English Idioms: Bend the law
English Idioms About “Law”
Idiom: Bend the law
Meaning: The phrase to bend the law means to cheat a little bit without breaking the law.
Example: He just bent the law a little bit to get what he wanted.
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English Idioms: Born to the purple
English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Born to the purple
Meaning: If someone is born to the purple or in the purple, they are born into a reigning family or privileged class.
Example: She was the only child born to the purple.English Idioms: On the wagon
English Idioms About “Travel”
Idiom: On the wagon
Meaning: To abstain from drinking any alcoholic drink, usually in the sense of having given it up
Example: No, thank you! No alcohol for me I am on the wagon.English Idioms: Of advanced age
English Idioms About “Age”
Idiom: Of advanced age
Meaning: The phrase of advanced age or advanced years describes someone as old.
Example: The conference is about the effect of advanced age on fertility and pregnancy in women.English Idioms: Feel like a million
English Idioms About “Numbers”
Idiom: Feel like a million
Meaning: (Also feel like a million bucks, feel like a million dollars) To feel like a million means to feel well and healthy, both physically and mentally.
Example: It is a wonderful day! I feel like a million dollars.English Idioms: Curiosity killed the cat
English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Curiosity killed the cat
Meaning: Curiosity killed the cat is a proverb used to warn someone not to be too curious about something and ask too many questions because this can get you into trouble.
Example: Alan: I wonder who killed that wealthy man? Bill: Curiosity killed the cat.English Idioms: Be an item
English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: Be an item
Meaning: Said about a couple when they are having a romantic relationship.
Example: I heard that Leila and Joe are an item.