English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Boots on the ground
Meaning: The ground forces actually fighting in a war or conflict at the time of speaking, rather than troops not engaged or being transported to the fighting.
Example: The Pentagon may say we have enough, but that’s not what I’m hearing from the boots on the ground.
English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Fair-haired boy
Meaning: (Also blue-eyed boy) a person highly regarded and by someone or a group and treated with special favor
Example: Before he was fired out, he had been the fair-haired boy of the boss.
English Idioms About “Death”
Idiom: Dead right
Meaning: If someone is dead right, it means that they are absolutely correct.
Example: Nancy: His wife is really beautiful. Lacy: you’re dead right!
English Idioms About “Age”
Idiom: Over the hill
Meaning: Too old to perform as well as before.
Example: You say you are over the hill, but see how you run as fast as your son!
English Idioms About “Death”
Idiom: Dance on someone’s grave
Meaning: To celebrate a person’s death triumphantly.
Example: He said to his enemies that he would recover his strength and would surely dance on their graves.
English Idioms About “Men and women”
Idiom: Man in the street
Meaning: (Also, woman in the street) This idiom is used to describe an ordinary person.
Example: Generally speaking, politicians are rarely concerned with the needs and interests of the man in the street.
English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Apple of somebody’s eye
Meaning: Said about someone whom you love the most and you are very proud of.
Example: His son is the apple of his eye.