Idiom of the day :- take something/ someone for granted / (To) take something/ someone for granted
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
To accept something/ someone (without gratitude) as a matter of course. ex. “We tend to take a lot of things for granted.”
Idiom of the day :- corner / (To) corner
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
To trap, make sure that there is no way out for someone. ex. “After the police cornered the bank robber, he surrendered.”
Idiom of the day :- on one’s own accord / (To do something) on one’s own accord
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
Willingly, without anyone forcing one to do something. ex. “P1: Did you make him apologize? P2: No, he did it on his own accord.”
Idiom of the day :- try your luck / (To) try your luck
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
To attempt something; to try to see if you can do/win something. ex. “I’m going to try my luck at the slot machines.”
Idiom of the day :- go to someone’s head / (To) go to someone’s head
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
To make someone overly conceited or proud. ex. “That award that he won really went to his head.”
Idiom of the day :- A closed book
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
‘I am supposed to know just about everything,’ Professor Olson said, ‘so I can’t let anyone know that I have just come across something that is a closed book to me.’ As it is used here, a closed book is something – a topic, a subject, an idea – you don’t know anything about. ‘But I have to confess that physics is a closed book to me,’ the Professor said with a huge sigh.
Idiom of the day :- Year-round (adj./adv.)
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
Operating all year. ex. “This facility is open year-round.”
Idiom of the day :- Have a way with words
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
Cameron can be very charming when he wants something. Idiomatically, he has a way with words. That is, he knows what to say and how to say it to get what he wants. ‘It’s not your birthday and it’s a long time till Christmas but you have a way with words, Cameron. Sure, I’ll buy you that bicycle’ Uncle Bob smiled.
Idiom of the day :- One in a million
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
‘My wife is the greatest person in the whole wide world,’ Peter said. ‘She’s one in a million.’ What Peter is saying is that his wife is very, very special. She’s unusual in every wonderful sense of the word. ‘I think you are one in a million, too,’ his rare and wonderful wife answered.
Idiom of the day :- Sing someone’s praises
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
One sunny day Andy came across the most magnificent peacock he had ever seen. ‘There has never been such a remarkable peacock !’ he cried out. ‘That surely must be the most beautiful bird in the entire kingdom !’ From that day on, Andy went on singing the bird’s praises. In fact, so full of praise was he that no one dared tell him that the peacock he saw was himself ! To sing someone’s praises is to say wonderful and complimentary things about someone, and it usually means saying those nice things over and over.
