All Idioms
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Meaning: to display a very bad temper, often by screaming a lot
Example: When she didn't get her way, she drove off in a fit of anger. Read more ➺
Meaning: to move past (someone or something) very fast
Example: The guy just zipped past me in the queue today without bothering about the rules of the organization. Read more ➺
Meaning: to be in a situation where the outcomes can either be to win or to lose
Example: The budget division is a zero-sum game. Read more ➺
a voice crying in the wilderness
Meaning: to say something that is not popular
Example: The tales are interesting if you are into that kind of thing but for me it is like listening to a voice crying in the wilderness. Read more ➺
Meaning: something that can happen very fast without hesitation
Example: The play can begin at the drop of a dime, you just need to say the word. Read more ➺
Meaning: to repeat something
Example: The narrator repeated her name time after time in the story but I could not understand her connection with the plot until the very end of the story. Read more ➺
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: An easy target.
Example: With no cover left in that open field, the soldiers were a sitting duck for enemy fire. Read more ➺
throw the baby out with the bathwater
Meaning: to remove something good in the bid of getting rid of something bad
Example: Janet quitting her job because her ex started working there is a classic example of throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Read more ➺
Meaning: to do something considered quite dangerous or risky
Example: Sebastian using all his savings to buy blue chip stocks is definitely skating on thin ice. Read more ➺
