Idiom of the day :- rip-off or rip-off / (A) rip-off or (To) rip-off
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
A rip-off is something that costs more than it should. ex. “The popcorn prices at the movie theater are a rip-off.”; To rip someone off means to steal from someone, or to cheat someone. ex. “The mechanic ripped me off.”
Idiom of the day :- A tongue twister
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
If you can say ‘Certain savory soaring insects sailing skyward at the seaside certainly cause Cecil confusion’ without making a mistake, you have just done something Cecil can’t do. That is, you have said a tongue twister. A tongue twister is a sentence, phrase or word that is difficult to say without making an error.
Idiom of the day :- In the red
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
If a person or company is in the red or if their bank account is in the red, they have spent more money than they have in their account and therefore they owe money to the bank.
Idiom of the day :- Your guess is as good as mine
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
I don’t know any better/ more than you know. ex. “P1: How old is Robert? P2: Your guess is as good as mine. I have no idea.” I have no idea.
Idiom of the day :- lay a finger on someone / (To) lay a finger on someone
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
To touch someone even very slightly. ex. “If you so much as lay a finger on him, you will be in trouble.”
Idiom of the day :- go up in flames / (To) go up in flames
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
To burn; to be consumed in flames. ex. “The house went up in flames, and the firefighters had a hard time putting out the fire.”
Idiom of the day :- Fed up to the teeth
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
To be fed up has nothing to do with food : it refers to a feeling of unhappiness when a person is bored or disturbed. One can also be fed up to the teeth or fed up to one’s back teeth depending on how bored or disturbed one feels. ‘I’m fed up with work, fed up to the teeth with this cold weather and fed up to my back teeth with worry,’ Winston said.
Idiom of the day :- to the bone
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
completely How could you keep me waiting so long in the cold ? I’m almost frozen to the bone !
Idiom of the day :- Draw and quarter
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
It was once common to execute criminals by having their four limbs drawn ( pulled ) off. Thank heavens criminals are not drawn and quartered any more, though we still use this idiom ( humorously ) to threaten a person ! ‘My wife said she would draw and quarter me if I came home late again,’ Ken said. ‘I hope she doesn’t mean it !’
Idiom of the day :- Going under the knife
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
When critics and celebrity observers criticized Heidi Montag for undergoing ten plastic surgery procedures in one operation, she answered back that going under the knife is only a medical operation that doesn’t involve any life-threatening risk.
