English Idioms: Devil-may-care

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Pull the other leg
Meaning: Used when you do not believe what someone has just said.
Example: Sue, writing poems? Pull the other leg – she can’t even write a correct sentence!

English Idioms About “Names”
Idiom: It has someone’s name on it
Meaning: Said about somthing that belongs to someone or meant for someone.
Example: This piece of cake has my name on it.

English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: In the nick of time
Meaning: The word nick refers to a notch, cut, or indentation on an edge or a surface.
Example: I arrived at the train station in the nick of time and took the last train to the capital city.

English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: To the hilt
Meaning: Completely, fully, to one’s limit
Example: John has borrowed money from the bank to the hilt.

English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Black and blue
Meaning: Covered in bruises
Example: He was black and blue the day after the accident

English Idioms About “Science”
Idiom: Spuntnick moment
Meaning: The phrase Sputnik moment refers to a moment of challenge when a society or person realizes they must work harder to surpass their competitors. The phrase was popularized by Barack Obama in his State of the Union address in 2011. The origin of the idiom comes from the Soviet Union’s 1957 launch of the first Earth-orbiting satellite Sputnik 1, which was a great achievement at that moment, while the US were lagging behind in space technology. This caused the space race to start between the two countries. The US ultimately won the race in 1969 with the first human landing on the Moon.
Example: This generation’s “Sputnik moment” has arrived, President Barack Obama declared in his State of the Union address, referring to the United States’ need to invest in research and development to revive the economy and ensure future stability.