English Idioms: Take it or leave it

English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Moment in the sun
Meaning: A brief instance in which an otherwise obscure, unremarkable, or humble person draws attention.
Example: That band got their moment in the sun during the 70s.

English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: Lie like a rug
Meaning: To lie like a rug means to tell lies shamelessly.
Example: She says she didn’t kill him, but the detective knows she’s lying like a rug.

English Idioms About “Life”
Idiom: Give the kiss of life
Meaning: To give the kiss of life means to help a person who has stopped breathing by giving them artificial respiration, that is to say, by blowing into their mouth and pressing their chest.
Example: He saved a victim of an accident by giving him the kiss of life.

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 “Nature”
Idiom: Draw the shortest straw
Meaning: To be selected to do an undesirable task (by drawing the shortest straw or otherwise).
Example: I drew the short straw and got stuck doing the whole project alone.

English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Make a monkey out of
Meaning: (Also make a fool out of someone) to cause a person, group, or action to appear foolish or inferior; to subject someone or something to ridicule.
Example: Don’t make a monkey out of me. You’ll regret it.