English Idioms

English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Bring home the bacon
Meaning: Get a job and bring home money earned from this job.
Example: When her husband got fired, she decided to look for a job because someone’s got to bring home the bacon.

English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Race against time
Meaning: To race against time means to hurry to do something before a deadline.
Example: They had only two days to finish the job, so they had to race against time.

English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Dollars to donuts
Meaning: This idiomatic expression is used to suggest that something is very likely to be true or that one is certain about something.
Example: I’ll bet you dollars to donuts she won’t accept his marriage proposal.

English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Preach to the choir
Meaning: The phrase preach to the choir or preach to the converted means to ​try to convince people of something that they already ​believe.
Example: You are just preaching to the choir. It is pointless to convince us of the value of exercising. We all agree that exercising is good for our health.

English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Fall from grace
Meaning: The idiom fall from grace refers to a loss of status, respect, or prestige. The idiom comes from a Christian reference to the transition of the first man and woman from a state of innocent obedience to God to a state of guilty disobedience.
Example: The politician has fallen from grace and has become very unpopular.

English Idioms About “Men and women”
Idiom: As one man
Meaning: If a group of people do something as one man, they do it unanimously, in complete agreement.
Example: They all rose as one man, supporting the poor family.

English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Sitting duck
Meaning: Said about someone or something vulnerable to attack.
Example: Because of his unpopular opinions about foreign policy, he made of himself a sitting duck.

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Pass the buck
Meaning: To blame others for something you shoud accept reponsibilty for.
Example: It’s not my fault. Don’t try to pass the buck!

English Idioms About “Men and women”
Idiom: A woman of few words
Meaning: (Also a man of few words) a woman who doesn’t speak much. A woman of action
Example: She is a woman of few words, but she always gets things done.

English Idioms About “Numbers”
Idiom: Feel like a million
Meaning: (Also feel like a million bucks, feel like a million dollars) To feel like a million means to feel well and healthy, both physically and mentally.
Example: It is a wonderful day! I feel like a million dollars.