Idioms and Phrases With Meanings and Examples PDF

Idioms and Phrases With Meanings and Examples PDF

All ears

Fully listening

Keep an eye on

Take care of, watch in order to protect

Joined at the hip

To be exceptionally close to someone

Pat on the back

Recognition or a thank-you

See eye to eye

Agree

On the nose

Precisely, at an exact time

A sight for sore eyes

Someone that you’re pleased to see

Cost an arm and a leg

Be very expensive

Two heads are better than one

My son, don’t forget; Two heads are better than one

Learn the ropes

It didn’t take her new assistant long to learn the ropes.

Doing your homework

You can’t play game any more until you do your homework!

Under one’s belt

She has almost a year as minister under her belt.

Pick his brain

You should pick Mary’s brain sometime; she knows all about math.

Be common knowledge

It’s common knowledge that she is a beautiful girl.

As far as anyone knows

As far as anyone knows, this is the last of the great herds of buffalo.

Knowledge is power

In this situation, knowledge is power.

Bookworm

Someone who reads a lot

Brainstorm something

To think of new ideas

Skip class

To not go to school when you should

Teacher’s pet

The teacher’s favourite student

As easy as ABC

Very easy

Cover a lot of ground

Complete a lot of material in a class

Eager beaver

Someone who works hard and is very enthusiastic

Copycat

Someone who copies the work of another person

Dropout

To stop attending school

Pass with flying colors

To experience particular trouble or difficulty

Souped up

Made more powerful or stylish

Sell like hot cakes

Bought by many people

Big cheese 

Very important person (VIP)

Cream of the crop

The best

Butter someone up

Be extra nice to someone

One smart cookie

A very intelligent person

Egg someone on

Urge someone to do something

Hard nut to crack

Difficult to understand, often a person

Cool as a cucumber

Very relaxed

Apple of one’s eye

A person that is adored by someone

Helicopter Parenting

Over attentive child-raising

Bob’s Your Uncle

The rest is easy; you’re almost finished

My Old Man, My Old Lady

My spouse

Pop the Question

Propose marriage

Up the Duff

Pregnant

Like Taking Candy from a Baby

Very easy

Accident Of Birth

Luck in something due to family good fortune

One big happy family

A group of people who live or work together or in close proximity

Family man

A man devoted to taking care of his wife and children

Spitting Image

Have a strong resemblance, often familiar

On another planet

not paying attention, acting strangely

Bells and whistles

extra features and trimmings

To blow a fuse

to lose your temper

Cutting edge

advanced and innovative

A shoulder to cry on

someone who listens to your problems

By Hook or by Crook

By some possibly dishonest means

To push someone’s buttons

to provoke someone

Cog in the machine

said about one part of a large system or organization

Get your wires crossed

being confused or not understanding someone

At boiling point

reached one’s limit in patience or temper

Blow a fuse

become very angry/lose one’s temper

Not rocket science

easy to do or understand

a piece of cake

A task that can be accomplished very easily.

up and running

properly functioning