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English Idiom – Put your money where your mouth is or Put money where your mouth is. Meaning – Back up your words with action. This idiom is used to…
English Idiom – Catch somebody’s eye. Meaning – To attract someone’s attention or interest. This expression can be used when you make eye contact (two people look directly into each other’s…
English Idiom – Not a dry eye in the house. Meaning – This expression is used to say that everyone (in a place) was emotional about something. Everyone in…
English Idiom – The apple of somebody’s eye. Meaning – The person that you love the most. A person that you cherish or adore more than anyone else. Related Expressions:…
English Idiom – On the nose. Meaning – To be exactly right about something. If you are on the nose you guess something correctly and accurately. You may be on…
English Idiom – Hit the nail on the head. Meaning – To be exactly right about something. Find exactly the right answer. If you hit the nail on the head…
English Idiom – Yellow-belly. Meaning – To be a coward or easily scared. This expression is used to describe a person who is not brave. This expression can also be used in the form yellow-bellied. A…
English Idiom – Get your feet wet. Meaning – To begin or start doing something for the first time or to gain initial experience in a particular field….
English Idiom – Music to my ears. Meaning – Very pleasing information or news. If something is music to your ears you are very happy to hear it! Other…
English Idiom – Play it by ear. Meaning – To decide what to do as a situation develops. To do something without making detailed plans, to decide on your…
English Idiom – Down in the mouth. Meaning – Sad or depressed. A person who is down in the mouth is probably showing visible signs of unhappiness. The idiom…
English Idiom – Pain in the neck. Meaning – Something or someone that is annoying or difficult to deal with. Someone or something that causes trouble or irritation. This…
English Idiom – Up to your neck in something. Meaning – To be very busy with something. To be very involved with something or to be very occupied with…
Phrasal Verb – Hand in. Meaning – To give something to someone in authority. You can hand your homework in to a teacher or a purse you’ve just…
English Idiom – Pick somebody’s brain. Meaning – To obtain information by asking someone questions. To ask advice about something from someone who knows a lot about it. Request…
English Idiom –Stiff upper lip or Keep a stiff upper lip. Meaning – To not show your emotions when you are upset. To keep your emotions hidden or bottled…
English Idiom – Cost an arm and a leg or An arm and a leg. Meaning – Very expensive. This expression is used when something costs a lot of…
English Idiom – No skin off my nose. Meaning – To not care about something because it will not affect you. It doesn’t bother me or it makes no…
English Idiom – By the skin of one’s teeth. Meaning – To only just succeed in doing something. To just barely do something; to succeed by the smallest…
Idiom – Bad hair day. Meaning – A day when your hair is difficult to manage or style, or more broadly, a day when things seem to be going…
English Idiom – Cold feet. Meaning – A fear of doing something. To suddenly become too frightened to do something that you had planned to do. The idiom…
English Idiom – Butterflies in my stomach. Meaning – To feel nervous or anxious. This feeling is the nervous feeling you sometimes get in the pit of your…
Slang – Motormouth or Motor-mouth. Meaning – A very talkative person. Someone who talks a lot. A motormouth is a person who talks excessively, often about meaningless things….
English Idiom – See eye to eye. Meaning – To agree with someone about something – or in general. This expression is used when people completely agree with each…
English Idiom – Caught red-handed. Meaning – To be caught in the act. To be found doing something wrong or illegal. If you are caught red-handed you are caught with…
British English Slang – Gobsmacked. Meaning – Totally shocked or astonished. To be extremely surprised, shocked or astonished. This expression is often used to describe a state of…
English Idiom – Two left feet. Meaning – To be clumsy or awkward with your feet. This idiom often refers to poor dancing and is aimed at people who are…
English Idiom – (Has the) Cat got your tongue? Meaning – This expression is said to someone who has nothing to say. If you are annoyed with someone…
English Idiom – In one ear and out the other or Go in one ear and out the other. Meaning – This expression is used to describe a situation…
English Idiom – Twist Somebody’s Arm. Meaning – To persuade somebody to do something that they do not want to do. To put pressure on someone in order…
