English Idioms About “Law”
Idiom: The letter of the law
Meaning: This idiom is used when one is obeying the literal interpretation of the law, but not the intent or the spirit of those who wrote the law.
Example: Judges mustn’t follow the letter of the law, but its spirit.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Magic touch
Meaning: A special skill to do something very well.
Example: Her magic touch is so obvious in the decoration of her house.
English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: Draw fire
Meaning: If you draw fire, you attract hostile criticism.
Example: His new book has drawn fire from many feminists.
English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Bring home the bacon
Meaning: Get a job and bring home money earned from this job.
Example: When her husband got fired, she decided to look for a job because someone’s got to bring home the bacon.
English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Neither fish nor fowl
Meaning: Said of something not easily categorized or not fitting neatly into any established group.
Example: I can’t see what you want to say. Your proposal is neither fish nor fowl.
English Idioms About “Travel”
Idiom: Fifth wheel
Meaning: Anything superfluous or unnecessary.
Example: I felt like a fifth wheel when they started looking at each other affectionately.
English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: In a split second
Meaning: In just very short time.
Example: Every thing was calm. But just in a split second a storm hit the whole region causing a lot of victims.