English Idioms: Dog-eat-dog

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Pull somebody’s leg
Meaning: To tease or fool someone when trying to convince them to believe something which is not true as a joke.
Example: Are you pulling my leg? Is it really your house?

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Keep a civil tongue
Meaning: (Also keep a civil tongue in one’s head) to speak politely.
Example: Please don’t talk like that to each other. Keep a civil tongue!

English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: A watched pot never boils
Meaning: This expression is used to mean that things appear to go more slowly if one waits anxiously for it.
Example: There’s no point running downstairs for every mail delivery. A watched pot never boils.

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Shift gears
Meaning: To change what you are doing in a sudden way.
Example: I’d like to shift gears and start a new job.

English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Curiosity killed the cat
Meaning: Curiosity killed the cat is a proverb used to warn someone not to be too curious about something and ask too many questions because this can get you into trouble.
Example: Alan: I wonder who killed that wealthy man? Bill: Curiosity killed the cat.