English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: Bring a knife to a gunfight
Meaning: (Also, take a knife to a gunfight) To enter into a confrontation or other challenging situation without being adequately equipped or prepared.
Example: We lost the deal against much equipped competitors because we brought a knife to a gunfight.
English Idioms About “Age”
Idiom: Of a certain age
Meaning: Said about people who are not young.
Example: This shop sells clothes for women of a certain age.
English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Until hell freezes over
Meaning: If someone say that someone can do something until hell freezes over, they mean that one will never in their life get the results that they want.
Example: He can wait for my approval until hell freezes over – He won’t marry my daughter.
English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Take to something like a duck to water
Meaning: To have a natural ability to do something.
Example: She took to motherhood like a duck to water.
English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Question of time
Meaning: (Also a matter of time) said about something that will surely happen.
Example: The criminal will be arrested. It’s just a question of time.
English Idioms About “Age”
Idiom: In a coon’s age
Meaning: The phrase in a coon’s age means in a very long time. The word coon refers to a raccoon, an omnivorous mammal, native to the Americas.
Example: She hasn’t seen him in a coon’s age. She is so happy to meet him again.
English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Sitting duck
Meaning: Said about someone or something vulnerable to attack.
Example: Because of his unpopular opinions about foreign policy, he made of himself a sitting duck.