Animal Idioms
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Meaning: to summon the courage to do something
Example: After losing the first place position to Martha, everyone heard Mary's mother tell her to buck up. Read more ➺
Meaning: used to refer a time when someone has nothing to say
Example: Speak up boy or cat got your tongue? Read more ➺
Meaning: Earn the money needed to live and support oneself or one's family.
Example: He worked two jobs to bring home the bacon for his family. Read more ➺
running around like a headless chicken
Meaning: to carry on in a disorganised manner
Example: After failing to take her equipment to the lab, Lizzie ran around like a headless chicken while trying to conduct her experiment. Read more ➺
Meaning: to eat a lot
Example: He eats like a horse - there's never enough left for everyone else once he's been at the buffet. Read more ➺
never look a gift horse in the mouth
Meaning: it is an advice to be grateful for gifts
Example: My sister got furious when I tried to see how valuable the diamond on the ring she gifted me was and told me to never look a gift horse in the mouth Read more ➺
the early bird catches the worm
Meaning: it refers to people who arrive earlier are the ones who get the best deals
Example: The admissions in this college get filled in very early. If you really want to enroll your son here then you should remember that the early bird catches the worm. Read more ➺
Meaning: no longer alive or existing
Example: When my dad finds out that I have lost the mobile phone, I am as dead as a dodo! Read more ➺
Meaning: to start paying attention
Example: The teacher asked her student to prick up his ears when he kept on disturbing the class with silly jokes. Read more ➺
Meaning: to be the last in a sequence of unpleasant things
Example: The last straw in their relationship was when he physically abused her. She walked out after that. Read more ➺
