English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Wear the pants
Meaning: (Also wear the trousers)especially of a woman – to exercise authority or to be the person in charge in a relationship.
Example: He may seem authoritative, but the truth is that it’s his wife who really wears the pants in that relationship.
English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Scream blue murder
Meaning: (Also shout blue murder or scream bloody murder) to shout or complain loudly because you are annoyed about something.
Example: Because he didn’t get what he wanted, he screamed blue murder.
English Idioms About “Sport”
Idiom: In a dead heat
Meaning: Said when two or more competitors finish a race or a competition at exactly the same time or with exactly the same result.
Example: The two horses finished the race in a dead heat.
English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Name the day
Meaning: Fix the date of an important event, especially marriage.
Example: Sarah and John are going to name the day soon.
English Idioms About “Life”
Idiom: Larger than life
Meaning: Very imposing, renowned, or impressively influential.
Example: He is such a special man; somewhat larger than life.
English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Up in the air
Meaning: Uncertain, unsettled.
Example: The future of the company is still up in the air.
English Idioms About “Death”
Idiom: Bite the dust
Meaning: The phrase bite the dust has two meanings: 1. to die. 2. to break; to fail.
Example: 1. Too many soldiers bit the dust in the second world war. 2. My laptop finally bit the dust.