English Idioms: Dead and buried

English Idioms About “Sexuality”
Idiom: Come out of the closet
Meaning: The phrase come out of the closet means to admit publicly one’s homosexuality.
Example: He came out of the closet when he went to university.

English Idioms About “Travel”
Idiom: Put the cart before the horse
Meaning: To put things in the wrong order
Example: To attempt to remove the armaments before removing these substantive conflicts of interest is to put the cart before the horse.

English Idioms About “Love”
Idiom: Misery loves company
Meaning: The phrase misery loves company means that if someone is miserable, they like others to be miserable too so that they can feel better about themselves.
Example: I see that you got into a lot of trouble, but since your colleague is in trouble too, that makes you feel better. Misery loves company, doesn’t it?

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Have an axe to grind
Meaning: to have a strong opinion about something.
Example: The members of that association have no political axe to grind; they just want to help the street children.

English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Butter up
Meaning: To praise or flatter excessively.
Example: Why are you buttering up the boss?