English Idioms: Well-oiled machine

English Idioms About “Men and women”
Idiom: Man cannot live by bread alone
Meaning: Used to mean that things like poetry, art, music, etc are necassary for people just as food.
Example: People need to read some poetry! Man cannot live by bread alone.

English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Against time
Meaning: (Also against the clock) an attempt to finish something quickly within a time limit.
Example: It’s going to be a race against the time to finish the project before the deadline.

English Idioms About “Travel”
Idiom: Itchy feet
Meaning: Feeling of a need to travel.
Example: She has itchy feet again. She says she will travel to Brazil.

English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Curiosity killed the cat
Meaning: Curiosity killed the cat is a proverb used to warn someone not to be too curious about something and ask too many questions because this can get you into trouble.
Example: Alan: I wonder who killed that wealthy man? Bill: Curiosity killed the cat.

English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Grouse about someone or something
Meaning: To complain.
Example: He was grousing about his son’s laziness.

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Not half bad
Meaning: Pretty good; okay; decent.
Example: It was my first attempt at cooking, but I tried it and it was not half bad.