American Idioms

Idiom of the day :- Don’t Put All Your Eggs In One Basket

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

Do not put all your resources in one possibility.

Idiom of the day :- break someone’s heart / (To) break someone’s heart

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

To cause someone (strong) emotional pain. ex. “Fiona broke James’ heart when she refused to marry him.” 

Idiom of the day :- Come hell or high water

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

Parker has been so busy he hasn’t had time to attend to his jobs around the house. ‘This Sunday I’m going to mow the lawn come hell or high water,’ he said. Parker is saying that no matter what happens, absolutely nothing is going to prevent him from carrying out his plan.

Idiom of the day :- Labor of love

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

We do most jobs because we have to. Those that give us the greatest satisfaction, though, are those we do purely for pleasure. Such a job is called a labor of love. ‘It took me days to make this,’ Martin smiled, ‘but what does that matter ? For me it has been a labor of love.’

Idiom of the day :- Live in a fishbowl / goldfish bowl

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

A person described as living in a fishbowl ( or in a goldfish bowl ) has absolutely no privacy. His every movement can be observed and he has no place to hide … just as a fish living in a glass bowl. ‘I don’t think I’d enjoy being a television star. It must be like living in a fish bowl.’

Idiom of the day :- ring in the new year / (To) ring in the new year

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

To celebrate the beginning of the New Year at midnight on December 31st. ex. “This year, we’ll be ringing in the new year in Paris.” 

Idiom of the day :- In the same boat

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

In the same situation (usually negative). ex. “I know exactly how you feel because I’m in the same boat.” 

Idiom of the day :- End of the road

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

Dick and Jane’s romance looks as though it’s about to come to the end of the road. In fact their very lives appear about to come to the end of the road. The end of the road is a time when one’s interest, desire, a relationship or even life itself comes to an end.

Idiom of the day :- feel in one’s bones

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

Have an intuition or hunch about something Trust me; she’ll be selected for the post. Don’t ask me how; I can just feel it in my bones.

Idiom of the day :- A hen party

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

You only find girls and ladies at a hen party. The reason for that is that this colloquialism defines a gathering of women. Frequently it’s a meeting or a party where they exchange talk and gossip. ‘Helen and Pauline are attending a hen party to honor a friend who is getting married next week.’