English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Pass the hat around
Meaning: (Also pass the hat round) to collect money by asking people or organizations.
Example: They passed the hat round as they needed money to rebuild the poor neighbors’ house.
English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Go to hell in a handbasket
Meaning: Go to a bad state of affairs quickly.
Example: He said that all their plans for the project went to hell in a handbasket because of the recession.
English Idioms About “Work”
Idiom: Gum up the works
Meaning: The phrase gum up the works means to prevent a process, a system or a machine from working smoothly.
Example: He is not careful enough and always gums up the works.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Get something off your chest
Meaning: To reveal something that is worrying you or making you feel guilty in order to feel relieved.
Example: She felt relieved when she got it off her chest. She had felt guilty for years.
English Idioms About “Death”
Idiom: Dance on someone’s grave
Meaning: To celebrate a person’s death triumphantly.
Example: He said to his enemies that he would recover his strength and would surely dance on their graves.
English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Keep the wolf from the door
Meaning: To have enough money to be able to ward off poverty or hunger.
Example: They were really very poor, but they had enough to keep the wolf from the door.
English Idioms About “Sport”
Idiom: Ball of fire
Meaning: A person who is especially hard-working, high-achieving, ambitious, or active.
Example: They say he is a real ball of fire. He has already demonstrated his wish to climb higher.