✅Most common American idioms ( part 3 )
❗️He ratted on me.
▪️He informed others about my secrets.
❗️She is a stool pigeon.
▪️She informs on everybody.
❗️I can't make heads or tails of it.
▪️I can't understand what you are talking about.
❗️She's no spring chicken.
▪️She is a tough old lady.
❗️She lost her head.
▪️She did something crazy.
❗️He can't keep his head above water.
▪️He's too busy with many things.
❗️That's just off the top of my head.
▪️Here's an idea without too much thought.
❗️She'll got her head in the clouds.
▪️Her ideas are not practical.
❗️She's levelheaded.
▪️She's always has good practical ideas.
❗️I've got a lump in my throat.
▪️I am emotionally involved and distressed.
❗️You'd better save your neck.
▪️You must survive this situation.
❗️You better turn the other cheek.
▪️ Don't let what they say bother you!
❗️Just swallow your pride.
▪️Forget your pride and solve the problem.
❗️My lips are sealed.
▪️I will never reveal the secret.
❗️It's a slap in the face.
▪️That is an insult.
❗️You can talk until you're blue in the face.
▪️They aren't listening to you.
❗️You must face the music.
▪️Admit your error solve it and go on.
❗️She's got a big mouth.
▪️She talks too much and says the wrong things.
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✅Most common American idioms (part 1)
❗️She is a peach.
▪️She's sweet and helpful.
❗️He's full of beans.
▪️He's not telling the truth.
❗️It's not my cup of tea.
▪️I don't care for that.
❗️He's full of baloney.
▪️He doesn't know what he's talking about.
❗️It's just sour grapes.
▪️They have resentment.
❗️That's corny.
▪️It's sentimental, old, and not funny anymore.
❗️I'm in a pickle.
▪️I'm in a dilemma.
❗️He brings home the bacon.
▪️He brings home the family money.
❗️She's in a stew.
▪️She's upset.
❗️He's the top banana.
▪️He's the headman.
❗️He's the salt of the earth.
▪️He's a very good person.
❗️She's worth her salt.
▪️She's a valuable employee.
❗️They're two peas in a pod.
▪️If you see one you see the other.
❗️I'm nuts about you.
▪️I'm in love with you.
❗️It's a piece of cake.
▪️It's quite simple.
❗️You can't have your cake and eat it too.
▪️You can't use it and save it.
❗️He's a real ham.
▪️He's just an actor (a bad actor.)
❗️It's a hard nut to crack.
▪️It's a difficult problem to solve.
❗️He's a bad egg.
▪️He cannot be trusted.
❗️We need to break the ice.
▪️Everyone's a little tense - lets be friendly.
❗️We'll get a baker's dozen.
▪️We'll get 13 items (one extra.)
❗️He's got a finger in every pie.
▪️He has many deals going.
❗️You'll have to take potluck.
▪️Be happy with what we have on hand.
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🔰" A bad break "
Ⓜ️eaning:
1. A misfortune. 2. A serious bone fracture.
ℹ️Example:
1. Tony has lost his job, just when he needed the cash to move house. That's a bad break.
2. Tanya's leg was crushed when the rock fell on it - a really bad break the doctor said.
➖Where did it originate❓:
1. USA 2. UK.
➖Where is it used❔:
1. USA. 2. Widely used.
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📌 idioms starting with #G
🔰Get Down to Brass Tacks:
✔️To become serious about something.
🔰Get Over It:
✔️To move beyond something that is bothering you.
🔰Get Up On The Wrong Side Of The Bed:
✔️Someone who is having a horrible day.
🔰Get Your Walking Papers:
✔️Get fired from a job.
🔰Give Him The Slip:
✔️To get away from. To escape.
🔰Go Down Like A Lead Balloon:
✔️To be received badly by an audience.
🔰Go For Broke:
✔️To gamble everything you have.
🔰Go Out On A Limb:
✔️Put yourself in a tough position in order to support someone/something.
🔰Go The Extra Mile:
✔️Going above and beyond whatever is required for the task at hand.
🔰Good Samaritan:
✔️Someone who helps others when they are in need, with no discussion for compensation, and no thought of a reward.
🔰Graveyard Shift:
✔️Working hours from about 12:00 am to 8:00 am. The time of the day when most other people are sleeping.
🔰Great Minds Think Alike:
✔️Intelligent people think like each other.
🔰Green Room:
✔️The waiting room, especially for those who are about to go on a tv or radio show.
🔰Gut Feeling:
✔️A personal intuition you get, especially when feel something may not be right.
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📌 idioms starting with #F
💯Feeding Frenzy:
🗨An aggressive attack on someone by a group.
💯Field Day:
🗨An enjoyable day or circumstance.
💯Finding Your Feet:
🗨To become more comfortable in whatever you are doing.
💯Finger lickin' good:
🗨A very tasty food or meal.
💯Fixed In Your Ways:
🗨Not willing or wanting to change from your normal way of doing something.
💯Flash In The Pan:
🗨Something that shows potential or looks promising in the beginning but fails to deliver anything in the end.
💯Flea Market:
🗨A swap meet. A place where people gather to buy and sell inexpensive goods.
💯Flesh and Blood:
🗨This idiom can mean living material of which people are made of, or it can refer to someone's family.
💯Flip The Bird:
🗨To raise your middle finger at someone.
💯Foam at the Mouth:
🗨To be enraged and show it.
💯Fools' Gold:
🗨Iron pyrites, a worthless rock that resembles real gold.
💯French Kiss:
🗨An open mouth kiss where tongues touch.
💯From Rags To Riches:
🗨To go from being very poor to being very wealthy.
💯Fuddy-duddy:
🗨An old-fashioned and foolish type of person.
💯Full Monty:
🗨This idiom can mean either, "the whole thing" or "completely nude".
💯Funny Farm:
🗨A mental institutional facility.
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🔺”No strings attached”,
which means "Free of conditions, limitations, obligations, etc.”
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💥on the wagon
❗️informal
🔰If you are on the wagon, you have decided not to drink any alcohol:
🔺He was on the wagon for ten years, when he was living in Connecticut.
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✅Most common American idioms ( part 2 )
❗️It's just monkey business.
▪️The business is either his own business or fake.
❗️He'll weasel out.
▪️He'll back out of all agreements.
❗️She'll go ape.
▪️She'll become very upset.
❗️Let's talk turkey.
▪️Let's begin to talk seriously.
❗️Don't let the cat out of the bag.
▪️Don't tell our secret.
❗️Those are crocodile tears.
▪️Those are false tears.
❗️He's a card shark.
▪️He is a professional card player.
❗️We had a whale of a time.
▪️We had a great time.
❗️He drinks like a fish.
▪️He is a heavy alcohol drinker.
❗️I've got a frog in my throat.
▪️I need to clear my throat in order to talk right.
❗️He rolled snake eyes.
▪️His dice had two ones.
❗️She's pig-headed.
▪️She is very stubborn.
❗️It sounds fishy.
▪️It doesn't sound like it's true.
❗️Don't make a hog of yourself.
▪️Don't take more than your share.
❗️Quit horsing around.
▪️Stop being silly and get serious.
❗️He's a rat.
▪️He is not to be trusted.
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📌 idioms starting with #H
🛡Haste Makes Waste:
→Quickly doing things results in a poor ending.
🛡Hat Trick:
→When one player scores three goals in the same hockey game. This idiom can also mean three scores in any other sport, such as 3 home runs, 3 touchdowns, 3 soccer goals, etc.
🛡Have an Axe to Grind:
→To have a dispute with someone.
🛡He Lost His Head:
→Angry and overcome by emotions.
🛡Head Over Heels:
→Very excited and/or joyful, especially when in love.
🛡Hell in a Hand basket:
→Deteriorating and headed for complete disaster.
🛡High Five:
→Slapping palms above each others heads as celebration gesture.
🛡High on the Hog:
→Living in Luxury.
🛡Hit The Books:
→To study, especially for a test or exam.
🛡Hit The Hay:
→Go to bed or go to sleep.
🛡Hit The Nail on the Head:
→Do something exactly right or say something exactly right.
🛡Hit The Sack:
→Go to bed or go to sleep.
🛡Hocus Pocus:
→In general, a term used in magic or trickery.
🛡Hold Your Horses:
→Be patient.
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🔰" A big ask "
Ⓜ️eaning:
A favour which is a lot to ask of someone.
➖Example:
🔺Tod had only just got home from his overnight flight when his boss told him to get back to the airport and fly to Sydney. That was a big ask.
💥Where did it originate?:
Australia.
💥Where is it used?:
Worldwide.
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idioms starting with #E
💢Eighty Six:
Ⓜ️A certain item is no longer available. Or this idiom can also mean, to throw away.
💢Elvis has left the building:
Ⓜ️The show has come to an end. It's all over.
💢Ethnic Cleansing:
Ⓜ️Killing of a certain ethnic or religious group on a massive scale.
💢Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining:
Ⓜ️Be optimistic, even difficult times will lead to better days.
💢Everything But The Kitchen Sink:
Ⓜ️Almost everything and anything has been included.
💢Excuse my French:
Ⓜ️Please forgive me for cussing.
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#D
✨Dark Horse:
One who was previously unknown and is now prominent.
✨Dead Ringer:
100% identical. A duplicate.
✨Devil's Advocate:
Someone who takes a position for the sake of argument without believing in that particular side of the arguement. It can also mean one who presents a counter argument for a position they do believe in, to another debater.
✨Dog Days of Summer:
The hottest days of the summer season.
✨Don't count your chickens before they hatch:
Don't rely on it until your sure of it.
✨Don't Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth:
When someone gives you a gift, don't be ungrateful.
✨Don't Put All Your Eggs In One Basket:
Do not put all your resources in one possibility.
✨Doozy:
Something outstanding.
✨Down To The Wire:
Something that ends at the last minute or last few seconds.
✨Drastic Times Call For Drastic Measures:
When you are extremely desperate you need to take extremely desperate actions.
✨Drink like a fish:
To drink very heavily.
✨Drive someone up the wall:
To irritate and/or annoy very much.
✨Dropping Like Flies:
A large number of people either falling ill or dying.
✨Dry Run:
Rehearsal.
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