English Idioms: Drop a dime

English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: When it rains, it pours
Meaning: (Also, it never rains but it pours) said when bad things occur in large numbers.
Example: First, he had a terrible accident. Then, his wife had a heart attack. Really when it rains, it pours.

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Pain in the neck
Meaning: An annoyance.
Example: The teacher’s last assignment is really a pain in the neck.

English Idioms About “Travel”
Idiom: Put the pedal to the metal
Meaning: To press the gas pedal to the maximum extent; to exert maximum effort.
Example: You have to put the pedal to the metal if you want to get there on time.

English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Not hold water
Meaning: Said when an explanation, a reason or an argument is not sound, strong or logical.
Example: Her reasons just didn’t hold water.

English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Be dead to the world
Meaning: To be sleeping.
Example: I think she has woken up. She was dead to the world ten minutes ago.

English Idioms About “Science”
Idiom: Run out of steam
Meaning: If you run out of steam, you lose the energy, enthusiasm or interest to continue doing something.
Example: After having worked for twenty years as a the manager of the company, he seems to run out of steam.