English Idioms

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Call a spade a spade
Meaning: To be truthful about something, even if it is rude or unpleasant.
Example: Lacy never fears to tell the truth. She calls a spade a spade.

English Idioms About “Numbers”
Idiom: Take the fifth
Meaning: To decline to answer, especially on grounds that it might be incriminating. The origin of the phrase dates back to the Fifth Amendment in the Bill of Rights, which says that a person can’t “be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.”
Example: If you ask me who stole the wallet, I will simply take the fifth.

English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Go to hell in a handbasket
Meaning: Go to a bad state of affairs quickly.
Example: He said that all their plans for the project went to hell in a handbasket because of the recession.

English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Adam’s ale
Meaning: (Old-fashioned) water.
Example: Take a glass of adam’s ale if you are thirsty.

English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: Don’t get me wrong
Meaning: An expression said when you fear someone does not understand what you say.
Example: Don’t get me wrong but I think your plan may not work.

English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Born to the purple
Meaning: If someone is born to the purple or in the purple, they are born into a reigning family or privileged class.
Example: She was the only child born to the purple.

English Idioms About “Names”
Idiom: Benjamin of the family
Meaning: This regers to the youngest child of the family.
Example: Bill is the benjamin of the family.

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Keep your head above water
Meaning: Be just able to make enough money to survive.
Example: After his financial problems,he can hardly keep his head above water.

English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Not have a snowball’s chance in hell
Meaning: (Also not have a cat in hell’s chance) not to be able to achieve something.
Example: He hasn’t a snowball’s chance of getting the money he needs for the project.

English Idioms About “Crime”
Idiom: On the take
Meaning: This idiom is used to describe a person who is in a position of authority and takes or seeks to take bribes or illegal income.
Example: This is a country where many officials are on the take.