English Idioms About “Weather”
Idiom: Under a cloud
Meaning: This idiom is used to describe someone who is suspected of having done something wrong.
Example: After the murder of the old lady, everyone living in the house was under a cloud.
English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Grin like a Cheshire cat
Meaning: (Also smile like Cheshire cat.) To smile very broadly. This is an allusion to a fictional cat popularised by Lewis Carroll’s depiction of it in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and known for its distinctive mischievous grin.
Example: He knew that she was fearing a scandal. He stood in front of her, grinning like a Cheshire cat, waiting for more money in return for his silence.
English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Vale of tears
Meaning: The world considered as sad and harsh.
Example: His grandfather left this vale of tears yesterday.
English Idioms About “Love”
Idiom: Match made in heaven
Meaning: The phrase a match made in heaven refers to two people, so well-suited to each other that their marriage is likely to be happy and successful. The phrase may also refer to a very successful combination of two people or things.
Example: As soon as they met, they liked each other and decided they should get married. They were really a match made in heaven.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Stiff upper lip
Meaning: One who has a stiff upper lip displays fortitude in the face of adversity, or exercises self-restraint in the expression of emotion.
Example: He always has a stiff upper lip. He never complains.
English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: Lift the curtain
Meaning: To lift the curtain on something means: 1. to start. 2. to make something known or public; disclose.
Example: 1. It’s time to raise the curtain, guys. Let’s start working. 2. The company decided to lift the curtain on their new product.
English Idioms About “Travel”
Idiom: Miss the boat
Meaning: To fail to take advantage of an opportunity.
Example: The price discount ended yesterday and I just missed the boat on a great deal.