English Idioms: John Hancock

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Send shivers down someone’s spine
Meaning: To terrify; to make someone feel extremely nervous.
Example: Hearing that the killer escaped prison sent shivers down my spine.

English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Cost an arm and a leg
Meaning: (Also cost a bomb,the earth, a packeta, a small fortune) extremely expensive.
Example: I’d love to buy a Rolls-Royce, but it costs an arm and a leg.

English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Calm before the storm
Meaning: The calm before the storm is an unussual or false quiet period before a period of upheaval.
Example: The negotiation between the two parties may be peaceful now. But don’t be misled! This is only the calm before the storm.

English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: Lie like a rug
Meaning: To lie like a rug means to tell lies shamelessly.
Example: She says she didn’t kill him, but the detective knows she’s lying like a rug.

English Idioms About “Sport”
Idiom: Carry the ball
Meaning: To take charge and control of an activity and be considered reliable enough to do a job.
Example: He can’t carry the ball. He isn’t reliable.

English Idioms About “Names”
Idiom: Go by the name
Meaning: The phrase go by the name of means to be known by a specific name, a name that is not your real name.
Example: She goes by the name of Lisa.