English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: when pigs fly
Meaning: If you say when pigs fly you mean that something will never happen. This phrase is used presumably due to the unlikelihood that pigs will ever evolve wings.
Example: Sure she’ll help us clean the house — when pigs fly.
English Idioms About “Men and women”
Idiom: Scarlet woman
Meaning: The phrase a scarlet woman refers to a prostitute, an immoral woman, particularly one who commits adultery. 5:04:00 PM And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and filthiness of her fornication: 5:05:00 PM And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. [King James Version; the New International Version uses “prostitutes” instead of “harlots”].
Example: She was the scarlet woman of the town.
English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Rain cats and dogs
Meaning: To rain heavily. It’s raining cats and dogs.
Example: How come that you are going out in that storm? It’s raining cats and dogs.
English Idioms About “Numbers”
Idiom: Take forty winks
Meaning: The idiom take forty winks means to take a nap for a short period of time.
Example: I’ll just take forty winks before getting ready for work.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Wax and wane
Meaning: To increase and decrease.
Example: His love for politics has waxed and waned over the years.
English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Drop in the bucket
Meaning: Something so strong that it doesn’t count or doesn’t have any importance or significance.
Example: His contribution was just a drop in the bucket compared to the rest of the team.
English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Bring home the bacon
Meaning: Get a job and bring home money earned from this job.
Example: When her husband got fired, she decided to look for a job because someone’s got to bring home the bacon.