All Idioms
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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 take to one or more notches down to its current standard
Example: The exercise was piped down for the audiences because the original would have been too difficult for the crowd to follow. Read more ➺
Meaning: something that can easily be broken or crumble by itself
Example: The police brought the illegal business down like a house of cards as per the news article but it was a much more planned affair in reality. Read more ➺
Meaning: to kill or discontinue
Example: The doctors decided to pull the plug on Uncle Bill when he stopped responding to all the treatment courses that they took. Read more ➺
Meaning: to keep repeating something over and over so that one can get good at that activity
Example: The most important thing about getting better at playing a sport is to keep playing it. There is nothing like enough practice and eventually it is the practice that will make you perfect. Read more ➺
Meaning: to ask someone to stop talking
Example: The teacher had asked the student to be quiet several times but he was still talking. She got angry and asked him to put a sock in it. Read more ➺
Meaning: to create a separate legal entity through the way of off-shore accounting in order to protect some assets in a corporation
Example: It was the ring fencing that protected this company from an almost certain doom. Read more ➺
Meaning: to ask someone to wake up and become active in the daily chores
Example: The sun is up, rise and shine! Read more ➺
Meaning: admirable results always take time
Example: The Oswal's have really worked hard in building their empire. Rome was after all not built in one day. Read more ➺
Meaning: To lose energy, motivation, or enthusiasm and be unable to continue.
Example: After starting with strong energy and high confidence, the company ran out of steam and could not continue at the same pace. Read more ➺
