20 idoms with their meaning and sentence
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1. Play it by ear
Meaning: Playing something by ear means that rather than sticking to a defined plan, you will see how things go and decide on a course of action as you go along.
2. Raining cats and dogs
Meaning: We Brits are known for our obsession with the weather, so we couldn’t omit a rain-related idiom from this list. It’s “raining cats and dogs” when it’s raining particularly heavily.
3. Can’t do something to save my life
Meaning: “Can’t do something to save your life” is a hyperbolic way of saying that you’re completely inept at something. It’s typically used in a self-deprecating manner or to indicate reluctance to carry out a task requested of one.
4. Turn a blind eye
Meaning: To “turn a blind eye” to something means to pretend not to have noticed it.
5. Fat chance
Meaning: We use the expression “fat chance” to refer to something that is incredibly unlikely. Bizarrely, and contrary to what one might expect, the related expression “slim chance” means the same thing
6. Pot calling the kettle black
Meaning: We use this expression to refer to someone who criticises someone else, for something they they themselves are guilty of.
7. Once in a blue moon
Meaning: The phrase refers to something that happens very infrequently.
8. Head in the clouds
Meaning: Used to describe someone who is not being realistic, the expression “head in the clouds” suggests that the person isn’t grounded in reality and is prone to flights of fancy. The opposite expression would be something like “down to earth”, meaning someone who is practical and realistic.
9. Mad as a hatter
Meaning: “Mad as a hatter” refers to someone who is completely crazy. A similar expression is “mad as a March hare”.
10. Driving me up the wall
Meaning: This expression is used when something (or someone) is causing extreme exasperation and annoyance. A similar expression meaning the same thing is “driving me round the bend”.
11. Call it a day
Meaning: This means to stop doing something for the day, for example work, either temporarily or to give it up completely.
12. Knight in shining armour
Meaning: A knight in shining armour is a heroic, idealised male who typically comes to the rescue of a female.
13. Know the ropes
Meaning: Someone who “knows the ropes” is experienced at what they are doing. “Showing someone the ropes” means to explain to them how something is done.
14. Larger than life
Meaning: The phrase “larger than life” refers to a flamboyant, gregarious person whose mannerisms or appearance are considered more outlandish than those of other people.
15. Extend the olive branch
Meaning: To extend the olive branch is to take steps towards achieving peace with an enemy (or simply someone with whom you have fallen out).
16. A red herring
Meaning: Often used in the context of television detective shows, a red herring refers to something designed to distract or throw someone off a trail. Hence in a detective show, a clue that appears vital to solving a mystery is often added to heighten suspense, but may turn out to have been irrelevant; it was a red herring.
17. Barking up the wrong tree
Meaning: If someone is “barking up the wrong tree”, they are pursuing a line of thought or course of action that is misguided.
18. Bite off more than you can chew
Meaning: If you “bite off more than you can chew”, you have taken on a project or task that is beyond what you are capable of.
19. Blow one’s own trumpet
Meaning: “Blowing one’s own trumpet” means to boast about one’s own achievements.
20. In stitches
Meaning: If you’re “in stitches”, you’re laughing so hard that your sides hurt.
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20 idioms with their meanings and sentences
Blessing in disguise. ...
The best of both worlds. ...
Birds of a feather flock together. ...
Give someone the cold shoulder. ...
Let the cat out of the bag. ...
Once in a blue moon. ...
On cloud nine. ...
Through thick and thin.