Idiom about something

Money Idioms (your) bread and butter Your bread and butter is your livelihood or the source of your income. a ballpark figure | a ballpark estimate   If you give a ballpark figure or a ballpark estimate, you give a number which you think is fairly close to the actual one. a nest egg If you have a nest egg, you have money put away for the future. a vested interest If you have a vested interest in something, you have a strong personal interest in it because you stand to gain from it. cook the books | cook the accounts If someone cooks the books, or cooks the accounts, they keep inaccurate accounts for a business, usually in order to pay less tax. cost the earth | charge the earth If something costs the earth, or they charge the earth for it, it's very expensive. deep pockets You can say a person or an organisation has deep pockets if they have lots of money. dirt cheap You can say something is dirt cheap if it costs very little money. ...

Animal Idioms idiom meaning example sentence ants in one's pants unable to sit still or remain calm out of nervousness or excitement Lisa had  ants in her pants  the day before her interview. (the) birds and the bees sex education I learned about  the birds and the bees  when my baby brother was born. cat nap a short sleep I'm going to have a  cat nap  while you're cooking dinner. cat's got one's tongue said about someone who doesn't speak (usually due to shyness) It looks like the  cat's got your tongue,  Lucy. Are you always this quiet? chicken out to decide not to do something out of fear (usually just before) I was going to take a ride on Geoff's motocyle, but I  chickened out  when he gave me a helmet to wear. clam up become quiet suddenly Arthur  clammed up  when I asked him about his family. copy cat a person who does the same thing as someone else My sister is such a  copy cat . First she bought the sam...

"Down" Idioms *Back  Down  from   (decide to not fight...) *Batten  Down  The Hatches    (prepare for a big storm...) *Catch One With One's Pants  Down   »   (surprise someone when they were totally unprepared...) * Clamp  Down  On Someone Or Something  »   (not allow it to happen anyway; become more strict...) * Coming  Down  To Earth  »   (become more realistic...) * Down  For The Count  »   (one is not able to continue, like a fighter who has fallen and cannot get up...) * Down  In The Dumps  »   (upset, bothered, sad; feeling sad, low, depressed...) * Down  On One's Luck  »   (one has been having bad luck lately; bad things have been happening...) * Down  On Someone Or Something  »   (finding faults with or criticizing that one...) * Down  South  »   (the southern part of the country...) * Down  The Drain...

idiom meaning example sentence beet red dark red (usually to describe face) My sister's face turned  beet red  when I caught her singing in front of a mirror. black and blue bruised and beaten We found the poor guy  black and blue  near the train tracks. black and white straight forward, very clear The rules we gave the kids were  black and white . No answering the phone or the door. black out faint I always  black out  at the sight of blood. black sheep the odd or bad member of the group My oldest brother was the  black sheep  in our family. He dropped out of school at fifteen. born with a silver spoon in one's mouth born into a rich family Keiko hasn't worked a day in her life. She was  born with a silver spoon in her mouth . catch red handed catch someone in the act of doing something wrong or illegal The kids were  caught red handed  stealing chocolate bars. golden opportunity the perfect chance The models' confer...