Idioms

English Idioms – Meaning

• A bowl of cherries mean it is easy and delightful.
  • Having met you, my life is like a bowl of cherries.🤣
• Answer the call of nature – meaning having to use the toilet.
• A plum job – means an easy work to accomplish with great remuneration .
• Bad apple – the black sheep of the family or a bad person.
• Back the wrong horse – means supporting the wrong person.
• Climbing the wall – it means being frustrated, anxious, and nervous about being coop up.
  • Lockdown had confined him inside the house, he was beginning to climb the wall.
• Cool as a cucumber – means being cool and composed even in uneasy situation.
• Getting too big for his boots – means becoming arrogant or developing a swollen head.
  • Just because he was praised for his project, he is getting too big for his boots.
• Go pear-shaped – means decision or action did not go as expected but failed and went wrong.
• Peaches and cream
• On the fence – it means being undecided about taking a side or making a decision.
• Spill the beans – It means to expose or reveal a secret or gossip.
  •  Whatever you do, don’t spill the beans, keep it secret.
• Take bull by the horns means facing and acting decively on a problem.
• The cherry on the cake means the final touch to make everything perfect.
  • My daughter got herself a good husband; the cherry on the cake was that he is a respectful and loving son-in-law as well.
• The Life of Riley – It means having an easy and comfortable life.
  • His wife does all the work while he lives the life of Riley.
• Two peas in a pod – Having the same character or looks as someone else.
• Umming and ahhing – it means to hesitate, or being indecisive to make a decision.
  • She was umming and ahhing for ages, it took all my power of persuasion to make her come to the party.