Idioms & Their Meanings

Apple of Your Eye: The person whoย  you love most.


Cat Got Your Tongued:Speechless or do you have nothing to say?


Forty Winks: Short sleep during the day.


Open A Can of Worms: creating a situation that will cause a lot of problems


Paint Yourself Into The Corner: Doing something that puts you into a very difficult situation


Pie In The Sky: Idea or plan or concept that is unlikely to happen in other words farfetched ahead of times


Put All Your Eggs In One Basket: to invest all your resources and efforts into one plan or course choice of action too as well of course


Yakety-Yak: You're talking way too much give yourself a break and rest your voice


Keep Your Head Above Water: Just to be able to manage when you have financial difficulties


Yeah When Pigs Fly: Another way of saying that's impossible or never


Monkey On Your Back: Serious Problem that's just won't walk away


Break A Leg: Good Luck


Cash Cow: Business or employer that makes a lot of profit of course too.


Cut From The Same Cloth: To Be Very Similiar


Drink Like A Fish: Drinking Too Much of Any Bad drinks


Feather Your Own Nest: To use your position to get a lot of money dor yourself.


Hard Nut to Crack: Problem that is hard to understand or possibly a difficult person who is hard to understand for example Queen Eleanor in Brave for is a hard nut to crack for Princess Merida but she does it cause the rules needed to change.


Have An Egg On Your Face: You're embarassed! (Hopefully this one is only used in tv movies and books it is very rude to tell someon that nowadays


Raining Cats And Dogs: Really heavy rain outside


Like Water Off A Duck's back: Without Apparent Effect


Monkey Business: Silly and or dishonest behavior


Mum's The Word: To Keep a Secret


Rat Race: The way of life in modern society where people compete against each other for money and power


Speaking With A Forked Tongue: Tell lies. Promise false things.

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