English Idioms: Black sheep
English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Black sheep
Meaning: A disreputable member of a family or a group.
Example: They say he’s the black sheep of the Bakers.
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English Idioms: Moment of truth
English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Moment of truth
Meaning: A deciding instant; the time when a test determines or makes it apparent whether something will succeed.
Example: This is the moment of truth, answer the questions of the test.English Idioms: Feel your age
English Idioms About “Age”
Idiom: Feel your age
Meaning: The phrase feel your age means to realize that you are growing old.
Example: I really felt my age at work. All my colleagues looked very young.English Idioms: Marry money
English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Marry money
Meaning: To marry a rich person.
Example: She married money and got rich.English Idioms: Face the music
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Face the music
Meaning: Said when someone accepts to confront the unpleasant consequences of one’s actions.
Example: After failing to manage the crisis, the manager had to face the music.English Idioms: Pull the other one
English Idioms About “Numbers”
Idiom: Pull the other one
Meaning: Used to tell someone that you don’t believe what they have just said.
Example: Sue, writing poems? Pull the other one – she can’t even write a correct sentence!English Idioms: It takes two to tango
English Idioms About “Music”
Idiom: It takes two to tango
Meaning: the expression it takes two to tango means that for something to work properly the cooperation of both parties is needed. Tango is a dance originating in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The phrase originated in a song, Takes Two to Tango, which was written and composed in 1952 by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning.
Example: For the success of the negotiations, both companies should make some concessions; it takes two to tango, you know.