English Idioms About “Home”
Idiom: Charity begins at home
Meaning: Charity begins at home is a proverb. It means that, before deciding to take care of other people, one’s family should be one’s foremost concern.
Example: Take care of your children before volunteering in any association. Charity begins at home.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Bite me
Meaning: An expression of discontent, aggravation or anger.
Example: Why are you shouting like that? Oh, bite me!
English Idioms About “Men and women”
Idiom: A man of few words
Meaning: (Also a woman of few words) a man who doesn’t speak much. A man of action
Example: He is a man of few words. But when he speaks, he makes a lot of sense.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: How come?
Meaning: Used to ask how or why.
Example: So how come you missed the train?
English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Back the wrong horse
Meaning: To support someone or something that later cannot be successful.
Example: Don’t back the wrong horse! You know he cannot win the elections.
English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: Memory like a sieve
Meaning: To have a memory like a sieve means to have a very poor memory.
Example: He’s got a memory like a sieve
English Idioms About “Names”
Idiom: Patience of Job
Meaning: To have the patience of Job means to have a great amount of patience. The idiom has a religious origin. Job was considered a prophet in the Abrahamic Religions: Islam, Christianity and Judaism. He suffered from horrendous disasters that took away all that he held dear, including his offspring, his health, and his property.
Example: In spite of their extreme poverty, they managed to raise ten children. They really have the patience of Job.