English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: The men in grey suits
Meaning: The phrase the men in grey suits refers to the powerful and influential men in business or politics. A variation of this idiom is: the men in suits
Example: The men in grey suits will decide the future of this nation.
English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Chew the cud
Meaning: The idiom chew the cud means to ponder over or meditate about something; to think carefully about something. Cud refers to the food regurgitated from the stomach to the mouth of a ruminant animal such as a cow and chewed again.
Example: She wanted to chew the cud before she could let them know about her decision.
English Idioms About “Numbers”
Idiom: Give me five
Meaning: If you say give me five, you want someone to slap your open hand as a greeting or to show joy.
Example: “Give me five!” shouted Alan after he scored a goal.
English Idioms About “Home”
Idiom: Close to home
Meaning: If something is close to home, it affects you personally.
Example: His criticism was a bit too close to home. She couldn’t bear the way he talked about her work.
English Idioms About “Work”
Idiom: Dirty work
Meaning: (Also do the dirty work) unpleasant work or dishonest action.
Example: 1. I don’t know but I feel there is some dirty work going on in this company. 2. I always have to do the dirty work. I never have fun.
English Idioms About “Men and women”
Idiom: Old wives’ tale
Meaning: A wrong traditional theory or belief, often about health.
Example: The idea of drinking alcohol to relieve you from flu is an old wives’ tale.
English Idioms About “Crime”
Idiom: Set a thief to catch a thief
Meaning: The best person to catch a thief is another thief, because he or she knows how thieves think.
Example: The government set a thief to catch a thief. They hired a hacker to entrap other hackers who tried to break into the Pentagon’s databases.