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Idioms in English - Examples of 100+ Commonly Used

Idioms and Their Meanings

If you are a person who loves to watch English movies and series, or if you have the habit of reading
books and newspapers, you would have surely come across a number of idioms. There might have
been situations where you felt you did not really understand what the characters were saying. Learn
what idioms mean and how they are used. Once you do that, try rewatching or re-reading the parts you
did not understand initially. You will surely have a good laugh.

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What Is an Idiom? – Meaning and Definition

An idiom is a group of words, or in other words, a phrase (https://byjus.com/english/phrases/) that has
a meaning different from the literal meaning of the words in it. According to the Oxford Learner’s
Dictionary, an idiom is defined as “a group of words whose meaning is different from the meanings of
the individual words”, and according to the Cambridge Dictionary, an idiom is defined as “a group of
words in a fixed order that has a particular meaning that is different from the meanings of each word
on its own”.

The Collins Dictionary defines an idiom as “a group of words which have a different meaning when used
together from the one they would have if you took the meaning of each word separately.” The Merriam-
Webster Dictionary provides a more elaborate definition. According to them, an idiom is “an expression
in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived
from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for “undecided”) or in its
grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way).”

Why Use Idioms in Sentences?

Idioms can be a powerful linguistic tool only when they are used in the right way in the right places. The
only thing that makes learning idioms a time-consuming process is the fact that one cannot depend
merely on the meaning of individual words to understand what the entire phrase means.

Idioms are not meant to be used in academic or professional writing. In a lighter context, the use of
idioms can make your piece of writing or speech unique. Idioms can also be used to indicate pun or
even sarcasm. Like any other components of a language, you have to be careful with the use of idioms
as well. The only problem is that it would make no sense or effect to a group of people who do not know
the meaning of the idiom you are using. So, always make sure you are using idioms with an audience
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List of 100+ Common Idioms, Their Meanings and Examples of Their

Usage in Sentences
To make your learning process a lot easier, here is a table with the most common idioms in the English
language along with their meanings for your reference.

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Idiom Meaning Sentence Example

Under the Feeling ill / Getting a cold My mom was feeling a bit under the
weather weather.

Cold feet Becoming nervous It was her chance to speak and she was
getting cold feet.

Apple of my eye Used to refer to someone whom My younger brother is the apple of my eye.
you are very fond of or like

Set the record To reveal the truth / To clarify In order to set the record straight, the
straight umpires checked the camera to review the
previous shot.

Kill two birds with Achieve two results by doing one None of us understood that he was trying to
a stone thing kill two birds with a stone when he joined
the military forces.

Snowed under To be busy My father seems to have been snowed

under for the last few weeks.

To break To do or say something that Glint just broke my bubble when he said
someone’s proves someone else’s beliefs are that he was a part of it.
bubble not true

Walk on To be very careful with your Talking to my mom about my grades made
eggshells actions and words me feel like I was walking on eggshells.

Bite the bullet Finish something no matter how Danny had been putting off discussing the
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unsatisfying or unpleasant it is / financial management of the company but
Get something over with decided to bite the bullet and talk to Sid
today.

Make two ends To have just enough money for all Harry and Hani are finding it really difficult
meet your needs to make two ends meet.

To be at To quarrel or disagree Jithin’s parents seem to be at loggerheads

loggerheads with over something or the other all the time.
someone

Pretty penny Expensive The dress she wants for her birthday will
cost a pretty penny.

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Break a leg Used instead of good luck The teacher asked us to break a leg at the
annual day dance.

Through thick At all times – both good and bad My friends are always there for me –
and thin through thick and thin.

Beat around the Not saying directly Jason’s neighbour kept beating around the
bush bush and did not give a direct answer.

Hang in there Stay strong in a difficult situation Hang in there! Everything will be okay before
you know it.

Cut corners Purchase something in the least I often cut corners in order to buy
expensive way or do something something for my brother.
easily / reduce expenses

Steal someone’s Directing the attention and doing Monica claimed that Rachel tried to steal
thunder something to gain praise and her thunder.
preventing another person from
gaining praise

Call it a day To stop doing something After the movie, we had planned to go to
the beach, but we decided to call it a day as
everyone was tired.

Better late than To do something rather than not Well, we thought it was better late than
never doing never, but where are the others?

Stick to your guns Stay morally strong or be firm in The lawyer asked Rakesh to stick to his guns
decisions especially when being if he wants to win the case.
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Leave no stone To look everywhere without The police were determined not to leave
unturned missing a spot or to take every any stone unturned.
effort possible to achieve
something

Clouds on the Problems/ Trouble Vishnu sensed that there were multiple
horizon clouds on the horizon.

A blessing in Something that you think is bad Me catching a cold was a blessing in
disguise but turns out to be a blessing disguise.

Blue in the face To be exhausted due to strain or Usha looked blue in the face after the
anger marathon.

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Make a long story To say something in simple words We decided to cut the long story short and
short in a brief manner tell them what actually happened at the
mall.

Cup of tea Not something that a person Cooking has never been Rachel’s cup of tea.
would do

Beating a dead Overdoing something or an She was just beating a dead horse in
horse action that is pointless thinking she could change his mind.

Speak of the devil A phrase used to refer to a person Speak of the devil! Here he comes.
who appears as soon as they are
being mentioned

Let sleeping dogs To stop discussing something The police had warned us to let sleeping
lie that is already over or sorted out dogs lie and move ahead with our lives.

Let the cat out of Reveal a secret carelessly Adharsh just let the cat out of the bag by
the bag revealing the gender of the baby.

Elephant in the A controversial problem or a We had to identify the elephant in the room
room major issue before we made a decision.

To say in a To sum up the points and be brief The teacher asked us to quote the findings
nutshell in a nutshell.

Worth its weight To be highly valuable Every word of what you say is worth its
in gold weight in gold.

To weather the To go through something difficult My mom taught me how to stand strong
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A piece of cake An easy task Solving the Wordle everyday was just a
piece of cake.

Get your act To stop fooling around and do It is time you get your act together and do
together something in the way it should be something useful.
done

Cost an arm and Used to refer to something that is I think it will cost an arm and a leg to get the
a leg extremely expensive car my brother wants.

On top of the A state of extreme happiness Niya seemed to be on top of the world since
world she heard the news of her son’s promotion.

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Time is money To work quickly in the time that is The manager encouraged the employees
left to realise that time is money and work
harder.

Get out of hand Not in one’s control anymore The situation has gotten out of hand and
there is nothing anyone here can do to help.

Like two peas in a Be together always My cousin and I are always like two peas in
pod a pod.

Know which way To understand what is happening As a detective, you are always obliged to
the wind blows learn which way the wind blows and then
make a statement.

Hit the nail on the To do something the exact way in Harish hit the nail on the head with his
head which it should be done / Also decision to buy this piece of land.
refers to giving a direct answer

Catch more flies Getting what you want by being If you ask politely, you may be able to catch
with honey than nice more flies with honey than you can with
you can with vinegar.
vinegar

Let someone off Releasing someone or letting The court decided to let the guy off the hook
the hook someone go as there was no evidence proving his crime.

Like riding a A skill that you learn and will Learning a language is like riding a bicycle;
bicycle never forget you will never forget it.

Blame one’s tools Blaming something on someone When he understood he had no way out of
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It’s not rocket Not that difficult to comprehend Cooking sambar is easy; I will figure it out.
science After all, it is not rocket science.

Spill the beans Reveal a secret Remya spilled the beans about her sister
coming to her mom.

Get the show on Start something or begin an The circus company had completed its trail
the road enterprise run and was ready to get the show on the
road.

Pull the last straw The final point in a series of Sheetal decided to pull the last straw and
unfortunate events when you feel inform the manager about what was
you cannot take it anymore happening in the office.

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That ship has It is too late to do something Norah said that she won’t be performing live
sailed anymore as she announced to the press,
“That ship has sailed”.

It is always the Something good is coming / Do not be worried about what is going on in
darkest before Things will get better your life right now; it is always the darkest
dawn before dawn.

Have one’s head To have no concentration at all I knew that you had your head in the clouds
in the clouds throughout the ceremony. What happened
to you?

On thin ice Used to refer to a sensitive Zeke was on thin ice; he had to figure out a
scenario or a person who is in way to help his brother.
trouble

Give a cold Act rudely to someone Nobody knows why Dias gave Rayon a cold
shoulder shoulder.

Cannot make an Everything has a cost to pay You just have to understand that you
omelette without cannot make an omelette without breaking
breaking some some eggs.
eggs

Once bitten, Being extremely cautious as you Nitheesh has been extremely careful with
twice shy have been hurt already making new friends. After all, once bitten,
twice shy right?

Bolt from the blue Something that happens The news of my friend’s pregnancy was a
unexpectedly or without a bolt from the blue.
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When it rains, it When everything goes wrong at They not only left home late but also got
pours once stuck in traffic. When it rains, it pours.

Miss the boat To act too slowly and miss an You will miss the boat if you wait any longer.
opportunity

Pull someone’s To make fun of someone Kevin’s friends kept pulling his leg all
leg evening.

No pain no gain Suffering or making efforts is It is better you start learning now. It will be
required to achieve something difficult but no pain, no gain.

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See eye to eye Have the same opinion or have It is highly required that you both see eye to
the same point of view eye if you want this resolved.

Wear your heart To be extremely open about what Divya wears her heart on her sleeve; she
on your sleeve you feel and think tends to get hurt very often.

Takes two to Two persons are equally It is not possible Sandhya is the only one
tango responsible for what is happening involved. After all, it takes two to tango.
or has happened

Come rain or No matter what happens Come rain or shine, I will be there for you.
shine

So far so good Means that everything has turned Everything so far has been so good.
out well until that point

Comparing To compare two things that are Comparing a doctor’s profession to a

apples to completely different and cannot teacher’s profession is like comparing
oranges be compared apples to oranges.

When pigs fly When something uncanny or Pigs would fly if you cooked.
impossible happens

Curiosity killed Asking too many questions or It is better we don’t dig more into this case;
the cat involving too much in other curiosity killed the cat.
people’s affairs will get you into
trouble

The best of both Good in every way Having my best friend is the best of both
worlds worlds.
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Burn bridges Do something to spoil Susan did not realise she would be burning
relationships bridges when she took up the job.

The whole nine Refer to everything that is there He has to sell the whole nine yards if he
yards wants to buy that house.

Grass is greener Never being satisfied with what For her, grass is always greener on the other
on the other side one gets side.

Every dog has its Everyone gets a chance Do not worry about it. Every dog has his day.
day Today, it is his.

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Counting your Expecting good results before She started counting her chickens before
chickens before something is done they hatched. That will only disappoint her; I
they hatch hope she understands.

Go down in To fail terribly Everything went down in flames when we

flames lost the lottery.

Adding fuel to the Aggravating the problem She was just adding fuel to the fire telling
fire Tom’s mom about his health.

Wrap your head Try to make sense about what is My mom was finding it hard to wrap her
around going on head around the fact that I am getting
something married tomorrow.

Cut the mustard Do a perfectly good job The police cut the mustard in finding the
gang that robbed the bank.

Jump from the Refers to a situation becoming He did not know he was jumping off the
frying pan into worse frying pan into the fire when he decided to
the fire speak about the problems at work.

Cry over spilt milk Worrying or complaining about There is no use crying over spilt milk; you
something that cannot be just have to move on with your life.
fixed/rectified

Have a method Seeming to be crazy but in fact, Everyone thinks he is crazy, but he sure has
to one’s madness clever a method to his madness.

Do something at Do something unplanned He can plan a whole trip at the drop of a

the drop of a hat hat.
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Get wind of To have information about It is so hard to get wind of what is going on
something something secret here.

Hear it from the To know something from the We finally heard it from the horse’s mouth.
horse’s mouth person involved

Fit as a fiddle To be in good health My great grandmother is surprisingly fit as a

fiddle.

Take everything Refers to being sceptic and not My mom always asks to believe everyone
with a pinch of believing blindly with a pinch of salt.
salt

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A pain in the neck Refers to a person who is Rayana was a constant pain in the neck.
annoying

The best thing A good and useful invention The smartphone is the best thing since
since sliced sliced bread.
bread

Walk in the To understand what the other is You will not understand unless you walk in
other’s shoes going through their shoes.

Break the ice To make people feel comfortable The communication trainer conducted an
with those who are unfamiliar to activity to break the ice.
them

Having a monkey To have a problem that you Not completing my degree is a monkey on
on your back cannot solve or get rid off easily my back.

Go on a wild Doing something pointless Finding the red and black dress I saw online
goose chase felt like going on a wild goose chase.

Rain cats and Raining heavily It has been raining cats and dogs since
dogs yesterday.

Once in a blue Very rarely We met each other only once in a blue
moon moon.

Bark up the Following a misguided or He did not know he was barking up the
wrong tree mistaken thought or action wrong tree.

Have the ball in One can make a call / decide on Rahul finally had the ball in his court.
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Devil quoting the Good things being twisted for Mephistopheles speaking about going to
Bible selfish and evil purposes heaven is like the devil quoting the Bible.

The devil is in the Refers to something that seems Haven’t you heard the devil’s in the details?
details to be good only from a distance

Other fish in the More opportunities My father told me not to worry about the
sea competition as there would be other fish in
the sea.

A snowball’s No chance at all at surviving You will require a snowball’s chance in hell
chance in hell to clear this exam.

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Something ain’t It is not over yet / there is more to For all we know, this will not end until the fat
over until the fat the situation lady sings.
lady sings

Bounce off the To be extremely excited and The children were bouncing off the walls the
walls energetic moment they heard about going to an
amusement park this weekend.

As right as rain Something is perfect I don’t know about the others, but I feel that
your decision is as right as rain.

To get bent out of To be upset, to take offence, to be My cousins have been bent out of shape
shape angry after my uncle passed away.

Every cloud has a There is always some good in Do not be worried about your current
silver lining every thing that happens / situation; after all, every cloud has a silver
Something good will happen after lining.
something bad

Play the devil’s To argue or fight over something We had no idea why he was playing the
advocate just for the sake of it devil’s advocate when he knew what had
happened.

Cross that bridge Deal with the problem when it I know there are decisions to be made
when we get to it happens about the selling of the house but we will
cross that bridge when we get to it. As of
now, let us focus on this.

Throw caution to To take a risk Gaurav threw caution to the wind in trying
the wind to save me from the accident.
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A penny for your Used to ask someone what they I would like to give a penny for your
thoughts are thinking thoughts.

Bite off more than To do more than you can My mom thinks that my brother is biting off
you can chew more than he can chew by taking up a
night job and a day job.

Judging a book Judge or form an opinion on People are known to always judge a book
by its cover someone based on appearances by its cover.

Rain on one’s To spoil someone’s moment of Rachel did not really think she was raining
parade praise / To spoil something on Monica’s parade when she announced
about her new job.

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By the skin of By a very narrow margin, the The doctors said that Manu had escaped
your teeth slightest if chances serious injuries by the skin of his teeth.

Put all your eggs Doing something risky Rounak’s parents think that he is putting all
in one basket his eggs in one basket.

Put something on To hold off something We decided to put the case on ice until we
ice had some clue of what had happened.

Cannot have a Cannot have everything for It is not at all that you have the cake and
cake and eat it yourself eat it too.
too

Examples of Idioms
Now, take a look at some of the most common and funniest examples from various movies, TV series
and books.

Idiom Examples from Movies

I could dance with you until the cows come home. – Duck Soup

Speak of the devil – Fast and Furious

This is the man with no name. Danger fits him like a glove. – A Fistful of Dollars

Look at this place! It looks wonderful. All spick-and-span. – Mrs. Doubtfire

I’ve got three items in the docket: First, we need to acknowledge the elephant in the room. –
Zootopia

Idiom Examples from TV Series

Um, well, break a leg tonight. – This is Us

Not to burst your bubble but it’s not rocket science. – Manifest
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Oh, perhaps I am a little under the weather. – The Big Bang Theory

The wedding is about to start when Monica gets cold feet. – F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

Stalin. Do I know that name? That sounds familiar. Well, it does not ring a bell with me. – F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

Idiom Examples from Books

“Nay, if our wits run the wild-goose chase, I am done, for thou hast more of the wild-goose in one
of thy wits than, I am sure, I have in my whole five.” – Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Scrooge signed it. And Scrooge’s name was good upon ‘Change, for anything he chose to put his
hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a doornail.” – A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

“But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve for daws to peck at. I am not what I am.” – Othello by
William Shakespeare

“I’ve got my hands full,” I said. “I’m much obliged but I couldn’t take on any more work.” – The
Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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“Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t.” – Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Frequently Asked Questions on Idioms in English

Q1 What is an idiom?

An idiom is a group of words, or in other words, a phrase that has a meaning other than its literal
meaning of the words in it.

Q2 What is the definition of an idiom?

According to the Oxford Learner’s Dictionary, an idiom is defined as “a group of words whose
meaning is different from the meanings of the individual words”, and according to the Cambridge
Dictionary, an idiom is defined as “a group of words in a fixed order that has a particular meaning
that is different from the meanings of each word on its own”.

Q3 Give 5 examples of idioms.

My brother and I are always at loggerheads.

Aaron was on cloud nine when I gave him cashew cookies.

We decided to put the case on ice until we had some clue of what had happened.

My father told me not to worry about the competition as there would be other fish in the sea.

The communication trainer conducted an activity to break the ice.

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