148 Idiom Examples To Enrich Your Language

Back to the drawing board.

Meaning: to start over.

All ears.

Meaning: waiting to hear about something too hard.

Bob's your uncle.

Meaning: to say that a set of instructions or task is simple.

Cut to the chace.

Meaning: to get directly to the point when speaking.

Green fingers.

Meaning: to be good at gardening.

The final straw.

Meaning: the last in a series of bad things to happen.

Cross that bridge when come to it.

Meaning: to deal with something when it happens rather than worrying about it before.

Wild goose chase.

Meaning: a hopeless pursuit.

Over my dead body.

Meaning: to do everything you can to prevent something.

In the same boat.

Meaning: two or more persons are in the same difficult situation.

The pot calling the kettle black.

Meaning: used to convey that the criticisms a person is aiming at someone else could equally well apply to themselves.

Have your heart in your mouth.

Meaning: feeling extremely nervous.

Not the only fish in the sea.

Meaning: not the only suitable thing or person one can find.

Play your cards right.

Meaning: to behave or work in a way that gives you an advantage or improves your odds of success.

A black sheep.

Meaning: being a disgrace for the family.

Fish out of water.

Meaning: to be out of your comfort zone.

Rain on someone’s parade.

Meaning: to spoil a moment.

Cry for the moon.

Meaning: to ask for something that is rather difficult.

Read between the lines.

Meaning: understanding the real message behind something.

A cold day in July.

Meaning: something that will never happen.