Author: Daily Devotional

Idiom of the day :- easy as pie / (As) easy as pie

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

Very easy. 

Idiom of the day :- full plate / (A) full plate

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

A busy schedule. ex. “P1: Mark can you help me with this project? P2: Not really, I’ve got a full plate right now.” 

Idiom of the day :- Buzzword

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

A new word or expression which is fashionable A : I’ve just started work in a record company and I can’t understand a word anyone there says. B : Well there are so many buzzwords in the music industry, it takes time to learn them all. A : No that’s not the problem. It’s because they play music so loudly, I can’t hear anyone speak ! Examples of Sixties buzzwords are cool and groovy ( very good, enjoyable ); examples of Eighties buzzwords are street cred ( in touch with fashion/ideas/opinions of the young people ) and power dressing ( dressing in clothes which indicate authority/power ) and examples of Nineties buzzwords are green ( not harmful to the environment ) and ozone-friendly ( not harmful to the ozone-layer which protects the earth from the sun ). Buzzwords often go out of fashion very quickly.

Idiom of the day :- Enough is enough

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

That is enough and there should be no more; usually said when one has had enough of a certain situation. 

Idiom of the day :- Put on airs

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

Since her promotion Fecilia has been giving herself airs that her fellow workers regard as rather foolish. ‘ We know you’re an excellent worker,’ they assured her. ‘You don’t have to put on airs.’ To give oneself airs or put on airs is to act as if one is better or more important than others.

Idiom of the day :- cheap drunk / (A) cheap drunk

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

Also knows as “a cheap date”. A person who becomes drunk after only one or two drinks. ex. “Victor had one gin and tonic and was already slurring – what a cheap drunk!” 

Idiom of the day :- Hole in the head

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

‘I need space there like I need a hole in the head !’ Bridget screamed. ‘Madam, that’s my style,’ the artist replied, ‘ and your advice is as welcome as a hole in the head.’ You’ll understand this conversation better if you know a hole in the head meanssomething that is unnecessary or unwelcome.

Idiom of the day :- Lost in thought

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

Busy thinking. 

Idiom of the day :- No skin off my nose

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

I don’t care because it doesn’t affect me. 

Idiom of the day :- Make someone’s head spin

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

When we feel dizzy, we say our heads spin. Metaphorically, when people say something makes their heads spin, it’s because they’re bewildered or confused. ‘It makes my head spin to think of the amount of work I have to do.’ ‘Charlton is so full of energy it makes my head spin just watching him play.’