English Idioms

English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Not hold water
Meaning: Said when an explanation, a reason or an argument is not sound, strong or logical.
Example: Her reasons just didn’t hold water.

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Wait on someone hand and foot
Meaning: To serve someone well, satisfying all personal needs.
Example: She can’t take care of herself. She always needs someone to wait on her hand and foot.

English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: She’ll be apples
Meaning: Everything will be all right.
Example: ‘What about our trip to the mountain. They say it will snow all night long ‘Don’t worry. She’ll be apples.’

English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: In one’s cups
Meaning: Drunk; in the act of consuming alcohol liberally.
Example: He couldn’t be understood because he was in his cups.

English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: Be an item
Meaning: Said about a couple when they are having a romantic relationship.
Example: I heard that Leila and Joe are an item.

English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: At the drop of a hat
Meaning: When someone does something at the drop of a hat, they do it without delay or good reason.
Example: So many years of sacrifice and then you can leave me at the drop of a hat.

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Kick the bucket
Meaning: To die.
Example: Sad news! He kicked the bucket.

English Idioms About “Names”
Idiom: Jekyll and Hyde
Meaning: Jekyll and Hyde refers to someone having a dual personality, one side of which is good and the other evil. The origin of the phrase comes from Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886).
Example: She’s a real Jekyll and Hyde. You never know when she will become unpleasant.

English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Like chalk and cheese
Meaning: (Also as chalk and cheese) When things or people are like chalk and cheese, they are different although they are superficially alike.
Example: His two sons are like chalk and cheese.

English Idioms About “Life”
Idiom: All walks of life
Meaning: Occupations, roles, social class, or lifestyle.
Example: Those who attended the wedding represented all walks of life.