English Idioms: Drop a dime
English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Drop a dime
Meaning: To drop a dime means to make a phone call, usually calling the police to inform on or betray someone.
Example: He went out to drop a dime on John.
English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Drop a dime
Meaning: To drop a dime means to make a phone call, usually calling the police to inform on or betray someone.
Example: He went out to drop a dime on John.
English Idioms About “Home”
Idiom: Charity begins at home
Meaning: Charity begins at home is a proverb. It means that, before deciding to take care of other people, one’s family should be one’s foremost concern.
Example: Take care of your children before volunteering in any association. Charity begins at home.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Pack a wallop
Meaning: (Also pack a punch) to provide energy, power, or excitement.
Example: This drink really packs a wallop.
English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Hat in hand
Meaning: The phrase hat in hand means to ask someone for a favor with humility. Another variation of the idiom is cap in hand
Example: She came back hat in hand asking for forgiveness.
English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Walk on eggshells
Meaning: To be overly careful in dealing with a person or situation; to be careful and sensitive, in handling very sensitive matters.
Example: He was walking on eggshells when he was talking to him about his wife.
English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Beat around the bush
Meaning: To treat a topic, without mentioning its main points, often intentionally, because the topic is difficult or unpleasant.
Example: Stop beating around the bush and tell me what the the problem is!
English Idioms About “Life”
Idiom: All walks of life
Meaning: Occupations, roles, social class, or lifestyle.
Example: Those who attended the wedding represented all walks of life.