Idioms


 * English Idioms**

A bad apple Be a piece of cake Be all ears Be the apple of someone's eye Be as American as apple pie Be as blind as a bat. Backfire Bark up the wrong tree Beat around the bush Beat it Bend over backward/backwards Bite off more than one can chew Bookworm The bottom line Bring the house down Be broke Bug someone Butterflies in someone's stomach Can't make head nor tail (out) of something / someone Cast pearls before swine Catch someone's eye Be chicken Cold feet Cold turkey Cook someone's goose Be (as) cool as a cucumber Cool someone's heels Couch potato Be cut from the same cloth Dear John letter Don't let the grass grow under your feet. Be down in the dumps Drive someone up the wall Eat out Easy as pie Eat one's words Fall in love with someone/something Feel like a fish out of water Be fishy Food for thought A frog in someone's throat Get over something Get up (Wake up) on the wrong side of the bed Give someone a hand Be glued to something Go nuts Grab a bite Great minds think alike. A hand-me-down Hat trick Here you go / are (Somebody's) heart sinks Hit the books Hit the ceiling / roof Hit the nail on the head Hold one's horses Hit the sack/hay Holy Cow Be in a pickle Be in the same boat It's easier said than done. Be in hot water It's about time Keep an eye on someone/something Keep one's bed Kick the bucket Kill time Know by heart The last/final straw Let someone know Be like taking candy from a baby Be like the cat that got the cream Low-key Make ends meet Feel / Look like a million dollars Not hold water Be on the tip of someone's tongue Once in a blue moon Out of the blue Out of the frying pan and into the fire Be over the hill Pop the question Play it by ear Pop quiz Pull someone's leg Put all your eggs into one basket Put yourself in someone's shoes Race against the clock/time Rain cats and dogs Read between the lines Rings a bell See the light Shake a leg Be shaking like a leaf So far so good Be sold out Speak of the devil Stay up Stuffed shirt Surf the Internet/Net/Web Take a leaf out of someone's book Take it easy Take to something like a duck to water Tearjerker That makes two of us. That's that. Throw in the towel The tip of the iceberg Time will tell. Be tongue-tied Top dog Turn over a new leaf Turn your back on (someone) Twenty-four seven Be under pressure Be up and running Be up in the air Wear one's heart on one's sleeve When it rains, it pours. When pigs fly You can say that again.



A bad apple Be a piece of cake Be all ears Be the apple of someone's eye Be as American as apple pie Be as blind as a bat. Backfire Bark up the wrong tree Beat around the bush Beat it Bend over backward/backwards Bite off more than one can chew Bookworm The bottom line Bring the house down Be broke Bug someone Butterflies in someone's stomach Can't make head nor tail (out) of something / someone Cast pearls before swine Catch someone's eye Be chicken Cold feet Cold turkey Cook someone's goose Be (as) cool as a cucumber Cool someone's heels Couch potato Be cut from the same cloth Dear John letter Don't let the grass grow under your feet. Be down in the dumps Drive someone up the wall Eat out Easy as pie Eat one's words Fall in love with someone/something Feel like a fish out of water Be fishy Food for thought A frog in someone's throat Get over something Get up (Wake up) on the wrong side of the bed Give someone a hand Be glued to something Go nuts Grab a bite Great minds think alike. A hand-me-down Hat trick Here you go / are (Somebody's) heart sinks Hit the books Hit the ceiling / roof Hit the nail on the head Hold one's horses Hit the sack/hay Holy Cow Be in a pickle Be in the same boat It's easier said than done. Be in hot water It's about time Keep an eye on someone/something Keep one's bed Kick the bucket Kill time Know by heart The last/final straw Let someone know Be like taking candy from a baby Be like the cat that got the cream Low-key Make ends meet Feel / Look like a million dollars Not hold water Be on the tip of someone's tongue Once in a blue moon Out of the blue Out of the frying pan and into the fire Be over the hill Pop the question Play it by ear Pop quiz Pull someone's leg Put all your eggs into one basket Put yourself in someone's shoes Race against the clock/time Rain cats and dogs Read between the lines Rings a bell See the light Shake a leg Be shaking like a leaf So far so good Be sold out Speak of the devil Stay up Stuffed shirt Surf the Internet/Net/Web Take a leaf out of someone's book Take it easy Take to something like a duck to water Tearjerker That makes two of us. That's that. Throw in the towel The tip of the iceberg Time will tell. Be tongue-tied Top dog Turn over a new leaf Turn your back on (someone) Twenty-four seven Be under pressure Be up and running Be up in the air Wear one's heart on one's sleeve When it rains, it pours. When pigs fly You can say that again.