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Idiom of the day :- Hurly-burly

Idiom of the day :- Hurly-burly

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

Intense, noisy activity A : My grandmother goes to Morello Market everyday. She’s there when it opens and doesn’t leave until it closes. B : Yes I’ve heard that it’s a very good market. It’s very busy with lots of stalls selling everything from food to antiques. does your grandmother go early so that she can buy the best things ? A : No she doesn’t buy anything. she only goes because she enjoys the hurly-burly ! This expression is based on the word hurling ( now meaning throwing with force ) which once described the sound of thunder and strong wind. It was originally rhymed with the nonsense word burling in the phrase hurling and burling before it developed to its present from.

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Idiom of the day :- Say cheese

Idiom of the day :- Say cheese

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

If you look into a mirror and say the word ‘cheese’, you will notice that you appear to be smiling. For that reason, photographers often ask you to say cheese when they are about to take your picture. ‘If you don’t mind, would you look into the lens of my camera and say cheese?’ Timothy asked. ‘And though you may look at my cheese and admire it, you may not have it. Just gaze at it, say cheese, and then I will return to eating it.’

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Idiom of the day :- Look a picture

Idiom of the day :- Look a picture

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

While to look a picture indicates that something or someone looks very pretty or attractive, it is often used humorously or sarcastically. ‘Don’t you look a picture !’ Billy’s mother cried. ‘You’ve got chocolate ice cream all over your face !’ ( Humorously/sarcastically.) ‘Isn’t she lovely ‘ Mariah looks a picture today.’ ( Attractive/pretty. )

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Idiom of the day :- Have a frog in one’s throat

Idiom of the day :- Have a frog in one’s throat

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

To have a frog in one’s throat shouldn’t cause alarm for it happens to all of us at one time or another. It happens when our ability to speak clearly is interrupted ( usually temporarily ) by mucus in our throats. ‘Excuse me,’ the hippo gulped. ‘I seem to have a frog in my throat today.’