English Idioms About “Sport”
Idiom: Come down on somebody like a ton of bricks
Meaning: To hit or punish somebody.
Example: I’ll come down on you like a ton of bricks if you do that once again!
English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: Lift the curtain
Meaning: To lift the curtain on something means: 1. to start. 2. to make something known or public; disclose.
Example: 1. It’s time to raise the curtain, guys. Let’s start working. 2. The company decided to lift the curtain on their new product.
English Idioms About “Death”
Idiom: Dance on someone’s grave
Meaning: To celebrate a person’s death triumphantly.
Example: He said to his enemies that he would recover his strength and would surely dance on their graves.
English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Put yourself in someone’s shoes
Meaning: To see how it feels when you put yourself in smoeone’s place.
Example: What could I have done to solve the problem? Just put yourself in my shoes.
English Idioms About “Law”
Idiom: Above the law
Meaning: Not subject to the law, exempt from the laws that apply to everyone else.
Example: Nobody is above the law.
English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Go bananas
Meaning: To become very angry.
Example: He went bananas when he heard the news.
English Idioms About “Work”
Idiom: Work like a charm
Meaning: If something works like a charm, it works works very well. The phrase contains the word charm which means a magic spell.
Example: I installed the application on my cell phone and it works like a charm.