Category: Idioms

IDIOMS Hit the nail on the head – To be right about something Sentence- He hit the…

IDIOMS Lend an ear – to listen carefully and in a friendly way to someone Sentence- If…

IDIOMS hit the books – to study, usually intensively Sentence- As an academic, my first response was…

IDIOMS on the dot – happens at a particular time, precise time, exactly time. Sentence- At four-thirty…

IDIOMS In the red- The business is not making any profit and so is losing money.…

IDIOMS A hot potato- People talking about a current topic which cannot be agreed upon. Sentence-The…

IDIOMS Out of the blue Meaning-Something that happened unexpectedly               In the red Meaning-To owe money, to…

IDIOMS It drives me up the wall Meaning – it annoys you a lot I hit…

IDIOMS Waste not, want not Meaning-Don’t waste things and you’ll always have enough We see eye…