English Idioms: Beat a retreat

English Idioms About “Work”
Idiom: Dirty work
Meaning: (Also do the dirty work) unpleasant work or dishonest action.
Example: 1. I don’t know but I feel there is some dirty work going on in this company. 2. I always have to do the dirty work. I never have fun.

English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: Bring to the table
Meaning: To bring something to the table means to contribute something to a group effort.
Example: It is all about you bring to the table.

English Idioms About “Science”
Idiom: Bright as a button
Meaning: Intelligent.
Example: He has a daughter who is as bight as a button.

English Idioms About “Travel”
Idiom: Put the cart before the horse
Meaning: To put things in the wrong order
Example: To attempt to remove the armaments before removing these substantive conflicts of interest is to put the cart before the horse.

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 “Life”
Idiom: Charmed life
Meaning: The phrase “charmed life” refers to a life protected as if by magic charms. It describes a person who is very lucky and is strangely unaffected by dangers and difficulties. The phrase was first used by Shakespeare in his play, Macbeth in 1605. “Thou losest labor. As easy mayst thou the intrenchant air With thy keen sword impress as make me bleed. Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests; I bear a charmèd life, which must not yield To one of woman born.” The two lines: “I bear a charmed life, which must not yield To one of woman born” mean: “I lead a charmed life, which can’t be ended by anyone born from a woman.”
Example: Everybody believes that he leads a charmed life. He was lucky enough to survive after a terrible car accident.