English Idioms

English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Variety is the spice of life
Meaning: Frequent changes in one’s life makes life interesting.
Example: They frequently change the furniture of the house because they think that variety is the spice of life.

English Idioms About “Men and women”
Idiom: Woman of ill repute
Meaning: The idiom a woman of ill repute refers to a prostitute.
Example: He started a new relationship with a woman of ill repute.

English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Put the cat among the pigeons
Meaning: To create a disturbance and cause trouble.
Example: The principal put the cat among the pigeons when he informed the students that the excursion was cancelled.

English Idioms About “Travel”
Idiom: Wheels fall off
Meaning: Said about something that has failed, often after a laborious, tiring process.
Example: Our team was doing well for a while, but they got tired and then the wheels fell off.

English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Marry money
Meaning: To marry a rich person.
Example: She married money and got rich.

English Idioms About “Travel”
Idiom: Trip the light fantastic
Meaning: To dance.
Example: We were tripping the light fantastic all night.

English Idioms About “Sport”
Idiom: A lost ball in the weeds
Meaning: The phrase a lost ball in the weeds refers to a person who is completely lost or confused and does not know what they are doing, how to do it or possibly even where they are.
Example: I got confused as to what I should do. I was a lost ball in the weeds.

English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: Necessity is the mother of invention
Meaning: This proverb means that when people really need to do something, they will find a way to do it.
Example: When her pen had run out of ink, she used her lipstick to write a short note to her husband who was at work.

English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Be in hot water
Meaning: To be in a difficult situation
Example: He was in hot water because of his speech about racism.