Idioms and phrases with meaning

 

An idiom is a phrase where the meaning cannot be understood from the individual words that make it up. For example, the idiom “I'll pull your leg” has nothing to do with legs! An idiom is an expression that cannot be taken literally. A phrase is a group of words that express a concept and is often used as an idiom.

Idioms can be a powerful linguistic tool only when they are used in the right way in the right places. The only thing that makes learning idioms a time-consuming process is the fact that one cannot depend merely on the meaning of individual words to understand what the entire phrase means.

Examples. 

Black and blue; Describe something that is badly bruised

Golden opportunity; The perfect chance
. Have the blues; Be sad or depressed

Black sheep; A person who is a disgrace to a family or group

So far so good: Things are going well so far
A busybody: always wants to know about other people’s private lives
Oddball: a weirdo or a strange person

Down-To-Earth: sensible and realistic

Forty winks: a short nap
Barrel of laugh: someone who is very funny
Old as the hills: some who is very old

Black sheep; means that to be the outcast, odd one out, unlike the others.
Blue once a month; means that it is very rarely seen.
. You can’t make an omelette without breaking some eggs first: I mean, sometimes we can break someone to make something happen.

A leopar can’t change its spots: If a person has acquired a habit, whatever we do, we cannot discourage it. Why break the habbit of a lifetime. Old habits die hard.
Every cloud has a silver lining: fair is foul, foul is fair! Tomorrow is another day.

. The grass is always greener on the side of the fence: The apples on the side of the wall are the sweetest

The Cat Would Eat Fish But Would Not Wet Her Feet: Refers to stress, stress, and willingness to take risks to get what you want.

Example: It will be a very difficult period for you, but the cat would eat fish but would not wet her feet.

77. Big Fish In A Small Pond: It is used to describe a situation where a person has much more knowledge, experience, power, influence or experience than other people in a small group.

Example: Jessica wants to be a big fish in a small pond as the manager of a small company.

7. Fish Out of Water: This phrase is used for people who suddenly enter an unknown environment.

Example: My friend hasn’t left home for a very long time. The moment he came near us, he returned to the  fishout of water.

"He was something of  fish a  out of water here," said a co-worker

Call it a day Laxman  finally called it a day after exorbitant career. 

Beat around the bush

Please dont beat around the bush be clear. 

Biting a bullet means difficult task. 

Please I suggest to stop that discussion it's like biting the bullet. 

Piece of cake

Extremely easy task

Finishing the math question is like piece of cake. 

A drop of a hat without hesitation. 

He's is our new boss, the decision from management was just a drop of a hat. 

Ice breaking or breaking the ice

Let's introduce all you people with each other let's break the ice... 

Add insult to injury

Making situation from bad to worse

The player is sacked, to add insult to injury they didn't even spare him from penalty. 

“Let the cat out of the bag”

Reveal the secret

The minister let's out the cat out of bag by declaring new tax tariff. 

If wishes were horses” (life would be easier if we could get the things we wish for)

Not every day is sunday. 

Means we only have one holiday in a week. 

Set the record  straight

In order to set the record straight umpires called for Tv replay between the match. 

Square one

Means start from beginning

Mr scientist had to foresee his lab come down due to earth quake, so every thing was backt to square one. 

Rome wasn't built in a day. 

Means difficut tasks take time. 

You must start over, Rome wasn't built in a day. 

He s the man of whole bag of tricks.

 Bag of tricks means try every thing possible to achieve the work accomplish. 

The team has thrown caution to winds

Throw caution to wind means start the work on risk without thinking  negative or positive results of it. 

Wear off

The costumes of circus man had been worn out. 

Wear off means lose intensity or effective ness. 

The insurance was blessing in disguise for me on the event of broken house, during the rainy season. 

Blessing  in disguise means a turn of event into positive outcome due to worse or extremely bad situation. 

Tounge -in- cheeks

Jocular or humorous, though seeming or appearing to be serious. 

When it rains, it pours  means something good or bad happening at multiple times, in quick span of time. 

When it rains it pours  the pandemic was stressful, and deaths also were rampant on each day and increased cases too. 

Hit the hay

Go to bed or sleep

All play during the day made kids to hit the hay. 

Blood is thicker than water

Means blood relations are important than other things. 

Blood is thicker than water, family relations and loyalities are more stronger and most important ones. 

Biting your own tounge 

Cause self inflicting harm

All good things must come to an end means  even much enjoyable things aren't forever, there s certain end to them. 

Bottle necks

A congestion in flow of liquid or an obstruction in a full fledged business activity. 

He made all arrangements but early loss to newly established firm was a bottle neck for future. 

idiom based on intricate meaning

like economic term  cut costs

The government had cut costs on fuel price.

cut from the same cloth means sharing a much of simililarities.

Dinesh and his sister are cut from the same cloth both are notorious.

spin a yarn means to fabricate info or tell lies...

The story is very intetesting but we know he had spun a yarn.

pull up ones socks...means to try harder

The candidates have to pull up their socks as the exam dates are nearing

Cat nap....mean a short sleep especially in day time.

I had a cat nap during my wait outside conference hall.

chicken out

Some players in kabbaddi game have chickened out because due to rain the ground was wet, slippery to play.

make a beeline....means to go directly or quickly towards something.

sharat made beeline for the buffet as soon as he came into hotel.

by the by....means adding to the point between the speech

By the by you need also visit medical shop after meeting the doctor.

Down and out.....means out of job money or place to live

Anamika has been down and out because her house was demolished to shovel by municipality.

Bank on to depend .....means.. on someone or something...

I bank on my  friend for help, whenever i am need of something.

Break even.....means to have income equal to expenses.

He was able to break even when total of his

expenses were lessened.

Bite off more than one can chew.....means

extraordinary things are extravagance in doing something.

Ask low kilogram category player to take heavy weight champion is like biting off more than one could chew.

Go extra mile....means to fo more than required or expected.

The swim champ had  an extra mile ..by recording lowest time in reaching finish line.