English Idioms

English Idioms About “Life”
Idiom: A fact of life
Meaning: This idiom is used to refer to something which is unpleasant and which people accept because they cannot change it.
Example: Violence has become a fact of life among teenagers these days.

English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Get religion
Meaning: If you get religion, you decide to become religious or to behave in an ethical way and end one’s immoral behavior.
Example: After the terrible accident he had had, Allan got religion and joined the church.

English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Coining money
Meaning: (Also coining it, mintining it) earning a lot of money quickly.
Example: The company has been coining money since the new manager took over.

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: In the bag
Meaning: Certain or extremely likely to occur; assured about the success of somoething.
Example: Don’t worry about the final exam. It’s in the bag.

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Pull somebody’s leg
Meaning: To tease or fool someone when trying to convince them to believe something which is not true as a joke.
Example: Are you pulling my leg? Is it really your house?

English Idioms About “Love”
Idiom: For the love of God
Meaning: The phrase for the love of is used to express surprise, exasperation, annoyance, or some similar feeling For the love of Mike, or for the love of Pete are variations of this phrase. For the sake of… is another way to use this idiom.
Example: For the love of God, stop shouting!

English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Low-hanging fruit
Meaning: The phrase low-hanging fruit refers to something that is easily achieved or obtained or to something that can be obtained by readily available means.
Example: After they started their small company, they wanted to go after the low-hanging fruit.

English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Green-eyed monster
Meaning: Envy, jealousy, covetousness
Example: 1. “O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on.” William Shakespeare 2. His success aroused the green-eyed monster in his friend.

English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Step into somebody’s shoes
Meaning: To take over someone’s place or job.
Example: Who do you think will step into Leila’s shoes when she leaves?

English Idioms About “Law”
Idiom: Above the law
Meaning: Not subject to the law, exempt from the laws that apply to everyone else.
Example: Nobody is above the law.