English Idioms

English Idioms About “Crime”
Idiom: Cat burglar
Meaning: A cat burglar refers to a thief who enters a building by skillfully climbing to a building without attracting notice.
Example: He was known for being a cat burglar who only stole from apartments in high buildings

English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Drop in the bucket
Meaning: Something so strong that it doesn’t count or doesn’t have any importance or significance.
Example: His contribution was just a drop in the bucket compared to the rest of the team.

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Keep body and soul together
Meaning: To be able to pay for your food, clothing and somewhere to live.
Example: He earns barely enough to keep body and soul together.

English Idioms About “Death”
Idiom: Dice with death
Meaning: To do something which is very risky, or dangerous, and could even cause one’s death.
Example: Someone who drinks and drives is someone who dices with death.

English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Wait for the other shoe to drop
Meaning: To await a seemingly inevitable event, especially one which is not desirable.
Example: He was waiting for the other shoe to drop once some of his companions had been captured by the official authorities,

English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: Cut a rug
Meaning: To dance.
Example: The couple impressed everybody when they cut a rug at the party.

English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Red-letter day
Meaning: A particularly significant day (personal or sectarian), usually very positive, sometimes very negative.
Example: Monday was a red letter day for her. She accomplished a lot and had fun doing it.

English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Clock on
Meaning: To register one’s arrival at work
Example: They clocked on as soon as they arrived at work.

English Idioms About “Health”
Idiom: Be full of beans
Meaning: Said about someone who is active, lively, healthy and has a lot of energy and enthusiasm.
Example: He’s always full of beans when he goes to work.

English Idioms About “Names”
Idiom: Walter Mitty
Meaning: A person, generally quite ordinary with unexceptional qualities, who is prone to fantastic daydreaming of personal triumphs. This term comes from James Thurber’s short story, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1939), describing a meek, mild man with a vivid fantasy life. The character’s name has come into more general use to refer to an ineffectual dreamer.
Example: If you are a Walter Mitty with Everest dreams, you need to bear in mind that when things go wrong up there, you may lose your life.