English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Chalk something up to inexperience
Meaning: To attribute a failure to inexperience and learn from that particular experience.
Example: Chalk it up to inexperience, I guess, but he made a very poor decision.
English Idioms About “Travel”
Idiom: Drive someone up the wall
Meaning: To irritate or annoy someone; to make a person very angry or bored; to infuriate.
Example: Her persistent nagging drove me up the wall.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Come to terms with
Meaning: To gradually accept a sad situation.
Example: I think he will come to terms with the death of his wife.
English Idioms About “Health”
Idiom: Safe and sound
Meaning: Safe and without injury or damage.
Example: The kids returned from the excursion safe and sound.
English Idioms About “Death”
Idiom: Kiss of death
Meaning: Something that may seem good and favourable but that actually brings ruin to hopes, plans, etc.
Example: Her mariage to that guy was the kiss of death for Leila’s happiness.
English Idioms About “Law”
Idiom: Law of the jungle
Meaning: This expression means survival of the strongest or the fittest. The origin of the phrase can be traced back to “The Jungle Book” by Rudyard Kipling. He uses the term to describe an actual set of legal codes used by wolves and other animals in the jungles of India.
Example: Some economists think that capitalism is governed by the law of the jungle.
English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: Raw deal
Meaning: Said when someones is ill treated.
Example: Mary got a raw deal. She was innocent, but she had to pay a big fine.