English Idioms: Play a joke
English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: Play a joke
Meaning: (Also play trick) to deceive someone for fun.
Example: On April fool’s day some people play practical jokes on their friends.
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English Idioms: Picture of (good) health
English Idioms About “Health”
Idiom: Picture of (good) health
Meaning: In a very healthy condition.
Example: The doctor told him that he is a picture of good health.English Idioms: Beat a retreat
English Idioms About “Sport”
Idiom: Beat a retreat
Meaning: To leave hastily in the face of opposition.
Example: When they saw the police coming, they beat a retreat.English Idioms: Put years on
English Idioms About “Age”
Idiom: Put years on
Meaning: If something puts years on somebody, it makes them look or feel much older.
Example: Hi financial problems put years on him.English Idioms: Fall from grace
English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Fall from grace
Meaning: The idiom fall from grace refers to a loss of status, respect, or prestige. The idiom comes from a Christian reference to the transition of the first man and woman from a state of innocent obedience to God to a state of guilty disobedience.
Example: The politician has fallen from grace and has become very unpopular.English Idioms: Put yourself in someone’s shoes
English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Put yourself in someone’s shoes
Meaning: To see how it feels when you put yourself in smoeone’s place.
Example: What could I have done to solve the problem? Just put yourself in my shoes.English Idioms: Achilles heel
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Achilles heel
Meaning: Said about a strong situation which contains an element of vulnerability.
Example: Journalists considered that minister as the government’s Achilles heel.