English Idioms: Meet one’s death
English Idioms About “Death”
Idiom: Meet one’s death
Meaning: (Also meet one’s end) To die.
Example: A friend of mine met his death when he got hit by a car.
English Idioms About “Death”
Idiom: Meet one’s death
Meaning: (Also meet one’s end) To die.
Example: A friend of mine met his death when he got hit by a car.
English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Rome wasn’t built in a day
Meaning: Said to emphasize that great work takes time to do. Nothing of importance can be done in a short period of time.
Example: Don’t expect immediate outstanding earnings fom your new buisiness. Rome wasn’t built in a day.
English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: In someone’s pocket
Meaning: The phrase to be in someone’s pocket means to be dependent on someone financially and consequently under their influence.
Example: The committee must surely have been in his pocket.
English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Preach to the choir
Meaning: The phrase preach to the choir or preach to the converted means to try to convince people of something that they already believe.
Example: You are just preaching to the choir. It is pointless to convince us of the value of exercising. We all agree that exercising is good for our health.
English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: Bad blood
Meaning: Unpleasant feeling between different people.
Example: There is bad blood between Nancy and Leila. They are rarely in good terms with each other.
English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Rags to riches
Meaning: The phrase rags-to-riches refers to any situation in which a person rises from poverty to wealth.
Example: He was homeless and went on to create the largest and most successful service company in the country. It’s really a rags-to-riches story.
English Idioms About “Weather”
Idiom: Lovely weather for ducks
Meaning: Rainy weather.
Example: A: What’s the weather like there? B: It’s a lovely weather for ducks.