English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: All dressed up and nowhere to go
Meaning: The phrase all dressed up and nowhere to go means getting ready for something and then it never happened. The phrase may be used literally or figuratively.
Example: She was waiting for him but he never showed up. As usual, she was all dressed up and nowhere to go.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Are your ears burning?
Meaning: Said about someone who was not present but was the topic of discussion.
Example: We were just talking about you. Are your ears burning?
English Idioms About “Science”
Idiom: Pull the plug
Meaning: The phrase pull the plug means to put an end to an activity, preventing it from continuing.
Example: They are going to pull the plug on the new TV show because it didn’t get any sponsors.
English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Dead duck
Meaning: Said about someone or something that is is doomed to failure or death.
Example: Due to enough unfavorable intelligence about the enemy, the attack they were intending to launch was a dead duck right from the start.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Tear your hair out
Meaning: Said when you are feeling a lot of anxiety over a problem.
Example: He’s been tearing his hair out over his deteriorated relationship with his wife.
English Idioms About “Numbers”
Idiom: Take the fifth
Meaning: To decline to answer, especially on grounds that it might be incriminating. The origin of the phrase dates back to the Fifth Amendment in the Bill of Rights, which says that a person can’t “be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.”
Example: If you ask me who stole the wallet, I will simply take the fifth.
English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Big Apple
Meaning: The phrase Big Apple is a nickname for New York City.
Example: Have you visited the official website of the Big Apple?