Sunday, 27 August 2023

IDIOMS

IDIOMS

"A"
  • A bad apple / egg: A bad influence, Some one who bring trouble.
  • A couch potato: An idle person
  • A hard nut to crack: A difficult person to understand, A difficult problem to solve
  • A piece of cake: Easy
  • A smart cookie: A clever person


"B"
  • Big cheese: An important person
  • Bread and butter: The necessities

"C"
  • Caught red handed: catch some one in the act.
    Sentence:
    * The kids got caught red handed with their hands in the cookie jar.

"D"
  • Doesn't cut the mustard: Doesn't meet the required standard

"E"
  • Eating humble pie: To be forced to apologize humbly, suffer humiliation.
    Sentence:
    * He had to eat humble pie and publicly admit his error.

"F"
  • Food for thought: Worth considering

"G"
  • Gone pear shaped: Gone unexpectedly wrong

"I"
  • In a nutshell: simply put
  • In a pickle: In trouble, mess

  • In the red: owe money.
    Sentence:
    * By the end of the week, I am always in the red.



"K"
  • Kettle of fish: An awkward, difficult or bad situation, Muddle, mess a state of affair, A matter under consideration.
    Sentence:
    * The new proposal is quite a different kettle of fish from the last one.

"L
  • Lion's share: The majority; A large or generous portion
    Sentence:
    * The gang stole a lot money from the bank. But the lion's share of the money went straight into the leader's pocket.

  • Look like mutton dressed as lamb: Said about a woman who tries to look like much younger.
    Sentence:
    * Her skirt is too short. She looks like mutton dressed at lamb.


"N"
  • Nit picker: One w who worried about small details Or A person who find faults (however small or unimportant, everywhere they look.)

"P"
  • Paint the town red: Have a great time or party.
    Sentence:
    * We painted the town red when I was on vacation.

"R"
  • Red in the face: Angry
    Sentence:
    * My sister was red in the face after she had found her car was stolen.

  • Red as a lobster: A bad sun burn
    Sentence:
    * She is red as a lobster, after a day at the beach.

  • Red tag sale: Special sale.
    Sentence:
    * I love it when stores have red tag sales.

"U"
  • Unsung hero: Some one who has been very brave but has never been appreciate.

"Z"
  • Zero hour for: The time to start work on.


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