English Idioms: Fish for compliments
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 “Animals”
Idiom: Fish for compliments
Meaning: To try to induce someone to make a compliment.
Example: He is fishing for compliments.
English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Minting money
Meaning: (Also minting money) Earning a lot of money quickly.
Example: Since the arrival of the new manager, the restaurant is minting money.
English Idioms About “Sport”
Idiom: Set the ball rolling
Meaning: (Also start or get the ball rolling) start something, especially a conversation or a social event.
Example: There was a quiet atmosphere in the party so I decided to set the ball rolling and got up to dance.
English Idioms About “Work”
Idiom: Get the sack
Meaning: To be dismissed from employment.
Example: Because he was always late, he got the sack.
English Idioms About “Music”
Idiom: Who pays the piper calls the tune
Meaning: One who pays for something controls it.
Example: If he pays for everything, he will have power over us all. You know, who pays the piper calls the tune
English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: Play a joke
Meaning: (Also play trick) to deceive someone for fun.
Example: On April fool’s day some people play practical jokes on their friends.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: To pull the trigger
Meaning: 1. To fire a gun. 2. To commit to a course of action.
Example: Some traders are too afraid to pull the trigger and just watch the market without ever getting involved.