English Idioms: Lie like a rug
English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: Lie like a rug
Meaning: To lie like a rug means to tell lies shamelessly.
Example: She says she didn’t kill him, but the detective knows she’s lying like a rug.
English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: Lie like a rug
Meaning: To lie like a rug means to tell lies shamelessly.
Example: She says she didn’t kill him, but the detective knows she’s lying like a rug.
English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Laugh up your sleeve
Meaning: To be secretly amused.
Example: They’re very polite in your presence, but you get the feeling they’re laughing up their sleeves.
English Idioms About “Age”
Idiom: Age out of something
Meaning: The phrase age out of something means to reach an age at which one is no longer eligible for the system of care designed to provide services, such as education or protection, for people below a certain age level.
Example: He has aged out of the special student scholarship program.
English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Throw your hat into the ring
Meaning: (Also toss your hat into the ring) to show your intention to enter a competition.
Example: Nearly a year before the elections, he threw his hat into the ring.
English Idioms About “Travel”
Idiom: On the wagon
Meaning: To abstain from drinking any alcoholic drink, usually in the sense of having given it up
Example: No, thank you! No alcohol for me I am on the wagon.
English Idioms About “Health”
Idiom: In bad shape
Meaning: In bad physical condition.
Example: Bill is in bad shape. He needs to exercise regularly and go on a diet.
English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Step into somebody’s shoes
Meaning: To take over someone’s place or job.
Example: Who do you think will step into Leila’s shoes when she leaves?