English Idioms About “Love”
Idiom: For the love of God
Meaning: The phrase for the love of is used to express surprise, exasperation, annoyance, or some similar feeling For the love of Mike, or for the love of Pete are variations of this phrase. For the sake of… is another way to use this idiom.
Example: For the love of God, stop shouting!
English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Light skirt
Meaning: The phrase light skirt refers to a loose woman, a prostitute.
Example: Don’t call her a light skirt. She is a respectable woman.
English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Have a card up your sleeve
Meaning: To have a secret plan
Example: She still has got something up her sleeve, and it should solve all her problems.
English Idioms About “Sport”
Idiom: Ball-breaker
Meaning: (Also a ball-buster.) This refers either to a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing or to a demanding woman who destroys men’s confidence.
Example: My job is such a ball-breaker! My boss expects me to work over the weekend again.
English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Pay your dues
Meaning: The phrase pay your dues means to earn respect or a position by a lot of hard work and sacrifice.
Example: They want me to resign, but everybody knows that I paid my dues to get this position.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Big deal
Meaning: Something very important, difficult, or of concern.
Example: It’s no big deal if you don’t finish.
English Idioms About “Love”
Idiom: Love me, love my dog
Meaning: The phrase love me, love my dog. means that if you love someone, you must be willing to accept everything about them.
Example: Alan decided to get married to Lisa although her brother was a drug dealer. When they started their relationship, she often insisted: “love me, love my dog.”