English Idioms: Clock on

English Idioms About “Life”
Idiom: Between life and death
Meaning: This phrase is used to refer to a situation where both living and dying are possible.
Example: After his terrible accident, he was for a long time between life and death.

English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Cream of the crop
Meaning: The phrase cream of the crop means the best of all.
Example: Don’t worry about your studies; you are the cream of the crop.

English Idioms About “Life”
Idiom: Take someone’s life
Meaning: To kill someone.
Example: The floods took hundreds of lives.

English Idioms About “Crime”
Idiom: Serve time
Meaning: Saying that someone is serving time means that he is in prison.
Example: After the gangster had served his time in jail, he got married and found a job.

English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Mecca for someone or something
Meaning: If a place is a Mecca for someone or something, it is a place that a lot of people visit because it is known for something that they want to see or do. Mecca is the religious city of Islam. It is a city where Muslims go for pilgrimage.
Example: Milan is a Mecca for fashion.

English Idioms About “Law”
Idiom: One’s word is law
Meaning: The idiom one’s word is law means that what someone says must be obeyed.
Example: There’s no point trying to do things differently. The manager’s word is law around here. Just do what he asks you to do.