All Idioms
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Meaning: to be in a semi unconscious state so as to not have any memory of a particular moment
Example: The child's mother blacked out on seeing him at the hospital. Subsequently she had to be hospitalised too. Read more ➺
Meaning: To amaze or astonish someone completely; to cause intense wonder or excitement.
Example: The breathtaking view from the top of the mountain blew my mind; I had never seen anything so beautiful. Read more ➺
Meaning: to be determined to work very hard
Example: The company needs you to pull your socks up now that the market condition is so bad. 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 try very hard to achieve
Example: This is perhaps the only politician that I have come across who strives to do what he promised. Read more ➺
Meaning: to ask someone to stop speaking
Example: You have broken the window panes while the mother is not home now. I want none of your lip, and you will help me clean this out before she is back. Read more ➺
Meaning: to be enforced
Example: The notice takes effect immediately and so you have to vacate the house right now. Read more ➺
Meaning: to be repeated very often
Example: The children have been explained this sequence time and again but just refuse to follow suit. Read more ➺
Meaning: to be close by
Example: The police was within earshot of the commotion and came to the spot almost immediately. Read more ➺
Meaning: to be busy with something
Example: The company has no concern with how he keeps up after he has resigned. Read more ➺
