English Idioms: All in a day’s work
English Idioms About “Work”
Idiom: All in a day’s work
Meaning: What is normal, typical or expected.
Example: Grading my students’ papers is all on a day’s work for me.
English Idioms About “Work”
Idiom: All in a day’s work
Meaning: What is normal, typical or expected.
Example: Grading my students’ papers is all on a day’s work for me.
English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Drastic times call for drastic measures
Meaning: Desperate times call for desperate measures is another variation of the idiom.
Example: We had to let go five of our workers because the company had problems selling the new product. Drastic times call for drastic measures!
English Idioms About “Life”
Idiom: Give the kiss of life
Meaning: To give the kiss of life means to help a person who has stopped breathing by giving them artificial respiration, that is to say, by blowing into their mouth and pressing their chest.
Example: He saved a victim of an accident by giving him the kiss of life.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Put on a brave face
Meaning: To pretend that a problem doesn’t bother you.
Example: He looks calm, but I suspect he’s just putting on a brave face.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: In the bag
Meaning: Certain or extremely likely to occur; assured about the success of somoething.
Example: Don’t worry about the final exam. It’s in the bag.
English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Variety is the spice of life
Meaning: Frequent changes in one’s life makes life interesting.
Example: They frequently change the furniture of the house because they think that variety is the spice of life.
English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Of the first water
Meaning: Of the best.
Example: She is of the first water, a fine lady indeed.