English Idioms: No spring chicken

English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
Meaning: The proverb you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar means that it is much easier to get what you want by being polite rather than by being rude and insolent.
Example: Just be polite when you ask for something. You know, you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar

English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Have other fish to fry
Meaning: (Also have bigger fish to fry; have more important fish to fry)to have other things to do; to have more important things to do.
Example: I can’t answer your question. I have other fish to fry.

English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Bear one’s cross
Meaning: If someone bear one’s cross they endure burden or difficulties. A cross is a Christian religious symbol. It is viewed as a symbol of Jesus’s crucifixion.
Example: I know it is a difficult situation you are experiencing, but you have to bear your own cross. I can’t help you. I am sorry.

English Idioms About “Sport”
Idiom: Set the ball rolling
Meaning: (Also start or get the ball rolling) start something, especially a conversation or a social event.
Example: There was a quiet atmosphere in the party so I decided to set the ball rolling and got up to dance.

English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: Bring a knife to a gunfight
Meaning: (Also, take a knife to a gunfight) To enter into a confrontation or other challenging situation without being adequately equipped or prepared.
Example: We lost the deal against much equipped competitors because we brought a knife to a gunfight.

English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Neither fish nor fowl
Meaning: Said of something not easily categorized or not fitting neatly into any established group.
Example: I can’t see what you want to say. Your proposal is neither fish nor fowl.