English Idioms: X-rated
English Idioms About “Sexuality”
Idiom: X-rated
Meaning: Not suitable for children.
Example: Children ae not allowed to watch this film. It’s X-rated.
English Idioms About “Sexuality”
Idiom: X-rated
Meaning: Not suitable for children.
Example: Children ae not allowed to watch this film. It’s X-rated.
English Idioms About “Weather”
Idiom: Lovely weather for ducks
Meaning: Rainy weather.
Example: A: What’s the weather like there? B: It’s a lovely weather for ducks.
English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Big fish in a small pond
Meaning: One who has achieved a high rank or is highly esteemed, but only in a small, relatively unimportant, or little known location or organization.
Example: Dr. Jones could get a professorship at an Ivy League university, but he enjoys being a big fish in a small pond too much to ever leave Hannover College.
English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: Off the shelf
Meaning: Ready made for purchase; in a form that is ready to be used.
Example: It is often cheaper to buy off the shelf goods.
English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Sail against the wind
Meaning: To work to achieve something that is difficult because most people would oppose it.
Example: The journalist is sailing against the wind in his attempt to change people’s negative attitude towards that politician.
English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Drop a dime
Meaning: To drop a dime means to make a phone call, usually calling the police to inform on or betray someone.
Example: He went out to drop a dime on John.
English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: A breath of fresh air
Meaning: Said about a new, fresh, and imaginative approach, a change that feels good.
Example: The president says that the country needs a breath of fresh air.