English Idioms About “Law”
Idiom: Law unto oneself
Meaning: This idiomatic expression describes a person who behaves in an independent way, ignoring rules and what is generally accepted as correct.
Example: Leila is a law unto herself; she doesn’t want to abide by the rules.
English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Castles in the air
Meaning: Plans that are unlikely to happen.
Example: Before you start building castles in the air, just think how much all this is likely to cost.
English Idioms About “Numbers”
Idiom: Dressed up to the nines
Meaning: When someone is dressed up to the nines, they are wearing fashionable or formal clothes for a special occasion.
Example: They were invited to a wedding . That’s why, they were dressed up to the nines.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Send shivers down one’s spine
Meaning: To terrify; to make someone feel extremely nervous.
Example: Hearing that her rapers escaped prison sent shivers down her spine.
English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Drastic times call for drastic measures
Meaning: Desperate times call for desperate measures is another variation of the idiom.
Example: We had to let go five of our workers because the company had problems selling the new product. Drastic times call for drastic measures!
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 “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Give your eye teeth for something
Meaning: Said when you want to have or do something very much.
Example: She’d give her eye teeth for a straight blond hair.