English Idioms: Kill time
English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Kill time
Meaning: To kill time means to spend time doing nothing in particular.
Example: He had nothing in particular to do, so he went for a walk downtown to kill time.
English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Kill time
Meaning: To kill time means to spend time doing nothing in particular.
Example: He had nothing in particular to do, so he went for a walk downtown to kill time.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Pay lip service
Meaning: An insincere loyalty, respect, or support for something
Example: He says he supports the idea of voluntary work, but in fact he’s just paying lip service.
English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: All’s fair in love and war.
Meaning: In love or in war, you are allowed to be deceitful in order to get what you want.
Example: To get her to go out with him, he lied and told her that is very rich. All’s fair in love and war.
English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Add fuel to the fire
Meaning: (Also add fuel to the flames) to make a problem worse; to say or do something that makes a bad situation worse.
Example: Don’t add fuel to the fire by laughing at him. He is furious about what you have already done
English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: Take a stab at
Meaning: The phrase to take a stab at means to attempt or try.
Example: I know the question is difficult to answer. Yet, I’d like to take a stab at answering it.
English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Until hell freezes over
Meaning: If someone say that someone can do something until hell freezes over, they mean that one will never in their life get the results that they want.
Example: He can wait for my approval until hell freezes over – He won’t marry my daughter.
English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Of the first water
Meaning: Of the best.
Example: She is of the first water, a fine lady indeed.