English Idioms: Take a stab at
English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: Take a stab at
Meaning: The phrase to take a stab at means to attempt or try.
Example: I know the question is difficult to answer. Yet, I’d like to take a stab at answering it.
English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: Take a stab at
Meaning: The phrase to take a stab at means to attempt or try.
Example: I know the question is difficult to answer. Yet, I’d like to take a stab at answering it.
English Idioms About “Travel”
Idiom: Hitch one’s wagon to a star
Meaning: Aspire to do something great or aim high, follow a great ambition.
Example: He urged his students to hitch their wagons to a star.
English Idioms About “Love”
Idiom: Tough love
Meaning: A way of helping someone with compassionate use of stringent disciplinary measures. The aim is to attempt to improve their behavior.
Example: The only way help him get rid of his drug-addiction is to adhere to the principle of tough love.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Skin and bones
Meaning: To be underweight and look bad, to be extremely thin.
Example: Because of her illness she was nothing but skin and bones.
English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Black sheep
Meaning: A disreputable member of a family or a group.
Example: They say he’s the black sheep of the Bakers.
English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: Have too much on one’s plate
Meaning: The idiom have too much on one’s plate means to be too busy. Another variation of this idiom is have a lot on one’s plate.
Example: I have too much on my plate right now. I can’t help you.
English Idioms About “Men and women”
Idiom: Company man
Meaning: The phrase company man refers to a worker who is more loyal to his employer than to his fellow workers.
Example: He’s never criticized the boss; he has always been a company man.