English Idioms: Roof something over
English Idioms About “Home”
Idiom: Roof something over
Meaning: To build a roof over something.
Example: After the earthquake they had to roof the shed over.
English Idioms About “Home”
Idiom: Roof something over
Meaning: To build a roof over something.
Example: After the earthquake they had to roof the shed over.
English Idioms About “Life”
Idiom: Give the kiss of life
Meaning: To give the kiss of life means to help a person who has stopped breathing by giving them artificial respiration, that is to say, by blowing into their mouth and pressing their chest.
Example: He saved a victim of an accident by giving him the kiss of life.
English Idioms About “Sexuality”
Idiom: Virgin territory
Meaning: A territory that hasn’t been touched orexplored.
Example: There is no sign of humans in that island. It’s a virgin territory.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Face the music
Meaning: Said when someone accepts to confront the unpleasant consequences of one’s actions.
Example: After failing to manage the crisis, the manager had to face the music.
English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Have other fish to fry
Meaning: (Also have bigger fish to fry; have more important fish to fry)to have other things to do; to have more important things to do.
Example: I can’t answer your question. I have other fish to fry.
English Idioms About “Law”
Idiom: The long arm of the law
Meaning: This idiomatic expression refers to the far-reaching power of the authorities or the police.
Example: Don’t try to escape! The long arm of the law will catch you wherever you may go.
English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: All dressed up and nowhere to go
Meaning: The phrase all dressed up and nowhere to go means getting ready for something and then it never happened. The phrase may be used literally or figuratively.
Example: She was waiting for him but he never showed up. As usual, she was all dressed up and nowhere to go.