English Idioms About “Sport”
Idiom: Keep one’s eye on the ball
Meaning: To remain alert to the events occurring around oneself.
Example: To be successful in this business, you’ll have to keep your eye on the ball.
English Idioms About “Numbers”
Idiom: By the numbers
Meaning: If you do something by the numbers, you are doing it in a strict, mechanical way, without using your imagination or creativity.
Example: His work is done by the numbers. There is nothing original about it!
English Idioms About “Names”
Idiom: Walter Mitty
Meaning: A person, generally quite ordinary with unexceptional qualities, who is prone to fantastic daydreaming of personal triumphs. This term comes from James Thurber’s short story, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1939), describing a meek, mild man with a vivid fantasy life. The character’s name has come into more general use to refer to an ineffectual dreamer.
Example: If you are a Walter Mitty with Everest dreams, you need to bear in mind that when things go wrong up there, you may lose your life.
English Idioms About “Love”
Idiom: Go steady with someone
Meaning: To date one person regularly and exclusively.
Example: Lisa has been going steady with that guy for a year now.
English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Get into deep water
Meaning: To be in trouble.
Example: He got into deep water when he joined that gang.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Know something inside and out
Meaning: To know something very thoroughly.
Example: He’s still new to their system, but he knows databases inside and out and will understand the rest soon.
English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: Doormat
Meaning: The phrase To be a doormat or to be treated like a doormat describes a weak person who is abused by others and submits to domination.
Example: His colleagues treat him like a doormat.