English Idioms: Affinity for

English Idioms About “Life”
Idiom: Take someone’s life
Meaning: To kill someone.
Example: The floods took hundreds of lives.

English Idioms About “Health”
Idiom: Alive and kicking
Meaning: (Also be alive and well) to continue to be well, healthy or successful.
Example: 1. Don’t worry about your grandfather; he is alive and kicking.

English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Vale of tears
Meaning: The world considered as sad and harsh.
Example: His grandfather left this vale of tears yesterday.

English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Money for old rope
Meaning: (Also be money for jam) Said about a job when it is an easy way of earning money.
Example: Selling ice-cream is money for old rope when it is very hot.

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Mark my words
Meaning: Listen to me; used before a statement one wishes to emphasize.
Example: Mark my words, this boy is going to become a great poet.

English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Above the salt
Meaning: If someone is above the salt they are of high standing or honor. The origin of the phrase dates back to the medieval times. Then salt which was a valuable seasoning was placed in the middle of a dining table and the lord and his family were seated “above the salt” and other guests or servants below.
Example: In medieval times lords used to sit above the salt.