House Idioms
What is your ideal home called?
Dream House.
If you feel blue it means you feel
sad.
To "be all ears"
means to be listening carefully.
A lazy person is called a
"couch potato."
I "feel like a million bucks" means
I feel great.
If you "work like a dog," you
work very hard.
A house that has ghosts or spirits is a
haunted house.
A small lie like, "Denise cooks really well," is called
a white lie.
If something "costs an arm and a leg" it is
expensive.
If you "bring home the bacon," you are
making money.
If you "go Dutch" you
go in half for a restaurant bill.
"To get the ball rolling" means
to start.
To "be on the house" means
that something is free at the restaurant, hotel, etc.
If you get a "pink slip"
you have been fired from your job.
Someone who is intelligent has
"a good head on their shoulders."
A "big cheese" is
an important person.
Another way to say, "that's my opinion" is
"That's my 2 cents."
When you "hit the books" you
study.
If someone "eats you out of house and home" they
eat a lot of food.
An overnight flight is called
a "red eye."
A person who is "a pain in the neck"
is a person who causes problems.
If someone has a "bun in the oven," they
are pregnant.
If a person is "living hand to mouth," they
have just enough money to pay the bills and nothing more.
To "keep your word" means to
keep your promise
What does "get on like a house on fire" mean?
To become good friends quickly.
Something that happens very rarely happens
"once in a blue moon."
This is another way to say, "Good Luck."
Break a leg!
To have "bigger fish to fry," means
to have more important things to do.
To "chip in" means
to contribute money.
If you find out something by "word of mouth," you
heard it from another person.