English Idioms: Mark my words
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Mark my words
Meaning: Listen to me; used before a statement one wishes to emphasize.
Example: Mark my words, this boy is going to become a great poet.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Mark my words
Meaning: Listen to me; used before a statement one wishes to emphasize.
Example: Mark my words, this boy is going to become a great poet.
English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Boots on the ground
Meaning: The ground forces actually fighting in a war or conflict at the time of speaking, rather than troops not engaged or being transported to the fighting.
Example: The Pentagon may say we have enough, but that’s not what I’m hearing from the boots on the ground.
English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: Experience is the mother of wisdom
Meaning: This idiom is used to mean that people learn from what happens to them.
Example: You will never understand the love parents have for their children until you get your own children. Experience is really the mother of wisdom.
English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: Cross swords
Meaning: To quarrel or argue with someone; to have a dispute with someone.
Example: The boss didn’t want to cross swords with the workers’ union.
English Idioms About “Names”
Idiom: By the name of
Meaning: Called.
Example: I met a doctor by the name of John.
English Idioms About “Law”
Idiom: Lay down the law
Meaning: Tell people what they should do in a forceful and stern way.
Example: Please don’t lay down the law; we know what we have to do.
English Idioms About “Music”
Idiom: Fine-tune
Meaning: To make small adjustments to something until optimization is achieved
Example: They need to fine-tune their plan before they start the project.