English idioms relating to PERSONALITY - CHARACTER - DESCRIPTIONS OF PEOPLE

If somebody is the apple of your eye, this means that you like them very much: "My grandson is the apple of my eye". To refer to someone as a bad egg means that they cannot be trusted. "I don't want my son to be friends with Bobby Smith. Bobby's a bad egg." If you have something on the brain, you think or talk about it constantly. "Stop talking about golf. You've got golf on the brain!" To refer to a rich and powerful person as a fat cat means that you disapprove of the way they use their money or power. Two people who are like chalk and cheese are completely different from each other. They resemble one of their parents in appearance, character or behaviour. "James is a chip off the old block - he reacts exactly the same way as his father." A person who is as cool as a cucumber is a person who is not anxious, but relaxed and non-emotional. A person who is "on edge" is anxious or nervous. To say that someone's attitude is "sour grapes" means that they are making complaints or accusations because they are jealous. When you get the hang of an activity, you now know how to do it correctly. A person who is as hard as nails is someone very unsympathetic who does not seem to care about others. If you refer to a person as a "dark horse", you mean that they are secretive, or that little is known about them. A "jack of all trades" is a person who can do many different things but is not very good at any one of them. This is said of someone who talks a lot about doing something but never actually does it. "He keeps saying he's going to resign and travel around the world, but he's all mouth and no trousers!" If you refer to a person as a "pain in the neck", you think they are very irritating or annoying. This refers to a physical or moral characteristic that is common to many members of a family "Black hair and blue eyes - the combination runs in the family." This expression is used to describe a very talkative person. "It's difficult to end a conversation with Betty. She could talk the hind leg off a donkey!" A person who is a wet blanket is so boring or unenthusiastic that they prevent other people from enjoying themselves. "Come on! Don't be such a wet blanket!"

The apple of your eye.

A bad egg Have something on the brain A fat cat Like chalk and cheese. A chip off the old block As cool as a cucumber. On edge. Sour grapes. Get the hang of something Hard as nails A dark horse. Jack of all trades.

All mouth and no trousers

A pain in the neck. It runs in the family

Talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey

A wet blanket

The apple of your eye A bad egg Have something on the brain A fat cat Like chalk and cheese A chip off the old block

As cool as a cucumber On edge Sour grapes Get the hang of something Hard as nails A dark horse

Jack of all trades All mouth and no trousers A pain in the neck It runs in the family Talk the hind legs off a donkey A wet blanket

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