150 Common Idioms
150 Common Idioms
150 Common Idioms
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What is an idiom? An idiom is an expression or phrase whose meaning does not relate to
the literal meaning of its words. In other words “Idioms mean something different than
the individual words.” Students often confuse idioms with proverbs. However, these are
two different things. Proverbs are well-known for stating a piece of advice or general
fact. For example, ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’ is a proverb – a general truth. Let
us consider the idiom ‘bite off more than you can chew‘. What you meant is that you are
trying to do something that is too hard for you. Read this blog to know 100 useful and
common idioms with examples and meanings.
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So, here’s a list of the top 100 common idioms with their meanings and sentence
examples:
Meaning: Not be lost in your achievements and losing the sight of what is supposed to
happen.
Example: Look to your laurels but do not rest on it.
33. Bear a grudge
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Meaning: To stop before a point where something okay gets not okay.
Example: Hey buddy, that’s enough, Draw the line before someone comes and beats
you to a pulp.
38. Break a leg
40. Give it a whirl
Idioms are used as a figurative language, i.e. the use of words in an imaginative and
unusual manner. Take a look at more idioms with examples.
Meaning: To be so involved in trivial matters that you don’t get the important facts.
Example: He always argues on the silliest topics, it’s like he can’t see wood for the
trees.
Meaning: To go insane.
Example: Our mailman has lost his marbles, every day he drops Mr. Smith’s mail on
our door.
49. Crying Wolf
50. Palm off
Besides, knowing about various idioms with examples, a good vocabulary can take you
to places in the competitive exams as well as in life. Here’s our blog on 50 difficult
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Meaning: Postpone a plan.
Example: He asked me whether I would like to have dinner with his family, but I had a
thing so I said, rain check.
58. Like a cakewalk
Meaning: So easy task.
Example: Everyone took hours to write the code but Adam did it like a cakewalk.
Meaning: Take a risk.
Example: The caretaker threw caution to the wind by taking a sick baby outside.
Meaning: To improvise.
Example: I just went to Canada and did everything by the ear, no itinerary, no
schedules.
65. Ignorance is bliss
Meaning: Start over.
Example: It is not too late to go back to the drawing board and assess your mistakes.
70. Call it a day
Meaning: Futile Chase
Example: Catching the two thieves together on a jam-packed road was no less than
a wild goose chase for the policeman.
79. At Sea
Meaning: Confused
Example: I was at sea while choosing a lehenga for my sister’s wedding at Manish
Malhotra’s store.
Meaning: Going to study
Example: I won’t be able to come for dinner as I have to hit the books for my half-
yearly examinations.
Meaning: Thief
Example: The cashier had a sticky finger, he stole around $2000 and ran away from the
bank.