English Idioms: Keep your powder dry
English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: Keep your powder dry
Meaning: Be cautious and prepared for the worst.
Example: Trust in God, and keep your powder dry.
English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: Keep your powder dry
Meaning: Be cautious and prepared for the worst.
Example: Trust in God, and keep your powder dry.
English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Red ink
Meaning: A euphemism for financial loss.
Example: There is too much red ink in the company’s financial statement.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: No comment
Meaning: An “official” refusal to relay any further information, as a response to a newspaper reporter’s question.
Example: The district attorney said, “No comment,” when the reporter asked if he knew the identity of the criminal.
English Idioms About “Travel”
Idiom: My way or the highway
Meaning: This expression is used to say that people have to do what you say; otherwise, they will have to leave or quit the project.
Example: He has a “My way or the highway” approach to leading his government and his party.
English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Fall prey to
Meaning: (Also fall victim to) to become a victim.
Example: When she married him, she fell prey to his greed.
English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: To the last
Meaning: Until the completion of something or until death.
Example: 1. Don’t worry I’ll support to the last. 2. She was a great lady to the last.
English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Below the salt
Meaning: If someone is below the salt they are common or of low standing.
Example: In medieval times servants used to sit below the salt.