English Idioms: Red ink

English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Blue-eyed boy
Meaning: (Also fair-haired boy) a person highly regarded by someone and treated with special favor
Example: He was the blue-eyed boy of the boss.

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Kick the bucket
Meaning: To die.
Example: Sad news! He kicked the bucket.

English Idioms About “Music”
Idiom: Chin music
Meaning: Talk, conversation
Example: When they meet, there will be plenty of chin music.

English Idioms About “Weather”
Idiom: Have a face like thunder
Meaning: This idiom is used to describe a person who is angry or upset about something.
Example: She had a face like thunder when she discovered the truth.

English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: Have a lot on one’s plate
Meaning: This idiom is used to mean that one is very busy and have commitments. Another variation of this idiom is have too much on one’s plate.
Example: Alice: Are you coming to the party tonight, Jane? Jane: No, I have a lot on my plate right now.

English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Lick someone’s boots
Meaning: The phrase lick someone’s boots means to act in a servile or obsequious way toward someone, especially to gain favor from them. Shakespeare used this idiom in the form of lick someone’s shoe in The Tempest (3:2) when Caliban wants to serve Stephano rather than Trinculo, offering to lick his shoe CALIBAN I’ll not serve him; he’s not valiant.
Example: She seizes every opportunity to lick the boss’s boots.