Food Idioms
Colour Idioms
Animal Idioms
Weather Idioms
Money Idioms
100

A piece of cake

A task or activity that is easy to complete

100
Black sheep

The odd or bad member of the group

100

Bookworm

Someone who reads a lot

100

Raining cats and dogs

Raining very heavily

100

Look like a million bucks

To look and feel fantastic

200

A couch potato

A lazy person who watches too much television

200

Once in a blue moon

Very rarely

200

As quiet as a mouse

Very quiet

200

Feeling under the weather

To feel mildly ill or sick

200

Bring home the bacon

To earn money, to achieve success

300

That is the way the cookie crumbles

That is just how it is

300

To pass with flying colours

To pass something with a high score

300

Elephant in the room

An obvious problem that no one wants to discuss

300

On cloud nine

Very happy

300

Make ends meet

To have just enough money to pay for basic living expenses without going into debt

400

Have bigger fish to fry

Have more important things to do

400

Rose coloured glasses

Unrealistic view

400

Kill two birds with one stone

To solve two problems with one action

400

Snowed under

Completely overwhelmed or overloaded with work

400

Tighten your belt

To spend less money and live more frugally during hard times

500

Butter someone up

To flatter someone to gain a favour or advantage

500

Catch red handed

Catch someone in the act of doing something wrong or illegal

500

Let the cat out of the bag

To reveal a secret

500

Every cloud has a silver lining

There is something good or positive in every bad situation

500

Money talks

The idea that having wealth gives a person power, influence, or the ability to get things done