English Idioms

English Idioms About “Music”
Idiom: Clean as a whistle
Meaning: If someone is as clean as a whistle they are perfectly clean.
Example: She’s clean as a whistle.

English Idioms About “Weather”
Idiom: Bolt from the blue
Meaning: This refers to a complete surprise; something totally unexpected. In this phrase there is an allusion to a stroke of lightning from a clear blue sky.
Example: The news that they are getting a divorce was a bolt from the blue.

English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: Have a lot on one’s plate
Meaning: This idiom is used to mean that one is very busy and have commitments. Another variation of this idiom is have too much on one’s plate.
Example: Alice: Are you coming to the party tonight, Jane? Jane: No, I have a lot on my plate right now.

English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Browned off
Meaning: Annoyed, upset, angry, bored, fed up, disgusted.
Example: He was browned off when he was ill treated.

English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: In the oven
Meaning: If a woman has one in the oven, it means that she is pregnant.
Example: She probably has one in the oven.

English Idioms About “Travel”
Idiom: Make one’s way
Meaning: To move in a particular direction; advance in life by one’s own efforts.
Example: 1. He made his way to the police station and told all about the murder. 2. He had to make his own way in the world as his family was very poor.

English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Scaredy cat
Meaning: Someone who is easily frightened.
Example: Come on, scaredy cat. The dog won’t bite you!

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Blow a kiss
Meaning: To kiss one’s hand, then blow on the hand in a direction towards the recipient.
Example: We haven’t yet kissed, but she blew me a kiss as the train pulled out of the station. That meant a lot to me

English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin
Meaning: This is a proverb which means that if you intend to marry a woman, first try to win her mother on your side.
Example: Listen Joe, if you want to marry Nancy, try to impress her mother first and be sure that she is on your side. He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin.

English Idioms About “Sexuality”
Idiom: Meat and two veg
Meaning: The male genitals.
Example: Everybody could see his meat and two veg because his trousers were so tight.