You are having trouble understanding something

Something you say after you have fallen down

Keep your money close to you, and beware of thieves

Focused on a goal, working hard

Exercising for physical fitness

When you arrive at a store and realize it is closed

When you have paid too much for something

When you see food and it makes you hungry

What you say when you want dessert

What you say about someone who talks too much

You've twisted my arm

What you say when someone has convinced you to do something

Someone has grabbed your arm and twisted it

What you say when someone has confused you

What you say when someone has misrepresented you words

He's got a short fuse

Someone who wears clothes that are too small

Give them a taste of their own medicine

To get revenge on someone by doing exactly what they did to you

Give someone their prescribed medication

To cook food for someone using a recipe they gave you

To make someone feel better by telling them how good they are

Do not make a decision until you have slept and thought it over

Lay down on something to see if it is soft enough to sleep on

To be bored when someone is speaking

Something smells fishy

When you do not trust somebody, or something is not what it appears to be

When something in the air smells like fish

When you feel ill and want to leave

24 / 7 (Twenty-four / Seven)

Always. All the time. Continuously.

Take it with a grain of salt

The information you are receiving may not be accurate

Add salt to the medicine so it does not taste so bad

The food has no flavor. Add some salt to it

Pull the wool over someone's eyes

To lie to someone. To deceive someone.

To make yourself attractive for someone

To call someone a sheep. Someone who does not lead, but follows.

To pull someone's hat down over their face

Do not do a poor job in order to save time or money

Stop cutting people off in traffic

Do not cut the corners off of paper money

Barking up the wrong tree

Looking in the wrong place. Accusing the wrong person.

When you are looking for birds in the wrong type of tree

The ball is in your court

What you say to someone when you have done your part, and you now expect them to do their part.

Don't give up your day job

A joke to insult someone's singing or dancing skills

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What is an idiom?

A person who is not very smart

A question or sentence that does not mean what it says

A type of bird

A summer storm

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To do something without hesitation

To challenge someone to a fight by dropping your hat on the ground

An expression you say when you expect it to rain

Accusing someone of being a thief

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English Idioms

What is an idiom?

I'm pulling your leg.

I've got your back!

Once in a blue moon.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Kill two birds with one stone.

At the drop of a hat.

I can't stand it.

Hold your horses!

On the ball

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