English Idioms: Fall through the cracks

English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: Meet your Waterloo
Meaning: If someone meets their Waterloo they are defeated by someone who is stronger or by a problem that is very difficult to surmount. The phrase to meet one’s Waterloo refers to the Battle of Waterloo near Belgium in 1815 where the French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated. The phrase entered the English language as a phrase signifying a great test with a final and decisive outcome – generally one resulting in failure and proving vincibility for something or someone who had seemed unbeatable.
Example: He met his Waterloo when he was challenged by the young contestant.

English Idioms About “Health”
Idiom: White as a sheet
Meaning: (Also as white as a sheet) said about someone whose face is very pale because of illness, shock or fear.
Example: Joe looks as white as sheet. He must be very ill.

English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Fish for compliments
Meaning: To try to induce someone to make a compliment.
Example: He is fishing for compliments.

English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Make a mountain out of a molehill
Meaning: To exagerate the severity of a situation; to make a lot of fuss about nothing.
Example: You’re making a mountain out of a molehill. You didn’t mean to hurt her.

English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Root and branch
Meaning: Completely.
Example: They have reorganized their business root and branch.