English Idioms

English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Castles in the air
Meaning: Plans that are unlikely to happen.
Example: Before you start building castles in the air, just think how much all this is likely to cost.

English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Food for thought
Meaning: Information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation.
Example: The ideas developed in this book have certainly given me food for thought.

English Idioms About “Work”
Idiom: All in a day’s work
Meaning: What is normal, typical or expected.
Example: Grading my students’ papers is all on a day’s work for me.

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Put one’s mind to it
Meaning: To apply oneself; to exert a directed effort.
Example: You can do anything, if you put your mind to it.

English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Chew the cud
Meaning: The idiom chew the cud means to ponder over or meditate about something; to think carefully about something. Cud refers to the food regurgitated from the stomach to the mouth of a ruminant animal such as a cow and chewed again.
Example: She wanted to chew the cud before she could let them know about her decision.

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Save face
Meaning: To take an action or make a gesture intended to preserve one’s reputation or honor.
Example: They tried to win their last match in the championship just to save face.

English Idioms About “Work”
Idiom: Work your fingers to the bone
Meaning: To work extremely hard.
Example: He works his fingers to the bone to help his five children grow up in a healthy environment.

English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Be in the land of the living
Meaning: Be awake or to be alive.
Example: He was working all night long. I don’t think he’ll be in the land of the living before noon. I haven’t seen him for ages. I’m surprised to find him stil in the land of the living

English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: Join the club
Meaning: Said as a reply to someone to mean that they are in the same situation.
Example: Nancy: “I’ve got problems with my husband these days.” Alice: “Join the club!”

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Yoke around someone’s neck
Meaning: A burden.
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