148 Idiom Examples To Enrich Your Language

On cloud nine.

Meaning: feeling very happy.

Bite the bullet.

Meaning: to decide to do something that is difficult or unpleasant, but necessary.

Speak of the devil.

Meaning: when the person you are talking about appears unexpectedly.

Left out in the cold.

Meaning: to be ignored.

Snug as a bug in a rug.

Meaning: cozy and warm.

Shoot from the hip.

Meaning: to speak bluntly or rashly without thinking carefully.

Born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth.

Meaning: someone who was born in a wealthy and successful family.

It takes two to tango.

Meaning: only one person is not enough to make something happen.

To hit the books.

Meaning: study hard.

The elephant in the room.

Meaning: an obvious problem that people do not want to talk about.

Smell a rat.

Meaning: to suspect someone is a traitor or behaving illegally.

Wouldn't be caught dead.

Meaning: dislike or would never do something.

Swan Song.

Meaning: the last piece of work of an artist before his/her death.

Boil the ocean.

Meaning: taking up an almost impossible or overly ambitious project.

Hit the road.

Meaning: to leave somewhere or start a journey.

Hold your horses.

Meaning: wait a moment/slow down.

So far so good.

Meaning: things are going well.

Steal someone's thunder.

Meaning: to take attention or praise away from someone else’s accomplishments by outdoing them with your own.

To have bigger fish to fry.

Meaning: to have more important things to do.

At the eleventh hour.

Meaning: complete something at the very last minute before it’s too late.