English Idioms

English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Sell ice to Eskimos
Meaning: To persuade people to go against their best interests or to accept something unnecessary or preposterous.
Example: He’s such a smooth talker, he could sell ice to Eskimos.

English Idioms About “Work”
Idiom: Break your back
Meaning: If you break your back to do something, you work very hard to do it.
Example: I am not going to break my back to this job for such a low salary.

English Idioms About “Names”
Idiom: Not be short of a bob or two
Meaning: The phrase not be short of a bob or two means to have a lot of money.
Example: Her husband is not short of a bob or two.

English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: To the last
Meaning: Until the completion of something or until death.
Example: 1. Don’t worry I’ll support to the last. 2. She was a great lady to the last.

English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Below the salt
Meaning: If someone is below the salt they are common or of low standing.
Example: In medieval times servants used to sit below the salt.

English Idioms About “Sport”
Idiom: In a dead heat
Meaning: Said when two or more competitors finish a race or a competition at exactly the same time or with exactly the same result.
Example: The two horses finished the race in a dead heat.

English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Matter of time
Meaning: The phrase it is only a matter if time is used to say that something will certainly happen.
Example: It is only a matter of time before he resigns.

English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Wear the pants
Meaning: (Also wear the trousers)especially of a woman – to exercise authority or to be the person in charge in a relationship.
Example: He may seem authoritative, but the truth is that it’s his wife who really wears the pants in that relationship.

English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: Running battle
Meaning: The phrase running battle refers to an argument that continues over a long period of time.
Example: He was fired because he had a running battle with his boss.

English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Add fuel to the fire
Meaning: (Also add fuel to the flames) to make a problem worse; to say or do something that makes a bad situation worse.
Example: Don’t add fuel to the fire by laughing at him. He is furious about what you have already done