English Idioms: X marks the spot.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: X marks the spot.
Meaning: Said to show the exact spot.
Example: Would you mind moving that armchair here – X marks the spot.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: X marks the spot.
Meaning: Said to show the exact spot.
Example: Would you mind moving that armchair here – X marks the spot.
English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Gain ground
Meaning: To become popular, to make progress, to advance.
Example: The new product gained ground in a very short time.
English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: Fair-weather friend
Meaning: Someone who is your friend only when the times are good.
Example: Don’t rely on him.He’s a fair-weather friend.
English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: All cats are grey in the dark
Meaning: The phrase all cats are grey in the dark means that in the dark, physical appearance is unimportant. The phrase is attributed to Benjamin Franklin.
Example: I really don’t care if she is ugly. All cats are gray in the dark.
English Idioms About “Men and women”
Idiom: To a man
Meaning: The idiom to a man means without exception.
Example: All the neighbors were present at the meeting and they all, to a man, agreed to help the poor family.
English Idioms About “Age”
Idiom: Of advanced age
Meaning: The phrase of advanced age or advanced years describes someone as old.
Example: The conference is about the effect of advanced age on fertility and pregnancy in women.
English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Hot potato
Meaning: An awkward or delicate problem with which nobody wants to be associated.
Example: Gun control in the United States has always been a hot potato for politicians.