English Idioms

English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Wear your heart on your sleeve
Meaning: To display one’s feelings openly.
Example: Alan always has his heart on his sleeve. Everybody knows how he feels.

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Mark my words
Meaning: Listen to me; used before a statement one wishes to emphasize.
Example: Mark my words, this boy is going to become a great poet.

English Idioms About “Colors”
Idiom: Whiter than white
Meaning: Said about someone who is totally fair and honest.
Example: That little boy is whiter than white. He never does anything wrong.

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 “Animals”
Idiom: Dead duck
Meaning: Said about someone or something that is is doomed to failure or death.
Example: Due to enough unfavorable intelligence about the enemy, the attack they were intending to launch was a dead duck right from the start.

English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Make a mountain out of a molehill
Meaning: To exagerate the severity of a situation; to make a lot of fuss about nothing.
Example: You’re making a mountain out of a molehill. You didn’t mean to hurt her.

English Idioms About “Home”
Idiom: Hit a home run
Meaning: To be successful.
Example: They hit a home run with their excellent performance in the new play.

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Pick of the bunch
Meaning: (Also the best of the bunch) the best.
Example: The dress she’s wearing is the pick of the bunch.

English Idioms About “Love”
Idiom: Tough love
Meaning: A way of helping someone with compassionate use of stringent disciplinary measures. The aim is to attempt to improve their behavior.
Example: The only way help him get rid of his drug-addiction is to adhere to the principle of tough love.