English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: You can’t please everyone
Meaning: Making everyone happy is impossible no matter what you do.
Example: When the boss chose Mary as the chief executive of the project, everybody complained. But you can’t please everyone!
English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Oceans of
Meaning: A large amount of something.
Example: Oceans of guests were at the party.
English Idioms About “Sport”
Idiom: Carry the ball
Meaning: To take charge and control of an activity and be considered reliable enough to do a job.
Example: He can’t carry the ball. He isn’t reliable.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Go in one ear and out the other
Meaning: Said about something which is heard and then quickly forgotten.
Example: Stop talking to him. Whatever you say to him just goes in one ear and out the other.
English Idioms About “Love”
Idiom: Match made in heaven
Meaning: The phrase a match made in heaven refers to two people, so well-suited to each other that their marriage is likely to be happy and successful. The phrase may also refer to a very successful combination of two people or things.
Example: As soon as they met, they liked each other and decided they should get married. They were really a match made in heaven.
English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: An eye for an eye
Meaning: (Also, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.) said to suggest that punishment should equal the crime. At the root of this principle is that one of the purposes of the law is to provide equitable retribution for an offended party.
Example: In some countries, justice operates on the principle of an eye for an eye. That is, if you kill someone, you desrve to die.
English Idioms About “Sport”
Idiom: It beats me
Meaning: Used to suggest that you don’t understand something.
Example: It beats me how she passed the exam.