English Idioms

English Idioms About “Sexuality”
Idiom: Shotgun marriage
Meaning: (Also shotgun wedding) when the bridegroom is forced to marry the bride he made her pregnant.
Example: It was a shotgun marriage. Nancy was three months pregnant when she married John.

English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Let sleeping dogs lie
Meaning: To leave things as they are to avoid trouble.
Example: It would be best to let sleeping dogs lie and not discuss the problem any further.

English Idioms About “Men and women”
Idiom: Marked man (Also marked woman)
Meaning: The idiom marked man refers to someone who is singled out as a target for vengeance or attack.
Example: As a witness to the murder, he knew he was a marked man.

English Idioms About “Sport”
Idiom: A whole new ball game
Meaning: A completely different situation.
Example: He has written so many short stories but writing a novel is a whole new ball game.

English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: To this day
Meaning: Until now.
Example: He disappeared and to this day nobody knows what happened to him.

English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: An act of war
Meaning: An act which is considered violent enough to cause war.
Example: Bombing the United States naval base at pearl harbor was considered an act of war.

English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: Fall in love
Meaning: To begin feeling attracted to someone and love him or her.
Example: When Jane and Math met for the first time, they fell madly in love.

English Idioms About “Weather”
Idiom: Right as rain
Meaning: This idiom is used to mean that everything is perfectly fine; all right
Example: 1. Take these medicines and soon, you’ll be right as rain. 2. She had had a lot of problem with her parents. But as soon as she got married, everything was right as rain for her.

English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: A watched pot never boils
Meaning: This expression is used to mean that things appear to go more slowly if one waits anxiously for it.
Example: There’s no point running downstairs for every mail delivery. A watched pot never boils.

English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: In God’s name
Meaning: (Also in the name of God, in the name of heaven,in God’s name, in heaven’s name) used to add emphasis.
Example: What in God’s name did you do to that poor girl?