English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: Them and us
Meaning: Used when describing disagreements or differences especially between different social groups
Example: There is a them and us situation in the company after the disagreement between the boss and his workers about the working conditions.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Make a clean breast of
Meaning: To tell the truth; to confess.
Example: After he had lied about the stolen money, he was urged to make a clean breast of it.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Shake a leg
Meaning: Used to tell someone to rouse themselves from sleep and get out of bed.
Example: Shake a leg or we’ll miss the party!
English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Until one is blue in the face
Meaning: (Talk/say something/shout until one is blue in the face) pointless efforts while trying to convince someone or change his mind.
Example: His parents tell him to do his homework until they are blue in the face. In fact, he never does his homework.
English Idioms About “Sport”
Idiom: It beats me
Meaning: Used to suggest that you don’t understand something.
Example: It beats me how she passed the exam.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: An eye for an eye
Meaning: (Also, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.) said to suggest that punishment should equal the crime. At the root of this principle is that one of the purposes of the law is to provide equitable retribution for an offended party.
Example: In some countries, justice operates on the principle of an eye for an eye. That is, if you kill someone, you desrve to die.
English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Call it a day
Meaning: To stop working for the rest of the day.
Example: Why don’t we call it a day? I’m really tired.