All Idioms
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Meaning: oral communication
Example: To truly create the right buzz about this movie, we need to get the required word of mouth going in this city. Read more ➺
Meaning: spend time chatting, useless talking or chit-chat
Example: They have spent the whole afternoon just shooting the breeze in the office. Read more ➺
Meaning: a very powerful individual
Example: He is a big gun at the law firm; he has never lost a single court case. Read more ➺
Meaning: portray yourself like the person you always wanted to become
Example: I had no idea that her family is so illiterate as she always pretended to be classy. Fake it till you make it. Read more ➺
Meaning: If you say that you are feathering your own nest, you mean that you are working so hard to gather resources (money) to live a comfortable life in the future.
Example: John is so much concerned about helping others instead of feathering his own nest. Read more ➺
Meaning: a period of decline or reduction
Example: With his health on the wane, the coal worker had to take better care of himself. Read more ➺
nightmare dressed like a daydream
Meaning: Describes something that seems very pleasant or attractive at first but eventually reveals itself as horrible.
Example: Don't let her beauty fool you. She's just a nightmare dressed like a daydream. Read more ➺
Meaning: sudden and unaccountable desire to do something
Example: Acting on what appeared to be a blind impulse, she submitted her resignation. Read more ➺
Meaning: to enjoy the advantages of something
Example: The person that won the lottery was riding the wave of millions of dollars. Read more ➺
Meaning: Someone who's no longer young.
Example: My grandfather is no spring chicken, that's for sure. Read more ➺
