English Idioms

English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: For my money
Meaning: In my opinion.
Example: For my money, Bill is the best one to choose as a partner.

English Idioms About “Music”
Idiom: Music to someone’s ears
Meaning: Some good news; a spoken expression or a sound which is pleasing; a welcome remark or information.
Example: The kind flattering way he used to talk to her was music to her ears.

English Idioms About “Death”
Idiom: Dead right
Meaning: If someone is dead right, it means that they are absolutely correct.
Example: Nancy: His wife is really beautiful. Lacy: you’re dead right!

English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: Play second fiddle
Meaning: To take a subordinate or weaker position than someone else.
Example: Bill doesn’t want to play second fiddle to his colleague any more. He feels he is more trained and more experienced.

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Keep a civil tongue
Meaning: (Also keep a civil tongue in one’s head) to speak politely.
Example: Please don’t talk like that to each other. Keep a civil tongue!

English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: Armchair critic
Meaning: An armchair critic is a person who knows or pretends to know a lot about something in theory rather than practice.
Example: He is such an armchair critic; he has no experience in the subject but he is ready to give plenty of advice.

English Idioms About “Work”
Idiom: Burn the midnight oil
Meaning: Work hard, especially late into the night.
Example: She was burning the midnight oil preparing for her daughter’s wedding when she had a heart attack.

English Idioms About “Crime”
Idiom: Set a thief to catch a thief
Meaning: The best person to catch a thief is another thief, because he or she knows how thieves think.
Example: The government set a thief to catch a thief. They hired a hacker to entrap other hackers who tried to break into the Pentagon’s databases.

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Get in someone’s hair
Meaning: Annoy someone.
Example: I know that the children get in your hair, but you should try not to let it upset you so much.

English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Quake in one’s boots
Meaning: To be frightened, scared, or nervous.
Example: The thought of climbing that high had him quaking in his boots.