English Idioms

English Idioms About “Health”
Idiom: In the best of health
Meaning: Very healthy.
Example: He’s in the best health because he exercises regularly and doesn’t eat junk food.

English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: Cross swords
Meaning: To quarrel or argue with someone; to have a dispute with someone.
Example: The boss didn’t want to cross swords with the workers’ union.

English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Red ink
Meaning: A euphemism for financial loss.
Example: There is too much red ink in the company’s financial statement.

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Over my dead body
Meaning: If you say something will happen over your dead body, you mean that you will not allow it to happen.
Example: He says he will become our boss. Over my dead body!

English Idioms About “Death”
Idiom: Another nail in one’s coffin
Meaning: One in a series of events which lead to downfall or inevitable failure.
Example: After the bankruptcy and the death of his only son, divorce is just another nail in his coffin.

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Be glad to see the back of someone
Meaning: To be happy to get rid of someone; to be happy because someone has left.
Example: The youg man was glad to see the back of his father-in-law after he had stayed for a month.

English Idioms About “Names”
Idiom: Freudian slip
Meaning: The phrase Freudian slip (also called parapraxis) refers to a mistake in speech that shows what the speaker is truly thinking.
Example: Jane: He is such a bighead. Have you heard what he has just said?

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Send up a trial balloon
Meaning: To test public opinion and response to something.
Example: They had an excellent idea for the project. They sent up a trial balloon but the response was very negative.

English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: All one’s eggs in one basket
Meaning: the state of having invested heavily in just one area or of having devoted all of one’s resources to one thing.
Example: The stock market decline wouldn’t have hurt him so badly if he hadn’t had all his eggs in one basket