English Idioms

English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Be dead to the world
Meaning: To be sleeping.
Example: I think she has woken up. She was dead to the world ten minutes ago.

English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Low man on the totem pole
Meaning: The least important man in a hierarchy or organization. (Opposite: high man on the totem pole)
Example: He’s not the man to talk to. He’s just the low man on the totem pole.

English Idioms About “Work”
Idiom: Do the dirty work
Meaning: The phrase do the dirty work means to do the disagreeable, illegal or dishonest things.
Example: He always sends his assistant to do his dirty work rather than doing it himself.

English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: In the nick of time
Meaning: The word nick refers to a notch, cut, or indentation on an edge or a surface.
Example: I arrived at the train station in the nick of time and took the last train to the capital city.

English Idioms About “Crime”
Idiom: The weed of crime bears bitter fruit
Meaning: The phrase the weed of crime bears bitter fruit means that nothing good comes from criminal schemes. The idiom comes from The Shadow radio drama broadcasted in the 1930s. The program is well-remembered for those episodes voiced by Orson Welles. The episodes start with: “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of me. The Shadow knows”
Example: Don’t mislead yourself. You will pay for your crimes one day; the weed of crime bears bitter fruit.

English Idioms About “Home”
Idiom: A roof over your head
Meaning: A place to live.
Example: He was so poor that he didn’t have a roof over his head.

English Idioms About “Music”
Idiom: All that jazz
Meaning: Everything else related to something; and other similar things.
Example: They enjoyed the party: cocktails, dancing, and all that jazz.

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Behind one’s back
Meaning: In one’s absence
Example: He was talking nonsense on my back when I arrived.

English Idioms About “Science”
Idiom: Acid test
Meaning: The idiom acid test refers to a decisive test whose findings show the worth or quality of something.
Example: Our team’s next match will be the first real acid test in this competition.

English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Get out of a jam
Meaning: Get out of a bad situation.
Example: I need some help getting out of a jam.