Learn English Idioms Language

13 February 2017 09:07

🔘a kick in the teeth🔘

✅Meaning: If you get a kick in the teeth, something bad happens to you or you feel that you've been treated poorly.
For example:

💥I'd just lost my job, so hearing that I had to move out of my apartment as well was a real kick in the teeth.

💥Gerry said that being told to get out of his apartment was a kick in the teeth after spending so much on doing it up.

@Idiomsland
#A

Learn English Idioms Language

11 February 2017 07:05

🔘a wolf in sheep's clothing🔘

🎯Meaning: A wolf in sheep's clothing is someone who seems to be a good person but is really a bad person.
For example:

✳️The priest at our church seemed to be a very warm and caring man, but we later found out that he was a wolf in sheep's clothing.

✳️People in our town suspected that Henry was a wolf in sheep's clothing, but I think they were wrong.
#A
@Idiomsland

Learn English Idioms Language

09 February 2017 20:33

#R
📕Ride High📕

✅it means to be successful at something or to feel good and happy at a certain time.

▶️For example:

🎯They finished their final exams and were riding high thinking about their summer holidays ahead.
🎯Their success in the trials had them riding high and excited for the main competition.
🎯After the proposal, the newly engaged couple were riding high. They couldn’t wait to tell their friends and family.
🎯I’ve been riding high ever since I got the promotion in work.
🎯The football team is riding high this year, they have won every home game and are certain to win the championship.

https://goo.gl/G1uf4m
Here is a dialogue with the idiom ride high:👇👇👇

Learn English Idioms Language

09 February 2017 20:17

#S
🔘Snowed under🔘
✅having too much to do

✳️I’d love to help you, but I’m completely snowed under at the moment.
✳️Could you come over and fix the tap in the bathroom? But of course, only if you aren’t snowed under, it’s not so urgent.
@IdiomsLand

Learn English Idioms Language

09 February 2017 20:14

🔘Lightning fast🔘
✅extremely fast

✳️I don’t think we can keep up with him, he’s got a lightning fast bike.
✳️The robbery lasted only a minute, and then the robbers disappeared in a lightning fast car.

Learn English Idioms Language

09 February 2017 20:07

🔘Storm in a teacup🔘
✅exaggerating a problem, anger or worry about something unimportant

✳️Their debate was only a storm in a teacup – actually neither of them took the problem too serious.
✳️The reports about the demonstration are a storm in a teacup – there wasn’t as much violence there as they say.

Learn English Idioms Language

09 February 2017 20:04

🔘Raining cats and dogs🔘
✅pouring, raining very heavily

✳️Where are you going, can’t you see it’s raining cats and dogs? You’ll get soaked in a minute if you go out now.
✳️They didn’t go to the theme park because it was raining cats and dogs almost all day.

Learn English Idioms Language

09 February 2017 19:36

#A
🔘a bit of fluff
(Also a bit of skirt.) A sexually attractive woman.
🔹I saw him yesterday with a bit of fluff.
Category | #sexuality

Learn English Idioms Language

11 February 2017 21:58

Idiom of the Day

🔘dressed (up) to the nines🔘
⭕️INFORMAL

✅Meaning: If you are dressed to the nines, or dressed up to the nines, you are wearing very smart clothes for a special occasion.
For example:

✳️Have you seen Harry? He's dressed to the nines and he looks amazing.

✳️Everyone was dressed up to the nines for the Academy Awards, with the men in tuxedos and the women in evening gowns.

📕Origin: This phrase is derived from the earlier idiom "to the nines" which was used to indicate that something was of the highest standard. The earlier idiom only survives today as part of the phrase "dressed to the nines".

@Idiomsland
#D

Learn English Idioms Language

10 February 2017 04:52

🔘now or never🔘

✅Meaning: If you say it's now or never, you mean that something has to be done now or it can't be done at all.
For example:

✳️The band is going to break up after this tour, so if you want to see them perform, it's now or never.

✳️It was my last day with the company, so it was now or never. I went up to Jenny and asked her out on a date.

@IdiomsLand

Learn English Idioms Language

09 February 2017 20:18

#U
🔘Under the weather🔘
✅ill, sick, feeling unwell, sad or lacking energy

✳️Do you mind if I stay out of work today? I’m feeling under the weather, I may have the flu.
✳️I heard you were ill yesterday. Are you feeling better now or are you still under the weather?

@IdiomsLand

Learn English Idioms Language

09 February 2017 20:15

🔘Head in the clouds🔘
✅having unrealistic or impractical ideas, daydreaming

✳️Is your sister in love? I see her walking around all day with her head in the clouds.
✳️You have your head in the clouds if you think Mary will come to your birthday party after the nasty things you’ve done to her.
@IdiomsLand

Learn English Idioms Language

09 February 2017 20:13

🔘Chase rainbows🔘
✅waste time trying to achieve something impossible

✳️My wife never believed I would make it as an executive manager; she always thought I was just chasing rainbows.
✳️Can’t you see you’re only chasing rainbows? There’s no way to get this girl marry you.

Learn English Idioms Language

09 February 2017 20:05

🔘Face like thunder🔘
✅being clearly very angry or upset

✳️I don’t know what was happening, I just saw that a man with a face like thunder was chasing a little boy out of the grocer’s shop.
✳️She didn’t say anything but her face was like thunder; she slammed the door as she left, and we haven’t seen her ever since.

Learn English Idioms Language

09 February 2017 19:37

#A
🔘a breath of fresh air
✅said about a new, fresh, and imaginative approach, a change that feels good.
🔹The president says that the country needs a breath of fresh air.
Category | #nature

Learn English Idioms Language

09 February 2017 19:27

Idioms are words, phrases or expressions which are commonly used in everyday conversation by native speakers of English. They are often metaphorical and make the language more colourful. People use them to express something more vividly and often more briefly. They serve as an image or mental picture.


Example:- Let the cat out of the bag: If you let the cat out of the bag, you reveal a secret.

N.B. It is important to remember that idiomatic expressions are used when speaking informally. They are not used in formal exchanges.