English Idioms: Lay down the law

English Idioms About “Weather”
Idiom: It never rains but it pours
Meaning: This expression is used to mean that things do not just happen occasionally, but all all at the same time.
Example: I woke up late, missed the bus and when I arrived to work I realized I lost my purse. It never rains but it pours.

English Idioms About “Numbers”
Idiom: Quick one
Meaning: To have a drink before going somewhere.
Example: Let’s have a quick one before we go to work.

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 “Religion”
Idiom: As patient as Job
Meaning: If someone is as patient as Job, they are very patient. The person who shows great endurance through all sorts of trials is said to have the patience of Job. This idiom is a simile related to the religious figure Job mentioned as a prophet in all Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. ones, his health and all his property. His struggle and his patience to understand his situation leads him to get a reward from God restoring his health, doubling his original wealth and giving him a lot of children and grandchildren. Job is presented as a good and prosperous family man who is beset with hideous and dreadful events that bereft him of his loved by
Example: If you want to work with that temperamental woman you must be as patient as Job.

English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: It’s about time
Meaning: Used to express impatience at the eventual occurrence of something that should have occurred a long time ago.
Example: It’s about time that women should be considered equal to men in this country.