Idioms (Age)

1-A little bird told me: Said when you don’t want to reveal the source of your information.

2-Act one´s age: To be mature and not childish.

3-Under age: Means to be too young to be eligible for something

4-Dog[s age: It refers to a long period of time.

5-Feel your age: To realize that you are growing old.

Idioms (Animals)

1-be a chicken: To be coward.

2-Be cold as a fish: Be a person who is distant and unfeeling.

3-Call of the dogs: Said when you want someone to stop criticizing you.

4-Cry wolf: To ask for help when there is no really no danger.

5-Drink like a fish: To drink alcohol excessively.

Idioms. (Clothes)

1-All dressed up and nowhere to go: It means getting ready for something and then it never
happened. Literally or figuratively.

2-Have a card up your sleeve: To have a secret plan.

3-In someone´s pocket: It means to be dependent on someone financially and consequently under
their influence.

4-Lose your shirt: To lose all your money as a result of gambling or bad investment.

5-The men in grey suit: It refers to the powerful and influential men in business or politics.

Idioms. (Colors)

1-All cats are grey in the dark: It means that in the dark, physical appearance is unimportant.

2-Golden opportunity: Ideal moment to do something.

3- Until one is blue in the face: Pointless efforts while trying to convince someone or change his
mind.

4-Born to be purple: Someone that was born into a reigning family or privileged class.

5-Green light: Permission to go ahead with something such as a project.

Idioms (Crime)

1-On the run: Fleeing or running from the police.

2-There is honor among thieves: When you say there is honor among thieves, this means that
even among criminal there is honor and that they do not commit crime against each other.

3- In the dock: To be on trial in court.

4-Crime doesn’t pay: This idiom is used to suggest that crime will ultimately not benefit a person.

5-Behind bars: To be in prison.

Idioms (Death)

1-Be dead in the water: It means that something Is unsuccessful and it seems impossible that it
will be successful in the future.

2-Between life and death: A situation involving the danger of dying or being killed.

3- Bite the dust. 1: to die; 2: to break or to fail.

4-Dead and Buried: No longer in use or under consideration, irrelevant, forgotten.

5-Nothing is certain but death and taxes: It means that everything in life is uncertain. The only
things that you can be sure of are death and paying taxes.

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Idioms (Food)

1-Above the salt: If someone is above the salt they are of high standing or honor.

2-Bad egg: Bad person.

3-Bring home the bacon: Get a job and bring home money earned from this job.

4-Eat humble pie: Said when you admit that you were wrong.

5-Forbidden fruit: Illicit pleasure or something desired that cannot be had.

Idioms (Furniture)

1-Be part of the furniture: Someone have been somewhere so long as to be seem as integral part
of the place.

2-Bring the curtain down: To end something.

3-Bring to the table: It means to contribute something to a group effort.

4-In the oven: It means that a girl is pregnant.

5-Sweep something under the carpet: To hide or ignore something.

Idioms (General)

1-Bag of tricks: A set of techniques and methods.

2-Come clean: To be honest and tell the truth.

3-Dance with the death: Try to do something that involves a lot of risks.

4-For all I care: Used to suggest that you don’t care.

5-Get off the track: To start talking about a different topic, instead of talking about the real one.

Idioms (Health)

1-Alive and kicking: To continue to be well, healthy or successful.

2-Bag of bones: An extremely thin person.

3-Be full of beans: Said about someone who is active, lively, and has a lot of energy and
enthusiasm.

4-Black out: To lose consciousness.

5-Just what the doctor order: It means exactly what is required or wanted.

Idioms (Home)

1-Close to home: Something that affects you personally.

2-Hit the ceiling: To become very angry and start shouting.

3- Home away from home: A place where you are at ease as if you were at home.

4-Man¨s home is a castle: This idioms suggest that people are free to do whatever they want to
do in their own home.

5-Wake up the wrong side of the bed: To feel grumpy; irritable; to be easily annoyed.

Idioms (Law/life)

1-Bend the law: It means to cheat a little bit without breaking the law.

2- A fact of life: It refers to something which is unpleasant and which people accept because they
cannot change it.

2-Get a life: This is to indicate that someone’s life is boring and pointless and that they should
make their life more interesting.

3-larger than life: Very imposing, renowned, or impressively influential.

4-shelf life: The length of time something will last.

5-You can bet your life: It means that you are absolutely certain that something is true or will
happen.

Idioms (Love)
1-Cupboard love: It refers to affection that is given purely to gain something from someone.

2-Fall out of love: To stop being in love with someone.

3-Love at first sight: An instantaneous attraction.

4-love nest: A place where a couple can enjoy each other’s company.

5-love-hate relationship: It refers to a relationship that involves both love and hatred.

Idioms (Men and woman)

1-A man of actions: Is inclined to act first rather than think about things and discuss them.

2-As one man: If a group of people do something like one man, in complete agreement.

3-Every man has his price: It means that everyone can be bribed if you know how much or what to
bribed him or her with.

4-Every man jack: It means every person without exception.

5- Man cannot live by bread only: Used to mean that things like poetry, art, music, etc are
necessary for people just as food.