English Idioms: Stop the music
English Idioms About “Music”
Idiom: Stop the music
Meaning: Stop everything.
Example: A: (Entering a room full of people doing various things) Stop the music! B: What? A: I have an important announcement!
English Idioms About “Music”
Idiom: Stop the music
Meaning: Stop everything.
Example: A: (Entering a room full of people doing various things) Stop the music! B: What? A: I have an important announcement!
English Idioms About “Home”
Idiom: Home truth
Meaning: The phrase home truth refers to an unpleasant fact about oneself. It is usually in the plural form: home truths.
Example: It is high time I told him a few home truths.
English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Red handed
Meaning: Be discovered in or just after the act of doing something wrong or illegal
Example: She was caught red-handed, stealing a ring.
English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Baptism of fire
Meaning: The idiom baptism of fire refers to a very difficult first experience someone undergoes. The term baptism is a religious ceremony in which one is initiated, purified, or given a name.
Example: My first day as the manager of the restaurant was a real baptism of fire.
English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Beat the clock
Meaning: To do something before a deadline.
Example: They managed to beat the clock and arrive a few minutes before the conference started.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Rack one’s brain
Meaning: (Also rack one’s brains) to think very hard about something.
Example: I’ve racked my brain all day long, but I still can’t remember where I put the keys.
English Idioms About “Numbers”
Idiom: That makes two of us
Meaning: When you use the phrase “that makes two of us” you mean that the same is true for you.
Example: Jane: I just bought a new car. Anna: That makes two of us!