Idiom of the day :- Go halves
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
Have you ever gone halves ? You have if you’ve ever agreed to share half of something with someone. The thing we most often go haves on are expenses. ‘Let’s go halves and buy a car.’ ‘No, I’m not interested in buying a car. I’ll go haves on dinner, though.’
Idiom of the day :- A pillar of society
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
A pillar is an upright structure supporting a building. People described as pillars of society are leading figures contributing to the support and well-being of the society in which they live. ‘A director of the hospital and supporter of many charities, Mr. Smith is a pillar of society.’
Idiom of the day :- know the score / (To) know the score
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
To know the facts; to know how things go. *slightly antiquated*
Idiom of the day :- bottom of the barrel / (To scrape the) bottom of the barrel
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
To get stuck with the worst thing (in a series of things). ex. “We arrived at the yard sale really late, so we ended up scraping the bottom of the barrel.”
Idiom of the day :- Can’t Cut The Mustard
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
Someone who isn’t adequate enough to compete or participate.
Idiom of the day :- The baby boom
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
A boom is the rapid expansion or sudden numerical growth of something. since our topic here is babies, a/the baby boom refers to sudden increase in the birth rate. ‘The universities are filled to capacity due to the baby boom that followed the war.’ ‘We’ve had a baby boom and our hospital is becoming overcrowded,’ Dr Gabriello said.
Idiom of the day :- New kid on the block
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
Someone new to the group or area.
Idiom of the day :- White elephant
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
If you describe something as a white elephant, you mean that it is a waste of money because it is completely useless.
Idiom of the day :- Culture shock
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
Feeling uncomfortable in a strange country or place because of the different habits and way of life A : Bobby is nine years old and has lived in London all his life. When his parents took him to the countryside for the first time it was a complete culture shock. B : What was he most surprised by ? A : The cows. He’d thought that milk came from bottles ! This expression refers to any environment which is new and very different from one’s own, and is therefore a shock.
Idiom of the day :- Part of the furniture
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
Colin has been waiting in the doctor’s waiting room so long that he’s beginning to feel that he’s now part of the furniture. For a person to feel that he’s part of the furniture, he has been at one job or in one place so long that he actually feels he has become part of the environment.
