English Idioms About “Death”
Idiom: Bite the dust
Meaning: The phrase bite the dust has two meanings: 1. to die. 2. to break; to fail.
Example: 1. Too many soldiers bit the dust in the second world war. 2. My laptop finally bit the dust.
English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Get out of a jam
Meaning: Get out of a bad situation.
Example: I need some help getting out of a jam.
English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: Say uncle
Meaning: To admit failure.
Example: I’ll show them how I can be a superstar. I’m not going to say uncle.
English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Cat got your tongue
Meaning: Why aren’t you speaking?
Example: Tell us about the trip. What happened? What’s the matter? A cat got your tongue!
English Idioms About “Sport”
Idiom: Ball of fire
Meaning: A person who is especially hard-working, high-achieving, ambitious, or active.
Example: They say he is a real ball of fire. He has already demonstrated his wish to climb higher.
English Idioms About “Work”
Idiom: Burn the midnight oil
Meaning: Work hard, especially late into the night.
Example: She was burning the midnight oil preparing for her daughter’s wedding when she had a heart attack.
English Idioms About “Weather”
Idiom: Right as rain
Meaning: This idiom is used to mean that everything is perfectly fine; all right
Example: 1. Take these medicines and soon, you’ll be right as rain. 2. She had had a lot of problem with her parents. But as soon as she got married, everything was right as rain for her.