English Idioms About “Sexuality”
Idiom: Shotgun marriage
Meaning: (Also shotgun wedding) when the bridegroom is forced to marry the bride he made her pregnant.
Example: It was a shotgun marriage. Nancy was three months pregnant when she married John.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Learn by heart
Meaning: (Also learn by heart) to memorize something.
Example: She learned the poem by heart.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Big wheel
Meaning: A person with a great deal of power or influence, especially a high-ranking person in an organization.
Example: She’s a big wheel at IBM.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Weep buckets
Meaning: (Also cry buckets) to cry a lot.
Example: She cried buckets, because that was such a sad event.
English Idioms About “Weather”
Idiom: In a fog (Also in a haze.)
Meaning: This idiom is used when someone is confused, dazed, disoriented.
Example: After he heard the bad news, he was in a fog for a moment.
English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Zero hour
Meaning: The time when something is planned to begin (military)
Example: “This is the zero hour for the attack,” said the sergeant.
English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Couch potato
Meaning: Lazy person.
Example: He is a couch potato.