English Idioms: Along the lines
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Along the lines
Meaning: In a general direction or manner.
Example: I was thinking along the lines of a vegetable garden, but I could be persuaded to include some perennials.
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English Idioms: Scaredy cat
English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Scaredy cat
Meaning: Someone who is easily frightened.
Example: Come on, scaredy cat. The dog won’t bite you!English Idioms: Not have a snowball’s chance in hell
English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Not have a snowball’s chance in hell
Meaning: (Also not have a cat in hell’s chance) not to be able to achieve something.
Example: He hasn’t a snowball’s chance of getting the money he needs for the project.English Idioms: To the hilt
English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: To the hilt
Meaning: Completely, fully, to one’s limit
Example: John has borrowed money from the bank to the hilt.English Idioms: Have money to burn
English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Have money to burn
Meaning: To be very rich and spend a lot of money on unnecessary things.
Example: He seems to have money to burn. He always buys his girlfriend extravagant thingsEnglish Idioms: Fall on deaf ears
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Fall on deaf ears
Meaning: Of a request, complaint, etc, to be ignored.
Example: Every time I ask him to do something for me, it falls on deaf ears.English Idioms: Lie like a rug
English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: Lie like a rug
Meaning: To lie like a rug means to tell lies shamelessly.
Example: She says she didn’t kill him, but the detective knows she’s lying like a rug.