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    TheIdioms.com website has a large collection of the most famous and popular English idioms, explained by expert authors and teachers in a very comprehensive way. Each entry comes with several different examples, meaning and origin.

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  • Between You and Me

    between you and me https://www.theidioms.com/between-you-and-me/ Read more

    Posted on 27 February 2022

  • as Bold as Brass

    as bold as brass https://www.theidioms.com/as-bold-as-brass/ Read more

    Posted on 25 February 2022

  • Behind Bars

    behind bars https://www.theidioms.com/behind-bars/ Read more

    Posted on 24 February 2022

  • Bosom Friend

    bosom friend https://www.theidioms.com/bosom-friend/ Read more

    Posted on 24 February 2022

  • Beau Monde

    Meaning a fashionable society. a rich society. a class of people who are particularly wealthy and glamorous. Example Sentences He had no interest in th... Read more

    Posted on 22 February 2022

  • Rob Peter to Pay Paul

    rob Peter to pay Paul https://www.theidioms.com/rob-peter-to-pay-paul/ Read more

    Posted on 18 February 2022

  • Burn the Candle at Both Ends

    burn the candle at both ends https://www.theidioms.com/burn-the-candle-at-both-ends/ Read more

    Posted on 16 February 2022

  • Know Which Side One’s Bread is Buttered

    know which side one's bread is buttered,also, aware of which side his bread is buttered on Meaning to be cognizant of where one's interests lie in a given... Read more

    Posted on 15 February 2022

  • Fiddle While Rome Burns

    fiddle while Rome burns https://www.theidioms.com/fiddle-while-rome-burns/ Read more

    Posted on 10 February 2022

  • Yoke Around One’s Neck

    Meaning a fatiguing burden. a trouble for someone. something that oppresses people. an obligation. a smothering commitment. a debilitating restraint. a... Read more

    Posted on 09 February 2022

  • Get out of Dodge

    get out of dodge https://www.theidioms.com/get-out-of-dodge/ Read more

    Posted on 08 February 2022

  • Show the Door

    show the door https://www.theidioms.com/show-the-door/ Read more

    Posted on 08 February 2022

  • Tasted Blood

    tasted blood https://www.theidioms.com/tasted-blood/ Read more

    Posted on 04 February 2022

  • by and by

    Meaning Example Sentences By and by, she paused to make sure everyone was paying attention. The taxi ride to the airport seemed to go on forever, but by... Read more

    Posted on 01 February 2022

  • Break the News

    break the news https://www.theidioms.com/break-the-news/ Read more

    Posted on 31 January 2022

  • a Wet Blanket

    a wet blanket https://www.theidioms.com/a-wet-blanket/ Read more

    Posted on 30 January 2022

  • Get One’s Feet Wet

    Meaning to begin taking part in a new activity to try or experience something new or risky (especially for the first time) to start doing something new in... Read more

    Posted on 29 January 2022

  • Go Bananas

    Meaning become very angry or act crazy "go bananas" means to visibly become either excited or angry about something a person could be extremely happy about... Read more

    Posted on 27 January 2022

  • Blue Alert

    Meaning a "blue alert" is issued for assistance from the public to catch the suspect. stage II of the warning, indicating an approaching storm or... Read more

    Posted on 26 January 2022

  • Bones Day

    Meaning a fruitful or productive day A bones day means a productive one. While it is by no means a guarantee, a person will say that he or she is going to hav... Read more

    Posted on 25 January 2022