IDIOMS AND MEANING
IDIOMS AND ORIGIN
SIMILES
IDIOMS ( WORD ORDER)
PICTURES
100
To be all ears
To be eager to listen, sharply, attentive, curious
100
Achilles' Heel
The Iliad. Homer.
100
As white as __________
SNOW
100
OIL / THE / MIDNIGHT / BURN
Burn the midnight oil
100
HIT AND RUN
200
To air your dirty laundry in public.
To talk about your private disagreements or embarrassing matters in public, usually quarrelling.
200
Beware of the Greeks bearing gifts
The Aeneid. Virgil
200
As black as _______
COAL
200
PANTS / YOUR / IN / ANTS
Ants in your pants.
200
NOT MY CUP OF TEA
300
To bark up the wrong tree
To direct your attention or efforts toward the wrong person or thing
300
To be a bull in a china shop
Aesop's fables
300
As sweet as ________
HONEY
300
OUT / FISH / WATER / OF
Fish out of water.
300
PIECE OF CAKE
400
To cast pearls before swines
To waste something good or valuable on someone that won't appreciate or understand it.
400
Don't count your chicken before they hatch
Aesop.
400
As easy as ________
A,B,C
400
FLOCK / OF / A / TOGETHER / BIRDS / FEATHER
Birds of a feather flock together.
400
MONKEY BUSINESS
500
"Tongue in cheek"
Intended as a joke, not serious, insincere, mocking.
500
Every cloud has a siver lining.
John Milton 1634
500
As changeable as the ________
WEATHER.
500
OF / BEHOLDER / IS / THE / IN / EYE / BEAUTY / THE
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
500
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