English Idioms: Jack-of-all-trades
English Idioms About “Names”
Idiom: Jack-of-all-trades
Meaning: Said about someone who is able to do many things.
Example: He can do many jobs; he’s really a jack-of-all-trades
English Idioms About “Names”
Idiom: Jack-of-all-trades
Meaning: Said about someone who is able to do many things.
Example: He can do many jobs; he’s really a jack-of-all-trades
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Next to nothing
Meaning: Almost; hardly.
Example: Although they paid him next to nothing, he liked the job.
English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: Bring to the table
Meaning: To bring something to the table means to contribute something to a group effort.
Example: It is all about you bring to the table.
English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Between the devil and the deep blue sea
Meaning: The phrase between the devil and the deep blue sea is an idiom referring to a dilemma, a choice between two undesirable situations. The phrase was first used by Robert Monro in his expedition with the worthy Scots regiment called Mac-keyes, 1637: I, with my partie, did lie on our poste, as betwixt the devill and the deep sea. A variation of this idiom is: between a rock and a hard place
Example: She is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. She has to choose between staying with her nasty husband and leaving him, taking care of her children all alone.
English Idioms About “Age”
Idiom: Over the hill
Meaning: Too old to perform as well as before.
Example: You say you are over the hill, but see how you run as fast as your son!
English Idioms About “Names”
Idiom: Patience of Job
Meaning: To have the patience of Job means to have a great amount of patience. The idiom has a religious origin. Job was considered a prophet in the Abrahamic Religions: Islam, Christianity and Judaism. He suffered from horrendous disasters that took away all that he held dear, including his offspring, his health, and his property.
Example: In spite of their extreme poverty, they managed to raise ten children. They really have the patience of Job.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Bag of tricks
Meaning: A set of techniques and methods.
Example: Why don’t you use your bag of tricks to help us solve this problem?