English Idioms

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Bite me
Meaning: An expression of discontent, aggravation or anger.
Example: Why are you shouting like that? Oh, bite me!

English Idioms About “Names”
Idiom: Jack-of-all-trades
Meaning: Said about someone who is able to do many things.
Example: He can do many jobs; he’s really a jack-of-all-trades

English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: Sweep something under the carpet
Meaning: (Also sweep something under the rug.) to hide or ignore something.
Example: You’ve made a terrible mistake. Don’t try to sweep it under the carpet!

English Idioms About “Death”
Idiom: Done to death
Meaning: If something is done to death, it is used or discussed so many times that it has become boring.
Example: That theme has been done to death by generations of poets.

English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Chicken out
Meaning: To refuse to do something because of fear.
Example: He chickened out just at the time they were taking him to operating theatre.

English Idioms About “Life”
Idiom: Dog’s life
Meaning: A miserable, unhappy existence.
Example: I have to work everyday from dawn to sunset and come back home to take care of the children. It’s really a dog’s life.

English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Look like mutton dressed as lamb
Meaning: Said about a woman who tries to look much younger.
Example: Her skirt is too short. She looks like mutton dressed as lamb.

English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Drastic times call for drastic measures
Meaning: Desperate times call for desperate measures is another variation of the idiom.
Example: We had to let go five of our workers because the company had problems selling the new product. Drastic times call for drastic measures!

English Idioms About “Health”
Idiom: White as a sheet
Meaning: (Also as white as a sheet) said about someone whose face is very pale because of illness, shock or fear.
Example: Joe looks as white as sheet. He must be very ill.

English Idioms About “Music”
Idiom: It takes two to tango
Meaning: the expression it takes two to tango means that for something to work properly the cooperation of both parties is needed. Tango is a dance originating in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The phrase originated in a song, Takes Two to Tango, which was written and composed in 1952 by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning.
Example: For the success of the negotiations, both companies should make some concessions; it takes two to tango, you know.