English Idioms: Be in black and white
English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Be in black and white
Meaning: (Also be down in black and white) to be written down.
Example: My conditions to accept the job were in black and white in the contract.
English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Be in black and white
Meaning: (Also be down in black and white) to be written down.
Example: My conditions to accept the job were in black and white in the contract.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: On the face of it
Meaning: On the surface.
Example: On the face of it, she seems innocent. But when the police investigated her case, they discovered that she was guilty.
English Idioms About “Music”
Idiom: Draw in one’s horns
Meaning: (Also pull in one’s horns) to become less impassioned, aggressive, or argumentative; to back down from a fight; to yield or capitulate.
Example: He wanted to fight again but we managed to calm him down and get him to draw in his horns.
English Idioms About “Sport”
Idiom: Carry the ball
Meaning: To take charge and control of an activity and be considered reliable enough to do a job.
Example: He can’t carry the ball. He isn’t reliable.
English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Not come cheap
Meaning: Said about something that is of good quality and is therefore expensive.
Example: Fast cars don’t come cheap.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Over my dead body
Meaning: If you say something will happen over your dead body, you mean that you will not allow it to happen.
Example: He says he will become our boss. Over my dead body!
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Give somebody a leg up
Meaning: To help someone to achieve something, especially at work.
Example: They agreed to give her a leg up.