English Idioms

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 “Furniture”
Idiom: Memory like a sieve
Meaning: To have a memory like a sieve means to have a very poor memory.
Example: He’s got a memory like a sieve

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Put on a brave face
Meaning: To pretend that a problem doesn’t bother you.
Example: He looks calm, but I suspect he’s just putting on a brave face.

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: The jury is out
Meaning: An outcome or decision is still unknown and awaited.
Example: The jury is out as to whether there is life anywhere else in the universe.

English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Bad egg
Meaning: Bad person
Example: Just ignore him. He’s a bad egg.

English Idioms About “Numbers”
Idiom: Nine times out of ten
Meaning: Almost always.
Example: In this country, nine times out of ten trains come late.

English Idioms About “Death”
Idiom: Love somebody to death
Meaning: To love somebody very much.
Example: He loves her to death.

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Pain in the neck
Meaning: An annoyance.
Example: The teacher’s last assignment is really a pain in the neck.

English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: Have too much on one’s plate
Meaning: The idiom have too much on one’s plate means to be too busy. Another variation of this idiom is have a lot on one’s plate.
Example: I have too much on my plate right now. I can’t help you.

English Idioms About “Death”
Idiom: Dance on someone’s grave
Meaning: To celebrate a person’s death triumphantly.
Example: He said to his enemies that he would recover his strength and would surely dance on their graves.