English Idioms

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Fall on deaf ears
Meaning: Of a request, complaint, etc, to be ignored.
Example: Every time I ask him to do something for me, it falls on deaf ears.

English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: Be part of the furniture
Meaning: If someone or something is part of the furniture, they have been somewhere so long as to seem an integral part of the place.
Example: She worked for that company for so long that she became part of the furniture.

English Idioms About “Life”
Idiom: Larger than life
Meaning: Very imposing, renowned, or impressively influential.
Example: He is such a special man; somewhat larger than life.

English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Money talks
Meaning: Money talks suggest that with money people can get whatever they want.
Example: She got what she wanted. Well you know money talks!

English Idioms About “Numbers”
Idiom: The third degree
Meaning: Give someone or get the third degree designates a close interrogation. The use of the phrase is derived from the brutal form of police interrogation of the same name, well-known in the American crime fiction. The origin of the phrase may refer to the third degree of Freemasonry and the rigorous procedures to advance to that level.
Example: I don’t know why you always give me the third degree every time I hang out with my friends.

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Shift gears
Meaning: To change what you are doing in a sudden way.
Example: I’d like to shift gears and start a new job.

English Idioms About “Sport”
Idiom: That beats everything
Meaning: (Or that beats all) expressions of surprise.
Example: You mean he came very late again last night? Well, that beats everything!

English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Every minute
Meaning: Describing the whole period that something lasted.
Example: I enjoyed every minute of the match. It was just fantastic.

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Have one’s wires crossed
Meaning: (Also get one’s wires crossed) to be confused.
Example: You’ve really got your wires crossed! You don’t know what you are talking about.

English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Speak of the devil
Meaning: The phrase speak of the devil is the short form of the idiom speak of the devil and he shall appear. It is used about someone who appears unexpectedly while being talked about.
Example: Speak of the Devil! look who’s coming.