English Idioms: All that jazz

English Idioms About “Work”
Idiom: Back to the salt mines
Meaning: If you go back to the salt mines, it means you have to return back to the workplace.
Example: The vacation is over. Back to the salt mines!

English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Sell ice to Eskimos
Meaning: To persuade people to go against their best interests or to accept something unnecessary or preposterous.
Example: He’s such a smooth talker, he could sell ice to Eskimos.

English Idioms About “Home”
Idiom: Home away from home
Meaning: (Also home from home) a place where you are at ease as if you were at home.
Example: When I used to visit her, it was really a real home away from home.

English Idioms About “Crime”
Idiom: The weed of crime bears bitter fruit
Meaning: The phrase the weed of crime bears bitter fruit means that nothing good comes from criminal schemes. The idiom comes from The Shadow radio drama broadcasted in the 1930s. The program is well-remembered for those episodes voiced by Orson Welles. The episodes start with: “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of me. The Shadow knows”
Example: Don’t mislead yourself. You will pay for your crimes one day; the weed of crime bears bitter fruit.

English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Coining it
Meaning: (Also coining money) to be earning a lot of money quickly.
Example: The company has been coining it since the new boss took over.

English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Throw your hat into the ring
Meaning: (Also toss your hat into the ring) to show your intention to enter a competition.
Example: Nearly a year before the elections, he threw his hat into the ring.