Important Idioms
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Meaning: to gamble or take a chance on something or someone
Example: The bartender decided to roll the dice and use rum for the cocktail since they were out of gin. Read more ➺
Meaning: usually used sarcastically to someone who is constantly complaining
Example: "My baby wouldn't sleep last night, I am so tired." "Cry me a river, Joan. I haven’t had a good night's sleep in years." Read more ➺
Meaning: to go to someone else's house
Example: June and her sister will come over for lunch on Sunday, we are having chicken pie. Read more ➺
Meaning: to fire something at such close range that it cannot be missed
Example: I asked the boy whether he thought that I was pretty, he said "no" point blank, without even trying to spare my feelings. Read more ➺
Meaning: to escape from somewhere violently
Example: The breakout was so sudden that the guards did not even have the time to process what happened. Read more ➺
Meaning: difficult to discontinue of an aged habit
Example: The colonel still sleeps with a loaded pistol by his side, even though he has retired from the army ten years backs. As they say, old habits die hard. Read more ➺
Meaning: be ignored or unobserved
Example: The management was so focused on planning for the next year's budget that they let this issue fall between the cracks. Read more ➺
Meaning: to be rid of all the blame (of something or incident)
Example: The person went scot-free even though there were many people convinced of his crime because the evidence against him was circumstantial. 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 ➺
Meaning: be completely conscious of the real status of situation
Example: I am under no illusion that living in Canada is going to be very easy. Read more ➺
