English Idioms: The home straight

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 “Travel”
Idiom: Wheels fall off
Meaning: Said about something that has failed, often after a laborious, tiring process.
Example: Our team was doing well for a while, but they got tired and then the wheels fell off.

English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Money talks
Meaning: Money talks suggest that with money people can get whatever they want.
Example: She got what she wanted. Well you know money talks!

English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Dogs are barking
Meaning: If your dogs are barking, this means that your feet are hurting. Interesting fact: There is a brand of shoes called Hush Puppy. The connection between this brand and the expression “dogs are barking” is obvious: the shoes Hush Puppies are supposedly so comfortable and your feet won’t hurt when you wear them.
Example: My dogs are barking because I walked ten miles.

English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Drastic times call for drastic measures
Meaning: Desperate times call for desperate measures is another variation of the idiom.
Example: We had to let go five of our workers because the company had problems selling the new product. Drastic times call for drastic measures!

English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Hat in hand
Meaning: The phrase hat in hand means to ask someone for a favor with humility. Another variation of the idiom is cap in hand
Example: She came back hat in hand asking for forgiveness.