English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Be glad to see the back of someone
Meaning: To be happy to get rid of someone; to be happy because someone has left.
Example: The youg man was glad to see the back of his father-in-law after he had stayed for a month.
English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Wear the pants
Meaning: (Also wear the trousers)especially of a woman – to exercise authority or to be the person in charge in a relationship.
Example: He may seem authoritative, but the truth is that it’s his wife who really wears the pants in that relationship.
English Idioms About “Home”
Idiom: Home truth
Meaning: The phrase home truth refers to an unpleasant fact about oneself. It is usually in the plural form: home truths.
Example: It is high time I told him a few home truths.
English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: Face (that) only a mother could love
Meaning: A very ugly face.
Example: Look at that poor girl. That’s a face that only a mother could love.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Shift gears
Meaning: To change what you are doing in a sudden way.
Example: I’d like to shift gears and start a new job.
English Idioms About “Science”
Idiom: Spuntnick moment
Meaning: The phrase Sputnik moment refers to a moment of challenge when a society or person realizes they must work harder to surpass their competitors. The phrase was popularized by Barack Obama in his State of the Union address in 2011. The origin of the idiom comes from the Soviet Union’s 1957 launch of the first Earth-orbiting satellite Sputnik 1, which was a great achievement at that moment, while the US were lagging behind in space technology. This caused the space race to start between the two countries. The US ultimately won the race in 1969 with the first human landing on the Moon.
Example: This generation’s “Sputnik moment” has arrived, President Barack Obama declared in his State of the Union address, referring to the United States’ need to invest in research and development to revive the economy and ensure future stability.
English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Pass the hat around
Meaning: (Also pass the hat round) to collect money by asking people or organizations.
Example: They passed the hat round as they needed money to rebuild the poor neighbors’ house.