English Idioms: Scaredy cat
English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Scaredy cat
Meaning: Someone who is easily frightened.
Example: Come on, scaredy cat. The dog won’t bite you!
English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Scaredy cat
Meaning: Someone who is easily frightened.
Example: Come on, scaredy cat. The dog won’t bite you!
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 “War”
Idiom: Lock and load
Meaning: The phrase lock and load means to prepare for an imminent event. This idioms comes from military jargon referring to the preparation of a weapon for battle. The phrase was used in 1949 by John Wayne in the movie Sands of Iwo Jima.
Example: It’s time to lock and load.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: How come?
Meaning: Used to ask how or why.
Example: So how come you missed the train?
English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Come hell or high water
Meaning: Said when you are determined to do something despite difficulties.
Example: I’ll finish my report by midnight, come hell or high water!
English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Come into bloom
Meaning: To blossom, to start to produce flowers.
Example: Look at the roses are just coming into bloom.
English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Cut your losses
Meaning: This idiom is used to mean that you should do something to avoid losing any more money.
Example: When he felt that his project was failing, he had to sell everything to cut his losses.