All Idioms
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Meaning: Bad luck has a habit of arriving in a bunch instead of one piece at a time.
Example: Sarah's car stalled on the way to work, her laptop crashed that afternoon, and the landlord called about a rent hike before dinner. She just shook her head and said, when it rains it pours. Read more ➺
Meaning: to be carrying a wild look
Example: Their residence is totally wild and woolly but all in all I found them to be warm people. Read more ➺
Meaning: to treat somebody (usually a woman) to wine and dinner;
Example: The wine and dine at this hotel is among the best that you will ever find. Read more ➺
Meaning: everybody leaves their wealth behind after death
Example: The whole world knows that you can't take it with you but they still have so much affiliation to their worldly possessions. Read more ➺
Meaning: denial to allow rebellious activities, usually by rigid and strict application of the rules;
Example: There is zero tolerance towards any gender bias in this company. Read more ➺
Meaning: someone who achieves the success with his own hark work
Example: The governor is a self-made man and has had properties around the city even before he joined politics. 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 ➺
Meaning: to do business quickly.
Example: The vegetable vendor was doing a roaring trade in the market today. Read more ➺
Meaning: an unseen (glass) barrier for women and people who belong to minority groups in climbing up the corporate, political, or social ladder of success, regardless of whether they are qualified for the job.
Example: The woman made every attempt but could not break the highest and toughest glass ceiling. Read more ➺
Meaning: to be near about the exact (usually in amount)
Example: The management was given a ballpark figure at the very beginning of the presentation. Read more ➺
