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!
English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Make a fast buck
Meaning: (Also make quick buck) to earn money without much effort.
Example: If you have got any idea of how to make a fast buck, please tell me!
English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: Lift the curtain
Meaning: To lift the curtain on something means: 1. to start. 2. to make something known or public; disclose.
Example: 1. It’s time to raise the curtain, guys. Let’s start working. 2. The company decided to lift the curtain on their new product.
English Idioms About “Science”
Idiom: The dismal science
Meaning: The phrase the dismal science refers to the discipline of economics. The term drew a contrast with the phrase gay science which refers to song and verse writing the phrase the dismal science first occurs in Thomas Carlyle’s 1849 tract called Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question, in which he argued in favor of reintroducing slavery in order to regulate the labor market in the West Indies: Not a “gay science,” I should say, like some we have heard of; no, a dreary, desolate and, indeed, quite abject and distressing one; what we might call, by way of eminence, the dismal science. Carlyle, Thomas (1849). “Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question”, Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, Vol. XL., p. 672.
Example: He is interested in history and the dismal science.
English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Grin like a Cheshire cat
Meaning: (Also smile like Cheshire cat.) To smile very broadly. This is an allusion to a fictional cat popularised by Lewis Carroll’s depiction of it in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and known for its distinctive mischievous grin.
Example: He knew that she was fearing a scandal. He stood in front of her, grinning like a Cheshire cat, waiting for more money in return for his silence.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Raise eyebrows
Meaning: To cause surprise or mild disapproval.
Example: The way the children behaved raised a few eyebrows the hosts.
English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: Everybody and his cousin
Meaning: Everybody; a huge crowd; too many people
Example: Everybody and his cousin will be in line for opening night with free popcorn!