English Idioms About “Weather”
Idiom: Right as rain
Meaning: This idiom is used to mean that everything is perfectly fine; all right
Example: 1. Take these medicines and soon, you’ll be right as rain. 2. She had had a lot of problem with her parents. But as soon as she got married, everything was right as rain for her.
English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: Join the club
Meaning: Said as a reply to someone to mean that they are in the same situation.
Example: Nancy: “I’ve got problems with my husband these days.” Alice: “Join the club!”
English Idioms About “Science”
Idiom: In tune (with somebody/something)
Meaning: Said when you have a good understanding of someone or something.
Example: He was in tune with new technologies.
English Idioms About “Crime”
Idiom: Scream bloody murder
Meaning: If you scream bloody murder, you protest loudly and angrily as if something very serious has happened. Another variation of the idiom is yell / cry bloody murder.
Example: There is no point in screaming bloody murder about the new law.
English Idioms About “Home”
Idiom: Make yourself at home
Meaning: If you say to someone make yourself at home, this means that you ask them to consider themselves as if they were in their own homes.
Example: Alan: Can I get in? John: Yes please, make yourself at home!
English Idioms About “Sport”
Idiom: Carry the ball
Meaning: To take charge and control of an activity and be considered reliable enough to do a job.
Example: He can’t carry the ball. He isn’t reliable.
English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: Meet your Waterloo
Meaning: If someone meets their Waterloo they are defeated by someone who is stronger or by a problem that is very difficult to surmount. The phrase to meet one’s Waterloo refers to the Battle of Waterloo near Belgium in 1815 where the French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated. The phrase entered the English language as a phrase signifying a great test with a final and decisive outcome – generally one resulting in failure and proving vincibility for something or someone who had seemed unbeatable.
Example: He met his Waterloo when he was challenged by the young contestant.