English Idioms: Back to the salt mines

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Dead loss
Meaning: Something described as a dead loss is absolutely unsuccessful or useless (a complete failure)
Example: When it comes to math, my sisiter is a dead loss.

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Pay lip service
Meaning: An insincere loyalty, respect, or support for something
Example: He says he supports the idea of voluntary work, but in fact he’s just paying lip service.

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Hit the nail on the head
Meaning: Said to describe exactly a situation or a problem.
Example: I think you hit the nail on the head when you said that the Smiths lack a sense of cooperation in their family.

English Idioms About “Crime”
Idiom: Set a thief to catch a thief
Meaning: The best person to catch a thief is another thief, because he or she knows how thieves think.
Example: The government set a thief to catch a thief. They hired a hacker to entrap other hackers who tried to break into the Pentagon’s databases.

English Idioms About “Men and women”
Idiom: Marked man (Also marked woman)
Meaning: The idiom marked man refers to someone who is singled out as a target for vengeance or attack.
Example: As a witness to the murder, he knew he was a marked man.

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Be a barrel of laughs
Meaning: Be enjoyable or entertaining.
Example: This movie is a real barrel of laughs.