English Idioms: Castles in the air
English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Castles in the air
Meaning: Plans that are unlikely to happen.
Example: Before you start building castles in the air, just think how much all this is likely to cost.
English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Castles in the air
Meaning: Plans that are unlikely to happen.
Example: Before you start building castles in the air, just think how much all this is likely to cost.
English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Out of the blue
Meaning: Something which is totally unexpected.
Example: She sent him a letter, out of the blue, telling him that she was in love with another guy.
English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Beat around the bush
Meaning: To treat a topic, without mentioning its main points, often intentionally, because the topic is difficult or unpleasant.
Example: Stop beating around the bush and tell me what the the problem is!
English Idioms About “Death”
Idiom: Dead and buried
Meaning: No longer in use or under consideration, irrelevant, forgotten.
Example: All past animosities are dead and buried now.
English Idioms About “Sport”
Idiom: It beats me
Meaning: Used to suggest that you don’t understand something.
Example: It beats me how she passed the exam.
English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Bear one’s cross
Meaning: If someone bear one’s cross they endure burden or difficulties. A cross is a Christian religious symbol. It is viewed as a symbol of Jesus’s crucifixion.
Example: I know it is a difficult situation you are experiencing, but you have to bear your own cross. I can’t help you. I am sorry.
English Idioms About “Travel”
Idiom: Highways and byways
Meaning: Major and minor roads.
Example: They spent their holiday exploring the highways and byways of the country