English Idioms: Do the trick
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Do the trick
Meaning: Said about something that works.
Example: Some lemon juice should do the trick to make this sauce more delicious.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Do the trick
Meaning: Said about something that works.
Example: Some lemon juice should do the trick to make this sauce more delicious.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Send up a trial balloon
Meaning: To test public opinion and response to something.
Example: They had an excellent idea for the project. They sent up a trial balloon but the response was very negative.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Keep tabs on
Meaning: To monitor; to keep track of; to watch.
Example: If you are careful to keep tabs on your finances, you should be able to stay within a budget.
English Idioms About “Age”
Idiom: Tender age
Meaning: A young age.
Example: It’s easier to learn languages at a tender age.
English Idioms About “Law”
Idiom: In the eyes of the law
Meaning: Legally.
Example: In the eyes of the law you are not allowed to treat people like that.
English Idioms About “Names”
Idiom: Name is mud
Meaning: If someone’s name is mud they are in trouble, disgraced, or discredited. The idiom’s origin is said to refer to Samuel Alexander Mudd (December 20, 1833 – January 10, 1883) who was an American physician, imprisoned for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. However, according to an online etymology dictionary, this phrase has its earliest known recorded instance in 1823, ten years before Mudd’s birth, and is based on an obsolete sense of the word “mud” meaning “a stupid twaddling fellow”.
Example: If she doesn’t prove her innocence, her name will be mud.
English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Tighten your belt
Meaning: The idiom tighten your belt means to try to spend less money or use less resources.
Example: Going on holiday abroad cost us a lot of money so we’re all going to have to tighten our belts.