I) I can’t wait to see you perform on stage tonight! _! H) We missed our flight to Paris because the connecting flight was late and to _ they made us pay for a new ticket as if it was our fault! G) They tried _ when installing the pipes for the house and now we have leaks only one month after purchasing it! I only go _.į) I’m sorry I can’t come into work today. I need to sign some papers at Jenny’s school anyway so i’ll pick her up for you too.Į) I don’t really like going out to bars anymore. Now he knows!Ĭ) Ha! John has been promising to paint the house for five years…. I won’t be able to pay my rent!ī) His birthday was supposed to be a surprise! I can’t believe you _. Fill in the blank!Ī) I can’t afford this purse! It _. To test your new-found knowledge here are some sentences to practice with. ‘Stealing someones thunder’ – Taking credit for someone else achievements. ‘The elephant in the room’ – A matter or problem that is obvious of great importance but that is not discussed openly.Ģ5. ‘The last straw’ – The final source of irritation for someone to finally lose patience.Ģ4. ‘Giving someone the cold shoulder’ – To ignore someone.Ģ3. ‘Getting a taste of your own medicine’ – Being treated the same unpleasant way you have treated others.Ģ2. ‘Bite the bullet’ – Decide to do something unpleasant that you have avoiding doing.Ģ1. ‘No pain no gain’ – You have to work hard for something you want.Ģ0. ‘Let someone off the hook’ – To allow someone, who have been caught, to not be punished.ġ9. ‘Call it a day’ – Stop working on somethingġ8. ‘A blessing in disguise’ – An misfortune that eventually results in something good happening later on.ġ7. “He hit the nail on the head when he said this company needs more HR support.”ġ6. ‘To hit the nail on the head’ – to describe exactly what is causing a situation or problem. “Break a leg Sam, I’m sure your performance will be great.”ġ5. ‘Break a leg’ – means ‘good luck’ (often said to actors before they go on stage). “I thought this no-brand bread would be horrible turns out you can’t judge a book by its cover.”ġ4. ‘You can’t judge a book by its cover’ – to not judge someone or something based solely on appearance. “To add insult to injury the car drove off without stopping after knocking me off my bike.”ġ3.
‘To add insult to injury’ – to make a situation worse. “They really cut corners when they built this bathroom the shower is leaking.”ġ2. ‘To cut corners’ – to do something badly or cheaply. I got to go away but also spend time with him.”ġ1.
“By taking my dad on holiday, I killed two birds with one stone. ‘To kill two birds with one stone’ – to solve two problems at once. “I’m really feeling under the weather today I have a terrible cold.”ġ0. ‘To feel under the weather’ – to not feel well. “I let the cat out of the bag about their wedding plans.”ĩ. ‘Let the cat out of the bag’ – to accidentally reveal a secret. ‘A piece of cake’– something is very easy.Ĩ. “Fuel these days costs and arm and a leg.”ħ. ‘To cost an arm and a leg’– something is very expensive. ‘When pigs fly’ – something that will never happen.Ħ. “I only go to the cinema once in a blue moon.”ĥ. ‘Once in a blue moon’ – an event that happens infrequently. “They finally saw eye to eye on the business deal.”Ĥ. ‘See eye to eye’ – this means agreeing with someone. “Hi Tom, speak of the devil, I was just telling Sara about your new car.”ģ. ‘Speak of the devil’ – this means that the person you’re just talking about actually appears at that moment. “By working part-time and looking after her kids two days a week she managed to get the best of both worlds.”Ģ. ‘The best of both worlds’ – means you can enjoy two different opportunities at the same time. Now with even more idioms and phrases added! Here are the most common English idiomsand phrases that will enrich your English vocabularyand make you sound like a native speaker. That is why we have gathered some of the most common English idioms and phrases so you will understand the true meaning of them. If you can’t understand idioms you will not be able to understand the context. When you learn English idioms and phrases you will sound more confident especially when you speak with native English speakers. To learn English idioms and expression it can take some time but there are some of them that are more popular than others that will come handy if you know them. You have probably heard some of them, especially in TV-shows and movies, and wondered why you can’t understand these idioms even though you fully understand the words. Most of the English idioms you hear are offering advice’s but also contain some underlying principles and values. Idioms are words or phrases that aren’t meant to be taken literally and usually have a cultural meaning behind them. Every language has its own idioms and expressions and the English language has plenty of phrases that is useful to learn.
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