Idiom definition :
An idiom is a phrase or an
expression that has a figurative, or sometimes literal, meaning. An idiom’s figurative meaning is different from the literal meaning.
Idiom examples:
Hit the books: This idiom simply means to study, especially with particular intensity. It is used as a verb – hit the books.
On the ball : this idiom is typically used to reference someone that is alert, active, or attentive. If you say someone is “on the ball”, you mean that he or she understands the situation well.
Pull someone’s leg : this idiom means to tease someone, to lead someone on or to goad someone into overreacting. “I hadn’t pulled Ms Jane’s leg for any of that stuff, she had just handed it to me on a platter, and that wasn’t my fault”
Hit the sack: This idiom generally means to go to bed. You can also say “ hit the hay ” which has the same meaning.
LIST OF ENGLISH IDIOMS
Idioms (A)
➡️A Bit Much: More than is reasonable; a bit too much
➡️A Bite at The Cherry : A good opportunity that isn’t available to everyone
➡️A Busy Bee: A busy, active person who moves quickly from task to task.
➡️A Cat Has Nine Lives: Cats seem to get away with dangerous things
➡️A Cat in Gloves Catches No Mice : You can’t get what you need if you’re too careful.
➡️A Cat Nap : A short sleep during the day
➡️A Cold Day In July: (Something that) will never happen
➡️A Cold Fish : Someone who is not often moved by emotions, who is regarded as being hard and unfeeling.
➡️A Cut Above: Slightly better than
➡️A Cut Below : Inferior to; somewhat lower in quality than
➡️A Day Late And A Dollar Short : Too delayed and insignificant to have much effect
➡️A Dog in The Manger : A person who selfishly prevent others from using, enjoying or profiting from something even though he/ she cannot use or enjoy it himself.
➡️A Few Sandwiches Short Of A Picnic : Abnormally stupid, not really sane
➡️A Good Deal : To a large extent, a lot
➡️A Great Dea l: To a very large extent
➡️A Guinea Pig : Someone who is part of an experiment or trial
➡️A Hair’s Breadth: A very small distance or amount
➡️A Home Bird: Somebody who prefers to spend his social and free time at home.
➡️A Hundred And Ten Percent : More than what seems to be the maximum
➡️A Lame Duck : A person or enterprise (often a business) that is not a success and that has to be helped.
➡️A Leg Up : An advantage, a boost
➡️A Lemon : A vehicle that does not work properly
➡️A Life Of Its Own : An indepdendent existence
➡️A Little Bird Told Me : I don’t wish to divulge where I got the information
➡️A Little Bird Told Me : I got this information from a source I cannot reveal.
A Little from Column A, a Little from
➡️Column B: A course of action drawing on several different ideas or possibilities
