English Idioms

English Idioms About “Work”
Idiom: Burn candles at both ends
Meaning: If you burn candles at both ends, you work very hard, day and night.
Example: She has been burning candles at both ends to finish a book about the history of the United States of America.

English Idioms About “Love”
Idiom: Send love to someone
Meaning: The idiom send love to someone refers to an affectionate greeting or message given to someone.
Example: Lisa sent her love to all the family.

English Idioms About “Law”
Idiom: The letter of the law
Meaning: This idiom is used when one is obeying the literal interpretation of the law, but not the intent or the spirit of those who wrote the law.
Example: Judges mustn’t follow the letter of the law, but its spirit.

English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Until one is blue in the face
Meaning: (Talk/say something/shout until one is blue in the face) pointless efforts while trying to convince someone or change his mind.
Example: His parents tell him to do his homework until they are blue in the face. In fact, he never does his homework.

English Idioms About “Law”
Idiom: Justice is blind
Meaning: This expression means that justice is impartial and objective. There is an allusion here to the Greek statue for justice, wearing a blindfold so as not to treat friends differently from strangers, or rich people better than the poor ones.
Example: No matter who you are, you must respect the law. Justice is blind!

English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Up-to-date
Meaning: Current; recent; the latest
Example: He uses an up-to-date theory to expalin his views.

English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Cat got your tongue
Meaning: Why aren’t you speaking?
Example: Tell us about the trip. What happened? What’s the matter? A cat got your tongue!

English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: All hat and no cattle
Meaning: Describing someone who is full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.
Example: We expect our president to be effective in his job, not a person who is all hat and no cattle.

English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Dog-eat-dog
Meaning: Said about a world where people do anything to be successful.
Example: It’s disheartening to know that we are living in a dog-eat-dog world.