English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Red-letter day
Meaning: A particularly significant day (personal or sectarian), usually very positive, sometimes very negative.
Example: Monday was a red letter day for her. She accomplished a lot and had fun doing it.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Stiff upper lip
Meaning: One who has a stiff upper lip displays fortitude in the face of adversity, or exercises self-restraint in the expression of emotion.
Example: He always has a stiff upper lip. He never complains.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Come true
Meaning: Said when something happens although it was unlikely that it would.
Example: Her dream of buying a new car finally came true.
English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Put the cat among the pigeons
Meaning: To create a disturbance and cause trouble.
Example: The principal put the cat among the pigeons when he informed the students that the excursion was cancelled.
English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: God knows
Meaning: This idiom means “only God knows.” Said when you have absolutely no knowledge of something.
Example: God knows what he’s going to do after his divorce.
English Idioms About “Law”
Idiom: Law of the jungle
Meaning: This expression means survival of the strongest or the fittest. The origin of the phrase can be traced back to “The Jungle Book” by Rudyard Kipling. He uses the term to describe an actual set of legal codes used by wolves and other animals in the jungles of India.
Example: Some economists think that capitalism is governed by the law of the jungle.
English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Traffic jam
Meaning: A lot of vehicles causing slow traffic.
Example: We got stuck in a traffic jam for more than an hour.