English Idioms: Safe and sound

English Idioms About “Sexuality”
Idiom: Facts of life
Meaning: The details about sex and reproduction.
Example: His parents told him the facts of life when he was ten years old.

English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Lame duck
Meaning: Someone or something that is disabled, helpless, ineffective, or inefficient.
Example: What do you expect from a lame-duck mayor?

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Keep one’s eye open
Meaning: (Also keep one’s eye peeled/skinned) to remain alert and watchful.
Example: Please keep your eyes peeled for the children.

English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
Meaning: The phrase eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth refers to a principle found in Babylonian Law, in the Code of Hammurabi, as well as in monotheist religions – Judaism, Christianity and Islam. According to this principle a person who has injured another person is penalized to a similar degree.
Example: If he killed the poor woman, he deserves to die. It’s as simple as that – an eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth.

English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: Love-hate relationship
Meaning: An interpersonal relationship involving simultaneous or alternating emotions of love and hate.
Example: He has a love-hate relationship with his mother.