50 Idioms And Phrases That Make Your Conversation Idyllic Part 2

 English idioms are an important part of our everyday English. They come up all the time in both written and spoken English. Idioms are an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but that has a separate meaning of its own. English idioms are extremely common in our everyday conversation. You hear them in movies and TV shows.  To understand the concept of Idioms we have to know about things, first, we cannot infer the meaning of the idiom from the individual words, and second, both the grammar and the vocabulary of the idiom are fixed, and if you change them you will lose the meaning of the idiom.

• To Split Hairs –
  • to focus on things that are not important

• To kick back-
  • to relax and do anything

• Wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve–
  • to show one’s emotions openly

• Keep late hours–
  • to stay up late

• Off the cuff –
  • without preparation

• To the hilt-
  • full on the maximum amount

• Jog one’s memory –
  • to help someone remember something

• To stand the test of time –
  • to be popular or work well for a long period

• To be full of oneself –
  • to only think about yourself

• To scream bloody murder–
  • to complain loudly and angrily about something

• To be cut out for something–
  • To have a talent for something

• Soldier On –
  • to continue to do something even it may be difficult to do

• To run low on Something –
  • To all most use all of something

• Make something out –
  • to be able to see or read something

• On the ball –
  • intelligent and quick to take action

• Gum up the work-
  • to cause something to not work well

• On Cloud nine –
  • very happy

• A clean bill of health –
  • A note from a doctor that says you’re healthy

• To sit tight –
  • To wait patiently

• To wear thin –
  • To become less believable/ interesting

• To reach a plateau –
  • to reach a certain level and stop

• On the double –
  • Very Fast

• Quite a number –
  • Not too many but also not too few of something

• Rooted to the Spot –
  • Unable to move because of fear or surprise

• Dead of the Night –
  • The middle of the night

• Poetic Justice –
  • Receiving a reward or punishment that is appropriate to what you have done

• Once and for all –
  • Permanently

• Touch and Go –
  • Not Certain

• Add Insult to injury –
  • making a bad situation worse

• Alive and Kicking–
  • to continue to live or exist and be full of energy

• The kiss of death –
  • action that case certain failure

• Ivory tower –
  • cut off from the rest of the world

• Make a killing –
  • making profit very quickly

• Jump the gun –
  • doing something before anyone do

• Hum and Haw –
  • take a long time before doing something or taking a decision

• A square meal-
  • satisfying and balanced meal

• Look Sharp –
  • to be very quick

• In the melting pot –
  • still changing or likely to change

• Get away with murder –
  • doing based on your own choice

• In the offing –
  • going to happen very soon

• Go overboard –
  • To go to extremes or to do something enthusiastically

• In name only –
  • having official name but not its qualities

• At odds-
  • in opposition to someone

• Null and void –
  • not legally valid
• Pour oil on trouble water –
  • trying to settle a disagreement or dispute

• From pillar to post-
  • going one place to another for the accomplishing work quickly

• Play possum –
  • Pretending asleep

• Pick holes –
  • Finding faults in something

• Shout from the rooftops –
  • talk about something in a very public way

• Go to seed –
  • Becoming much less effective