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Idiom Dictionary
-- Meaning of A idiom -- A Piece of cake : Something very easy A is one thing, B is another : Two things which seem to be the same are actually different A man of sense : Someone who has a good heart An eye for an eye : React in the same level. Usually in negative way As a last resort : Last choice. The last thing one would do if no other option Around the clock : All day all night All thumbs : Clumsy, do things in an awkward way At one blow : At one hit At stake : At risk, risky At full length : From the start to the end. From one edge to another About to : Almost ready to Bear Fruit : Succeed Beyond Question : Certainly, No doubt Birds of a feather flock together : The same type of people or people who like to do the same thing By birth : Specific character attached to someone from their family or country Bent on : Already made decision, agreed on something Blow away : Kill by gun shot Blow over : Already finish, forget Bound to do : Likely to happen / Likely to do something Break into tears : Suddenly yell out (either sad or happy) Break a leg : Good luck Break the ice : Talking or doing things to release pressure or to make listeners relax Back to square one : Back to the starting point again Bottom of the barrel : The worst part of the group / organization Beggar on horseback : Poor person who acting arrogant when become rich or achieve only small thing. Blessing in disguise : Good thing that you never reconginize at the first place By and large : Generally, In all case. Cat got a tongue : Can't speak / talk (for any reasons) Call down : Curse someone / something Call the roll : Call out to check the total number Chance it : Take a risk / Take a chance to try Come off : Succeed Come to pass : Happen / Occur Come in handy : Become beneficial Count on : Trust / Reply on Confide in : Trust someone enough to tell the secret or personal story Count towards : Approve that something is correct / becomes effective Can't get a word in edgeways : Have no chance to say anything Can't make head nor tail : Cannot understand something Caught between two stools : You have to choose between two difficult options Chip on the shoulder : Still angry from something in the past Catch some rays : Walk/ sit under the sun Can't take a chance : Can't take a risk Cold Sweat : Feel very nervous of something Die away : Can't speak / talk (for any reasons) Do the sights of : Curse someone / something Drop someone a line : Call somone Draw a line : Take a risk / Take a chance to try Do someone injury : Succeed Dwell on : Think too much / repeatly think or do something Dressed to kill : Wear one's finest clothing Dress to the teeth : Dress elegantly Drive someone up a wall : Annoy someone greatly Different strok for different folks : Everyone has different interest and tastes Duck soup : Finish with almost no effort |
Early birds
: Someone who always wake up in the ealry morning Early birds catch the worm : If you start earlier you have the better chance of success Egghead : Smart person Eating someone : Disturbing someone Eyes are bigger than someone's stomach : Eat more than stomach can handle Eager beaver : Someone who is very energetic Eleventh hour : Something that happen in the very last minute Egg on the facel : To be embarrassed Even stevens : Something which are shared equally Eat like a horse : Eating so much End up : Finally do something http://www.arabna.info/vb/mwaextraedit4/extra/89.gif For the birds : Something which are not interesting Fishy smell : Something strange Feed someone a line : trick someone Fork over : give / offer Face the music : Accept the negative consequences of something Feel like a million dollar : Feel very good For ages : Very long time Feel blue : Feel sad Face value : Interest in appearance more than the detail inside Fat head : Stupid person Fall between two stools : Something try to be two things but is not good at being either http://www.arabna.info/vb/mwaextraedit4/extra/89.gif Get in someone's hair : Bother someone Get off someone's back : Stop bothering someone Go fly a kite : Tell someone to go away Get up on the wrong side of bed : Get up with a bad temper Get the ball rolling : To get something start such as plan / project Give the best shot : Try the best Get somone's nerve : Bother someone Green : New / Beginner Give up the ghost : Die Go south : Worse Go over one's head : Something that is too difficult or not intersting at all Go for it : Agree with it / Do it Go Dutch : Pay the bill equally -usually with food http://www.arabna.info/vb/mwaextraedit4/extra/89.gif Horse of a different color : Different issues / stories Horse around : Play around Hit the hay : Go to bed Hit the road : Go to work / go out Have a weakness of : Cannot resist on something usually negative Heart and soul : Dedicate to something very much Have an ear for : Good at listenning some instrument. How come? : Why? Hit the books : Go study Here you go : It's for you Have no clue : Have no idea about something Holding grudge : Have unfriendly feeling http://www.arabna.info/vb/mwaextraedit4/extra/89.gif Horse of a different color : Different issues / stories Horse around : Play around Hit the hay : Go to bed Hit the road : Go to work / go out Have a weakness of : Cannot resist on something usually negative Heart and soul : Dedicate to something very much Have an ear for : Good at listenning some instrument. How come? : Why? Hit the books : Go study Here you go : It's for you Have no clue : Have no idea about something Holding grudge : Have unfriendly feeling http://www.arabna.info/vb/mwaextraedit4/extra/89.gif |
Horse of a different color
: Different issues / stories Horse around : Play around Hit the hay : Go to bed Hit the road : Go to work / go out Have a weakness of : Cannot resist on something usually negative Heart and soul : Dedicate to something very much Have an ear for : Good at listenning some instrument. How come? : Why? Hit the books : Go study Here you go : It's for you Have no clue : Have no idea about something Holding grudge : Have unfriendly feeling http://www.arabna.info/vb/mwaextraedit4/extra/89.gif : Laugh out loud Ill at ease : Feel annoy In the light of : Have been considered In a good light : Good qualification / personality Inside out : From the inside to the ouside / Wear cloth on the wrong side In a nutshell : In conclusion / in summary In the long run : In the long future In the soup : In trouble If the shoes fit, just wear it : Learn to accept the reality I'm broke : No money at all It beats me : Completely do not understand something I can hick your butt : I am much superior than you In like a lion, out like a lamb : Something that has a very good start but very bad ending http://www.arabna.info/vb/mwaextraedit4/extra/89.gif : Do something before the right timing Jungle out there : Something are dangerous outside Jump down someone's throat : Angry with someone Jump all over someone : Aggressively criticize on someone Just off the boat : Very innocent Jump to the conclusion : Come to the conclusion Keep in touch : Continue to be in contact Keep the finger cross : Hope bad things will not happen Kick the bucket : Die Kick up someone's heel : Celebrate with someone Keep the chin up : Be brave / don't be discourage Kick away someone's the ladder : Eliminate someone's support Keep the shirt on : Calm down Keep it for a rainy day : Keep something for the future when it might be needed Keep the ball rolling : Continue doing something http://www.arabna.info/vb/mwaextraedit4/extra/89.gif : Accidentally expose the secret Leave someone's high and dry : Leave someone completely alone Lose the head : Can not control the temper anymore Lay off : Terminate the employment Live from hand to mouth : Live with only little money. Just enough to survive Lemon : Defective Long in the tooth : Too old to perform work Lay by : Save something for future use Lost train of thought : Forgot what you were talking about Larger than life : Unique, much better than normal http://www.arabna.info/vb/mwaextraedit4/extra/89.gif |
Make up with
: Recover close relationship Meet a half way : Both parties accept to lose something to complete agreement Master of : Expert of Make someone's blood boil : Make someone very angry Man of means : Rich man Mad's best dogs : Use this term to call dogs Memory like an elephant : Very good memory Mountain to climb : Hard work to do ahead Make up one's mind : Make the decision http://www.arabna.info/vb/mwaextraedit4/extra/89.gif : Very close competition / No Problem No quarter : Finish with no compromise Not my cup of tea : Not my type / favorite Nuts and bolt : The most important parts of something New blood : New people / generation Nuts : Crazy None the less / Nonetheless : However None too : Not at all Never do things by halves : Put much effort when doing something to finish it Not the end of the world : Not the worst. Use to comfort people Not a Chance : Not at all http://www.arabna.info/vb/mwaextraedit4/extra/89.gif : On an accusation of On a large scale : Big amount / size / level On all sides : From every direction On edge : Serious or worry with the coming situation Out of health : Not healthy Out of the blue : Don't feel sad anymore On ice : Stop or keep it for the future Once and for all : Hope this time will be the last / hope to have the conclusionl On the second thought : Change the mind about something On the tip of your tongue : Try to remember something but not quite remember it Off the hook : Out of difficult situation One of a kind : Special / Only one among all One bird in the hand is worth two in the bush : Better to keep small thing you have than to leave it for something better Out of pocket : Out of time / Out of contacted Out of the box : Varied from the normal. Usually used with thinking http://www.arabna.info/vb/mwaextraedit4/extra/89.gif : Tease someone Put on airs : Pretend to do something to impress someone Put up with : Tolerance with Put someone up at : Give someone the place to live Pay through the nose : Pay in a very high price Paint the town red : very enjoy nightlife with lots of drinking Pandora box : Going to make mistake that cause huge danger Pull stringsl : Try so hard to influence someone Pay the piper : Receive the consequence of what you have done Play second fiddle to someone : Deal with someone who are more important than you http://www.arabna.info/vb/mwaextraedit4/extra/89.gif : Earn money in an easy Question of time : Something that will surely happen in the future : Rain very hard Read between the lines : Try to understand the true meaning inside Read someone's mind : Try to understand someone's thought Run against someone : Compete with someone Run behind : Delay / slower than schedule Raise a stink : Protest in an aggresive way Rat race : Dirty and unfair competition Racking my brain : Try so hard to remember or think of something Run out of : All gone. No more left. |
Safe and sound
: Completely save Second to none : The best Slip one's mind : Completely forget something Smell a rat : Compete with someone Shoot off the mouth : Show opinion very loudly Stick out the neck : Take the risk Shake a leg : Hurry up Sell someone down the river : Betray someone Snow job : Dishonestly talking Sooner or later : In the near future Stand me up : Miss an appointment with me http://www.arabna.info/vb/mwaextraedit4/extra/89.gif To a day : Exactly (use with time or date) Tear something into pieces : Completly destroy something Take to the heels : Start running away Tide someone over : Help someone to survive from crisis Turn pale : Suddenly scare of something True to life : Very real Tens of thousands : Represent the big number of something Ten to one : Feel confident with something Turn someone off : Feel disgusting with someone Tongue in cheek : Relieve Tag Along : Follow http://www.arabna.info/vb/mwaextraedit4/extra/89.gif Under cover : Conceal / Hide Under fire : Under the serious situation Under the breath : Whisper / Talk in a very soft level Under the nose : Did not recognize something which are actually very close Under the thumb : Completely under control Under the weather : Feel sick / depress Upside down : Turn the top to the bottom and the bottom to the top Under the table : Bribes / Pay money for illigal purposes Up to you : Depend on you / rely on you Virgin territory Something haven't been found / discovered Watch the step : Move / Act carefully Watch the tongue : Speak carefully Word by word : Very word With eyes open : Fully aware when doing something Within a stone throw : Withing a very short distance Wet behind the ears : Naive / no experience Wide of the mark : Incorrect / Inaccurate Watching paint dry : Boring / not interesting at all X rate (Rate X) : Too aggressive Yes and no : Unclear / not confident Yummy : Delicious Yes man : Someone who always agree with other people Your name is mud : Bad reputation Yello billed : Coward Zip the lip : Keep the mouth closing / Keep the secret |
beautiful idioms dearling but not like ours . . i mean those of arabic anyway ,we can benifit from them best wishes fo you dear |
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http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/y...u/5965c611.gif Good Topic dear & good idea to mention these idiom to readers and remind them with |
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