51 Common English Idioms Everyone Should Know – Meanings & Examples
Do you know what an idiom is? An idiom is a phrase or expression which meaning is figurative. Idioms means something different than the individual words. English idioms are an important part of contemporary English language, so you’ll need to familiarize yourself with the meaning and usage of each idiom. It seems difficult but learning idioms is fun when you compare them to idioms of your own language. The following idioms are common in everyday conversation: A piece of cake 00:26 Ins and outs of something 00:39 Under the weather 00:57 Stick to something 01:14 Wax euphoric about 01:32 Give a hundred percent 01:45 Out of the blue 01:58 Take a short cut 02:13 Fly off the handle 02:27 The penny drops (dropped) 02:45 Look or feel washed out 02:59 Be all fingers and thumbs 03:15 Have butterflies in your stomach 03:32 Keep a straight face 03:46 Pull somebody’s leg 04:00 Break a leg 04:13 Put your foot in it 04:26 Turn your nose up at something 04:40 Near the knuckle 04:54 Dream your life away 05:06 Be in the hot seat 05:20 Take on board 05:36 Keep yourself to yourself 05:51 Have a quiet word 06:06 Pet hate 06:20 Down the line 06:30 Hit the sack 06:42 Spill the beans 06:52 Sit on the fence 07:03 Come rain or shine 07:16 See eye to eye 07:28 As right as rain 07:42 Beat around the bush 07:54 Miss the boat 08:05 The ball is in your court 08:21 Through thick and thin 08:32 Once in a blue moon 08:44 Barking up the wrong tree 08:55 Take it with a pinch of salt 09:10 You can say that again 09:27 A blessing in disguise 09:40 To add insult to injury 10:04 Know the ropes 10:21 Cost an arm and a leg 10:39 Chalk and cheese 10:52 Like clockwork 11:05 Bite off more than you can chew 11:19 Cut corners 11:33 Be in the red 11:46 Let sleeping dogs lie 11:58 To be one’s cup of tea 12:15 Not be one’s cup of tea 12:32 Do you want to continue learning English in a simple & easy way? *** Spoken English self-study coursebook https://www.amazon.com/Spoken-English... *** Perfect English Pronunciation Online Course https://www.amazon.com/English-Pronun... *** English Pronouns coursebook https://www.amazon.com/dp/1794519335 *** English Tenses coursebook https://www.amazon.com/Usage-English-... Find Lingportal here: Web: https://lingportal.com FB: / lingportal Instagram: / lingportal.english Subscribe on YouTube: / lingportalonlineschoolofenglish #lingportal, #idioms, #phrasalverbs, #vocabulary, #learnenglish, #englishlesson,
