English Idioms: To the hilt

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Go in one ear and out the other
Meaning: Said about something which is heard and then quickly forgotten.
Example: Stop talking to him. Whatever you say to him just goes in one ear and out the other.

English Idioms About “Sport”
Idiom: Play ball
Meaning: To cooperate and agree to work with others.
Example: The manager asked him to play ball if he wants things to go well.

English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Speak of the devil
Meaning: The phrase speak of the devil is the short form of the idiom speak of the devil and he shall appear. It is used about someone who appears unexpectedly while being talked about.
Example: Speak of the Devil! look who’s coming.

English Idioms About “Names”
Idiom: Jekyll and Hyde
Meaning: Jekyll and Hyde refers to someone having a dual personality, one side of which is good and the other evil. The origin of the phrase comes from Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886).
Example: She’s a real Jekyll and Hyde. You never know when she will become unpleasant.

English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Have bigger fish to fry
Meaning: (Also have other fish to fry; have more important fish to fry) to have other things to do; to have more important things to do.
Example: I can’t answer your question. I have bigger fish to fry.

English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Keep the wolf from the door
Meaning: To have enough money to be able to ward off poverty or hunger.
Example: They were really very poor, but they had enough to keep the wolf from the door.