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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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  • Take a Leaf out of Someone’s Book

    Meaning implement actionable advice follow an example set by another person imitate another person emulate copy Example Sentences I couldn't decide... Read more

    Posted on 16 March 2022

  • Bring Someone to Book

    bring someone to book https://www.theidioms.com/bring-someone-to-book/ Read more

    Posted on 15 March 2022

  • Living on Borrowed Time

    living on borrowed time https://www.theidioms.com/living-on-borrowed-time/ Read more

    Posted on 15 March 2022

  • Break New Ground

    break new ground https://www.theidioms.com/break-new-ground/ Read more

    Posted on 12 March 2022

  • Hit the Panic Button

    hit the panic button https://www.theidioms.com/hit-the-panic-button/ Read more

    Posted on 12 March 2022

  • Wide Berth

    a wide berth Meaning avoid (a person, place, or circumstance) stay away from keep away from somebody sizeable allotment mitigate collision Example... Read more

    Posted on 11 March 2022

  • Bury Head in the Sand

    bury head in the sand https://www.theidioms.com/bury-head-in-the-sand/ Read more

    Posted on 10 March 2022

  • Rain Check

    take a rain check Meaning declining an offer that might be taken up later. refuse an offer politely, but imply that it can be taken up later. to guarantee... Read more

    Posted on 08 March 2022

  • Buy Time

    Meaning to do something in order to postpone an event, a result, etc. to do something in order to be allowed more time. The idiom " buy time " refers to... Read more

    Posted on 07 March 2022

  • 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