All Idioms

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Meaning: a baby that was born after a previous pregnancy loss.

Example: Finally, Noah was their rainbow baby after several miscarriages. Read more ➺

Meaning: the ordinary staff members of an organization, and not the leaders or officers.

Example: The rank-and-file members need to unite and fight against the savage management. Read more ➺

Meaning: completely different and opposite.

Example: In personality and culture, the couple are poles apart. Read more ➺

Meaning: spend time and effort on things that are hopeless and unchangeable.

Example: Tom still has hope that his wife will come back to him, but he is actually beating a dead horse. Read more ➺

Meaning: make an inappropriate and wrong decision.

Example: My dad is an expert stock trader and has rarely backed the wrong horse. Read more ➺

Meaning: a new or inexperienced person.

Example: My dad is a greenhorn when it comes to computers. Read more ➺

Meaning: used to describe a cowardly and weak person.

Example: There is no place for a lily-livered soldier in The United States Army. Read more ➺

Meaning: extremely good and exciting.

Example: I traveled across the American continent, and it was off the chain. Read more ➺

Meaning: a cramp or stiffness in the leg or arm.

Example: We had to stop midway and call for help because of a charley horse in my foot. Read more ➺

Meaning: a child of a celebrity or a famous person.

Example: American model Hailey Bieber is not ashamed of being nepo baby. Read more ➺