English Idioms: ill-gotten gains

English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Dogs are barking
Meaning: If your dogs are barking, this means that your feet are hurting. Interesting fact: There is a brand of shoes called Hush Puppy. The connection between this brand and the expression “dogs are barking” is obvious: the shoes Hush Puppies are supposedly so comfortable and your feet won’t hurt when you wear them.
Example: My dogs are barking because I walked ten miles.

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Fall through the cracks
Meaning: To be missed; to escape the necessary notice or attention
Example: Complete every item, and make sure nothing falls through the cracks.

English Idioms About “Sport”
Idiom: Come down on somebody like a ton of bricks
Meaning: To hit or punish somebody.
Example: I’ll come down on you like a ton of bricks if you do that once again!

English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Time is money
Meaning: A proverb which means that one should not waste time, because one could be using it to earn money.
Example: I have to wake up and go to work – time is money

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Make somebody’s mouth water
Meaning: When the smell or sight of food is extremely good it makes your mouth water.
Example: The smell of that roast chicken is making my mouth water.

English Idioms About “Death”
Idiom: Nothing is certain but death and taxes
Meaning: The phrase nothing is certain but death and taxes means that everything in life is uncertain. The only things that you can be sure of are: 1. You will undoubtedly die. 2. You will certainly have to pay taxes. This saying comes from the letters of Benjamin Franklin where he states: Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.—Benjamin Franklin, in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy, 1789 However, Franklin’s letter is not the origin of the phrase; it appeared earlier in Daniel Defoe’s The History of the Devil: Things as certain as Death and Taxes, can be more firmly believ’d. —Daniel Defoe The Political History of the Devil 1726. But it should be noted that the origin of the phrase dates back to Daniel Defoe’s The History of the Devil: Things as certain as Death and Taxes, can be more firmly believ’d. —Daniel Defoe The Political History of the Devil 1726.
Example: Lacy: I can’t believe how much tax money we have to pay for setting up this business. Alice: You know, nothing is certain but death and taxes.