English Idioms

English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Sour as vinegar
Meaning: The phrase sour as vinegar very sour and disagreeable.
Example: 1. This cheese is sour as vinegar. 2. Mike is sour as vinegar this morning.

English Idioms About “Life”
Idiom: Give the kiss of life
Meaning: To give the kiss of life means to help a person who has stopped breathing by giving them artificial respiration, that is to say, by blowing into their mouth and pressing their chest.
Example: He saved a victim of an accident by giving him the kiss of life.

English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Under the wire
Meaning: At the last minute; before the deadline; barely on time; nearly late.
Example: He turned his report just under the wire.

English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Blank cheque
Meaning: This phrase is used to mean that one is given an unlimited freedom of action.
Example: The president has been given a blank check to conduct a war against the enemy.

English Idioms About “Sport”
Idiom: Come down on somebody like a ton of bricks
Meaning: To hit or punish somebody.
Example: I’ll come down on you like a ton of bricks if you do that once again!

English Idioms About “Travel”
Idiom: Sail through something
Meaning: To pass or progress quickly and easily.
Example: He sailed right through his homework.

English Idioms About “Death”
Idiom: Wouldn’t be caught dead
Meaning: (Also wouldn’t be seen dead)Said about something that you would not like to do, or would rather die than do it.
Example: I would not be caught dead in such a miniskirt.

English Idioms About “Numbers”
Idiom: Talk nineteen to the dozen
Meaning: To speak very quickly.
Example: I couldn’t understand what he was saying because he was talking nineteen to the dozen.

English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: War of nerves
Meaning: (Also battle of nerves.) War of nerves refers to a conflict using psychological techniques rather than direct violence in order to weaken the enemy.
Example: “In the future, war will not merely be one of men and machines, it will be a war of wills and a war of nerves.” Sir John Anderson.