You are an English learner and want to be standout in a crowd with your English knowledge. If it is true, you need to use more and more idioms and expressions in your daily conversations with others. this file, Essential English idioms in the form of expressions and proverbs, opens up a great opportunity to achieve this by enhancing your English skills as much as you would not expect. This quality collection of idioms with different contexts is prepared for you to become like an English speaker.
More than 150 essential idioms in the form of expressions and proverbs their clear English meaning.
A reference with around 150 essential idioms with different contexts like health, life, relationship, etc.
A collection of essential idioms and expressions that should be used in daily conversations.
| Beginning | |
| When it comes to sth, ”second sentence” / I’d say “ idiom“ | when a specific matter is under consideration |
| Speaking of sth, ”Idiom” | when a specific matter is under consideration |
| As the saying goes, ” idiom” | Used to introduce or follow an expression, idiom or a proverb |
| One of the maxims (saying) of sth is that | Used when saying a short statement of a general truth |
| First things first, | More important things should be done or considered before other things |
| At the end of the day, | Something you say before giving the most important fact of a situation |
| Much is currently being written and said about sth, but | – |
| Adverbial idioms | |
| From the cradle to the grave | Throughout your life |
| By leaps and bounds | Very quickly |
| Something can be done at / with the click of a mouse | Very quickly on a computer |
| At somebody’s fingertips | To have knowledge or info ready and available to use |
| Ten to one sth will / won’t do sth | Very likely or unlikely |
| Out of proportion Blow / get sth (up) out of (all) proportion Make a big deal out of sth | Too big , much To make something seem more important or serious |
| Through thick and thin | Under all circumstances, no matter how difficult sth is |
| For / to all intents and purposes, sth did, do | Almost completely / sth has the effect as it was expected |
| A drop in the ocean / bucket | a very small amount compared to the whole |
| Out of the blue Somebody turns up out of the blue | Something happens totally unexpectedly Somebody is seen unexpectedly |
| Sth is something of a / an sth | Not exactly / partly |
| Be all / full of doom and gloom | Bad news and unhappiness |
| Against all odds, sb / sth did sth | Despite something, sth did / happened |
| The other side of the coin is that | On the other hand |
| Sth be doomed to failure / extinction / death | To make sb or sth certain to fail, die. |
| Sth raises a question of sth Sth comes to the fore Sth / sb brings to the fore sth2 Be at the forefront of sth | Bring it to people’s attention To public attention |
| Be in a position of power / authority Be in a position to do sth (be in no position to judge sb) | sb / sth authority, or importance in a society or organization To be able to do sth because you have the power |
| No end in sight = / = an end is in sight | There is no end can be seen in a situation |
| For better or (for) worse | Something must be accepted, whether it is good or bad |
| Sth is beyond / within the realms of possibility | – |
| Take sth / sb for granted Take sth for granted | To expect that sb or sth will always be there, use sth all the time. To believe something to be the truth without even thinking |
| The final / last straw (that breaks the camel’s back) | The last in a series of unpleasant events that finally makes you feel you cannot deal with sth anymore |
| Another / the final nail in the coffin | an event that causes the failure of something that had already started to fail |
| Health | |
| Be as fit as a fiddle | Be healthy and strong |
| A bitter pill to swallow | A very unpleasant situation that must be accepted |
| Run salt in the wound | To make a difficult situation even worse for somebody |
| Prevention is better than cure | It is better to stop sth bad from happening than it is to deal with it after it has happened |
| Excess of sth / do sth to excess | Doing sth too much |
| Everything in moderation Moderation in all things is the best Strike / keep / maintain a balance between sth | Doing sth wisely and withing reasonable limits |
| Too much of anything is detrimental (to) | Doing sth too much can be harmful |
| Laughter is the best medicine | Said to mean that trying to be happy is a good way to stop worrying |
| Sound Body Sound Mind | Mind and body should be both healthy and sound |
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