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    1000+ Idioms For Daily life With example
    1000+ Idioms For Daily life With example
    1000+ Idioms For Daily life With example
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    1000+ Idioms For Daily life With example

    By A.Sulthan

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    1000+ Idioms for Daily life with example brings you more than 1000 Idioms with its meaning and examples. After reading this you will be able to understand and use in your daily life. Idioms add flavour to your language. It’s a key part of mastering your communication skill in English. Another purpose for idioms and idiomatic speech relates to bonding and forming communities with people. Idioms tend to be informal, social language, and their use "warms up" a social situation, helping you bond with other people as "like" yourself. A person unable to use the idioms feels and sometimes is excluded from the bond. I think this helps account for the coinage of new idioms or figurative vocabulary among young people.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherA.Sulthan
    Release dateAug 21, 2017
    ISBN9781386680154
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      1000+ Idioms For Daily life With example - A.Sulthan

      Preface

      This book 1000+ Idioms for Daily life with example brings you more than 1000 Idioms with its meaning and examples. After reading this you will be able to understand and use in your daily life. Idioms add flavour to your language. It’s a key part of mastering your communication skill in English. Another purpose for idioms and idiomatic speech relates to bonding and forming communities with people.  Idioms tend to be informal, social language, and their use warms up a social situation, helping you bond with other people as like yourself.  A person unable to use the idioms feels—and sometimes is excluded from the bond.  I think this helps account for the coinage of new idioms or figurative vocabulary among young people.

      The style used in the book is as follows:

      IDIOM (Bullet and Small Caps)

      Its meaning (in normal text)

      Example (italic)

      A.Sulthan

      www.iamsulthan.in

      Introduction

      An idiom is the phrase or group of words that has a figurative meaning, typically because of its common usage. An idiom’s symbolic sense is quite different from the literal meaning or definition of the words of which it is made. There are a large number of Idioms and they used very commonly in all languages. Idioms in fact, evolve the language and they are the building blocks of a language and civilization as well they have great intensity to make a language interesting and dynamic. They bring the spectacular illustration to the speech. They provide interesting insights into languages and thought processes of their speakers. They have a sense of mystery and fun about them.

      Because of idioms, learning a language can be complicated. After you can conjugate verbs, and know a lot of words, you may still have difficulty speaking the language with native users.

      This is partly due to the use of idioms and would also depend of which region of a country you were in. Idiom usage is not just regional, but also varies according to people’s interests and social groups.

      The best way to pick up on the meaning of certain idioms would be to converse with people and ask them for a clarification of the idiom if you are not clear about the idiom they used.

      Comparing idioms between countries can also be interesting:

      In Finnish, with long teeth means you are doing something that you really don’t want to do

      In French, to have long teeth means you are ambitious.

      With this brief introduction let’s beef up leaning idioms.

      A

      A breath of fresh air

      This is used to describe about a new, fresh, and imaginative approach, a change that feels good.

      The politician says that the country needs a breath of fresh air.

      A clean bill of health

      It is said when you examine someone or something and state that they are healthy, in good condition, or legal.

      The Player was given a clean bill of health by his doctors.

      The company received a clean bill of health because it fulfilled all the ISO requirments.

      A dime's worth

      An insignificant amount

      At best, he'll make a dime's worth of difference with his interference in the affair.

      ––––––––

      A fact of life

      It used to refer to something which is unpleasant and which people accept because they cannot change it.

      Violence has become a fact of life among teenagers these days.

      A fool and his money are soon parted

      It means that stupid people spend money without thinking about it enough.

      John likes his extravagant lifestyle - but then a fool and his money are soon parted.

      A life-saver

      It is used to refer to something or someone that saves a person in a difficult situation or critical moment.

      Thank you so much for the timely help. You're a real lifesaver!

      A little bird told me

      Used when you don't want reveal the source of your information.

      A: How did you know the news?

      B: Oh, a little bird told me.

      A lost ball in the weeds

      The phrase a lost ball in the weeds refers to a person who is completely lost or confused and does not know what they are doing, how to do it or possibly even where they are.

      I got confused after seeing the question paper. I was a lost ball in the weeds.

      A man of action

      A man who is inclined to act first rather than think about things and discuss them.

      Mukesh is really a man of action. Since he arrived at the top of the company, he has done so many things.

      A man /women of few words

      A person who doesn't speak much and a man of action

      He is a man of few words. But when he speaks, he makes a lot of sense.

      ––––––––

      A man's man

      Refers to a man known for traditionally masculine interests and activities.

      Brock is what you would call a man's man.

      A new lease of life

      Refer to an occasion when something gives you the chance to become happy or healthy and makes you more energetic than before.

      The new house has given me a new lease of life.

      A number cruncher

      Refers to someone whose job is to work with numbers and mathematics. It may also refer to a computer or program that is able to solve complicated problems of mathematics.

      Abdul is a number cruncher. He works for a big Investment bank.

      Number crunchers are used on weather forecasting to try and forecast the rain.

      A roof over your head

      Place to live.

      May people in Mumbai are poor and don’t have a roof over their head.

      ––––––––

      A watched pot never boils

      It means that things appear to go more slowly if one waits anxiously for it.

      There's no point running downstairs for every mail delivery. A watched pot never boils.

      A whole new ball game

      A completely different / new situation.

      He has handles so many case but this is a whole new ball game.

      A woman's work is never done

      The proverb means that a woman often works longer hours than a man because the housework and raising children are jobs that never end.

      A woman's work is never done!, said Sajna. She added: As soon as I finish washing the breakfast dishes, it's time to start preparing lunch. Then I have to go shopping and when the kids are back home I have to help them with their homework.

      About as useful as a chocolate teapot

      Saying something is about as useful as a chocolate teapot means that it is totally useless.

      A car in a heavy traffic jam is as useful as a chocolate teapot. Use a bike instead!

      Above suspicion

      Used to describe a person who is honest enough that no one would suspect.

      Thomas is a peaceful man; he is above suspicion.

      Above the salt

      If someone is above the salt they are of high standing or honour.

      The origin of the phrase dates back to the medieval times. Then salt which was a valuable seasoning was placed in the middle of a dining table and the lord and his family were seated above the salt and other guests or servants below.

      In medieval times lords used to sit above the salt.

      Achilles heel

      Said about a strong situation which contains an element of vulnerability.

      Journalists considered that minister as the government's Achilles heel.

      Aching heart

      Refers to the feeling of pain because of love.

      My aching heart is telling me that he doesn't love me.

      Acid test

      A decisive test whose findings show the worth or quality of something.

      German team's next match will be the first real acid test in this competition.

      Act of God

      Something that occurred, such as an accident, for which no human is responsible. A natural disaster such as a storm, earthquake.

      The Tsunami was really an act of God.

      Act one's age

      To be mature and not childish.

      Stop being childish and act your age.

      Add fuel to the fire/flames

      To say or do something that makes a bad situation worse.

      Don't add fuel to the fire by mocking at him. He is furious about what you have already done.

      Affinity for

      Said about you have attraction, preference or sympathy for something or someone.

      He has an affinity for Indian cricket team.

      Against the clock/ Against time

      Means to do something as fast as possible and try to finish it before a deadline.

      The students were racing against the clock to finish the paper before the deadline.

      Age before beauty

      A phrase said to allow older people to go before younger ones. Now most often used humorously or light-heartedly, and usually said by a younger person to an older friend or relative out of mock pity for being so much older and unattractive.

      Please, you first. Age before beauty, you know.

      ––––––––

      Age out of something

      The phrase age out of something means to reach an age at which one is no longer eligible for the system of care designed to provide services, such as education or protection, for people below a certain age level.

      He has aged out of the special student scholarship program.

      Ahead of one's time

      In advance of concurrent commonly accepted ideas; showing characteristics of changes yet to be; present in one's work before later advances in the field.

      With his new ideas and discoveries, Leonardo da Vinci was ahead of his time.

      Alive and kicking

      To continue to be well, healthy or successful.

      1. Don't worry about your grandfather; he is alive and kicking.

      2. Classical music is still alive and kicking among youngsters

      ––––––––

      All cats are grey in the dark

      The phrase means that in the dark, physical appearance is

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