English Idioms: Hit the ceiling
English Idioms About “Home”
Idiom: Hit the ceiling
Meaning: To become very angry and start shouting.
Example: He hit the ceiling when he knew the truth.
English Idioms About “Home”
Idiom: Hit the ceiling
Meaning: To become very angry and start shouting.
Example: He hit the ceiling when he knew the truth.
English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: Like mother, like daughter
Meaning: This is a proverb which means that daughters resemble their mothers.
Example: Like mother, like daughter. Liza’s mother is mad about chocolate, too.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Drag one’s feet
Meaning: To procrastinate, put off; to dawdle, avoid, or make progress slowly and reluctantly.
Example: He’s been dragging his feet about doing his homework.
English Idioms About “Names”
Idiom: Joe Bloggs
Meaning: An average typical man.
Example: This car is very expensive and is not the sort of thing that Joe Bloggs would buy.
English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Money for old rope
Meaning: (Also be money for jam) Said about a job when it is an easy way of earning money.
Example: Selling ice-cream is money for old rope when it is very hot.
English Idioms About “Sport”
Idiom: Ball someone or something up
Meaning: 1. To make a mess of, destroy or ruin; to interfere with someone or something. 2. To roll something up into a ball.
Example: 1. Someone has balled my car up. 2. She balled the paper up in anger.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Easy on the eye
Meaning: Attractive, pleasant to look at.
Example: Her paintings are easy on the eye.