American Idioms

Idiom of the day :- blow someone’s cover / (To) blow someone’s cover

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

To reveal someone’s secret, or true identity. ex. “The spy was very careful not to blow her cover.” 

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.