English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Send up a trial balloon
Meaning: To test public opinion and response to something.
Example: They had an excellent idea for the project. They sent up a trial balloon but the response was very negative.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Right down to
Meaning: Considering even minor things or people.
Example: We are all concerned with obeying the law, from the minister down to the common man.
English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Drastic times call for drastic measures
Meaning: Desperate times call for desperate measures is another variation of the idiom.
Example: We had to let go five of our workers because the company had problems selling the new product. Drastic times call for drastic measures!
English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Dogs are barking
Meaning: If your dogs are barking, this means that your feet are hurting. Interesting fact: There is a brand of shoes called Hush Puppy. The connection between this brand and the expression “dogs are barking” is obvious: the shoes Hush Puppies are supposedly so comfortable and your feet won’t hurt when you wear them.
Example: My dogs are barking because I walked ten miles.
English Idioms About “Death”
Idiom: Dead right
Meaning: If someone is dead right, it means that they are absolutely correct.
Example: Nancy: His wife is really beautiful. Lacy: you’re dead right!
English Idioms About “Life”
Idiom: You can bet your life
Meaning: This idiom is used to mean that you are absolutely certain that something is true or will happen.
Example: You can bet your life they’ll get married.
English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Curiosity killed the cat
Meaning: Curiosity killed the cat is a proverb used to warn someone not to be too curious about something and ask too many questions because this can get you into trouble.
Example: Alan: I wonder who killed that wealthy man? Bill: Curiosity killed the cat.