English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Act of God
Meaning: Something that ooccured, such as an accident, for which no human is responsible. A natural disaster such as a storm, earthquake…
Example: The Haiti earthquake was really an act of God.
English Idioms About “Death”
Idiom: Bite the dust
Meaning: The phrase bite the dust has two meanings: 1. to die. 2. to break; to fail.
Example: 1. Too many soldiers bit the dust in the second world war. 2. My laptop finally bit the dust.
English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Black and blue
Meaning: Covered in bruises
Example: He was black and blue the day after the accident
English Idioms About “Numbers”
Idiom: Nine to five
Meaning: Said about a job with normal daytime hours, a job that begins at nine o’clock in the morning and finishes at five.
Example: She’s tired of working nine to five.
English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: Go to war (over someone or something)
Meaning: To declare a war over someone or something.
Example: The US administration has gone to war over teenagers’ pregnancy for decades in vain.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Drag one’s feet
Meaning: To procrastinate, put off; to dawdle, avoid, or make progress slowly and reluctantly.
Example: He’s been dragging his feet about doing his homework.
English Idioms About “Numbers”
Idiom: Public enemy number one
Meaning: The idiom public enemy number one refers someone or something that people hate.
Example: That terrorist is considered public enemy number one.