English Idioms: Pack a wallop

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Bring to knees
Meaning: To destroy or defeat someone or something.
Example: Sanctions were imposed in an attempt to bring the country to its knees.

English Idioms About “Travel”
Idiom: Highways and byways
Meaning: Major and minor roads.
Example: They spent their holiday exploring the highways and byways of the country

English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: Build bridges
Meaning: To improve relationships between people.
Example: They wanted to build bridges between Nancy and Alan to settle the conflict once for all.

English Idioms About “Work”
Idiom: Burn the midnight oil
Meaning: Work hard, especially late into the night.
Example: She was burning the midnight oil preparing for her daughter’s wedding when she had a heart attack.

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Behind closed doors
Meaning: In private; in one’s private life.
Example: What you do with your partners behind closed doors is none of my business.

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Have an axe to grind
Meaning: to have a strong opinion about something.
Example: The members of that association have no political axe to grind; they just want to help the street children.