English Idioms

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Common as an old shoe
Meaning: (Also (as) common as dirt) low class; unrefined; ill-mannered; uncouth.
Example: That girl is common as an old shoe.

English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Boots on the ground
Meaning: The ground forces actually fighting in a war or conflict at the time of speaking, rather than troops not engaged or being transported to the fighting.
Example: The Pentagon may say we have enough, but that’s not what I’m hearing from the boots on the ground.

English Idioms About “Sexuality”
Idiom: A bit of fluff
Meaning: (Also a bit of skirt.) A sexually attractive woman.
Example: I saw him yesterday with a bit of fluff.

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Have an axe to grind
Meaning: to have a strong opinion about something.
Example: The members of that association have no political axe to grind; they just want to help the street children.

English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Golden opportunity
Meaning: Ideal moment to do something.
Example: She missed a golden opportunity to prepare herself for a career as a doctor, when she didn’t continue her studies at university.

English Idioms About “Life”
Idiom: Charmed life
Meaning: The phrase “charmed life” refers to a life protected as if by magic charms. It describes a person who is very lucky and is strangely unaffected by dangers and difficulties. The phrase was first used by Shakespeare in his play, Macbeth in 1605. “Thou losest labor. As easy mayst thou the intrenchant air With thy keen sword impress as make me bleed. Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests; I bear a charmèd life, which must not yield To one of woman born.” The two lines: “I bear a charmed life, which must not yield To one of woman born” mean: “I lead a charmed life, which can’t be ended by anyone born from a woman.”
Example: Everybody believes that he leads a charmed life. He was lucky enough to survive after a terrible car accident.

English Idioms About “Names”
Idiom: You name it
Meaning: The phrase you name it means anything you say or choose or whatever you can think of.
Example: What would you like to eat? Fish, chicken, pizza? You name it, we’ve got everything here.

English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Odd duck
Meaning: An unusual person, especially an individual with an idiosyncratic personality or peculiar behavioral characteristics.
Example: This boy is an odd duck in many ways. Unlike his peers, he has no hobbies.

English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Big Apple
Meaning: The phrase Big Apple is a nickname for New York City.
Example: Have you visited the official website of the Big Apple?