just said.
Example: Sue, writing poems? Pull the other one – she can’t even write a correct sentence!

English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: Lock and load
Meaning: The phrase lock and load means to prepare for an imminent event. This idioms comes from military jargon referring to the preparation of a weapon for battle. The phrase was used in 1949 by John Wayne in the movie Sands of Iwo Jima.
Example: It’s time to lock and load.

English Idioms About “Law”
Idiom: Hold someone accountable (for something)
Meaning: To consider someone responsible for something.
Example: I hold you accountable for whatever happens to my daughter.