Idioms are expressions or words that have figurative meanings, or different meanings as a group from the meaning it would have if you understood each word separately.
Some Common Idioms
Here is the list of common idioms with their meanings to help you broaden your English vocabulary:
Break a leg
- A way to wish someone good luck.
To live it up
- To enjoy life, to live widely
To kick the bucket
- To die.
Shape up or ship out
- Used to tell someone that they should leave if they don’t improve their behavior or performance
To shed crocodile tears
- To cry about something but without actually caring.
Wild goose chase
- A useless journey or pursuit.
There’s no room to swing a cat
- There is not a lot of space.
To pay through the nose
- To pay a lot of money, more than is normal.
To bark up the wrong tree
- To choose the wrong course of action.
To spill the beans
- To tell a secret.
It’s raining cats and dogs
- It’s raining heavily.
To get into hot water
- To get into trouble.
To be chicken-hearted
- To be scared.
Top dog
- Leader.
To smell a rat
- To think that something is wrong.
To chicken out
- Not doing an activity because of fear.
To give up
- To quit.
To give up on
- To stop believing in something or someone.
I could eat a horse
- To be very hungry.
To be on top of the world
- To be really happy.
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Archana duggishetty
Wednesday 3rd of February 2021
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Thursday 14th of January 2021
I donat like this
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tanya gupta
Monday 23rd of November 2020
they should give some examples with its idioms
Dilan
Thursday 19th of November 2020
Excellent