All Idioms
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Meaning: It is the slogan of the popular diamond seller De Beers.
Example: 'No matter how much you love your man, it is the diamond that lasts forever', joked the girls at the brunch table. Read more ➺
Meaning: It means to have an achievement in your name.
Example: Ruth scored the last goal for her team, adding a feather in her cap. Read more ➺
Meaning: It refers to a court that passes judgement but is not a valid court.
Example: The Kangaroo court announced two years back that the family should be banished and the people in the village followed the judgement. To this day, nobody even talks to anyone in that family. Read more ➺
before one can say Jack Robinson
Meaning: very suddenly
Example: I wanted to have a meaningful conversation with him when he was back from work but he was gone before I could say Jack Robinson. Read more ➺
Meaning: The depression that is caused to new mothers after childbirth.
Example: Do not speak to her in a rude tone, she is just going through some baby blues right now and needs compassion from you. Read more ➺
Meaning: in a unexpected and sudden way
Example: He had been trying to quit smoking since a year but couldn't, so he decided to go cold turkey. Read more ➺
Meaning: wait patiently
Example: Just relax and sit tight, we'll get the problem sorted for you. Read more ➺
Meaning: This phrase refers to the human fist where the bunch of fives literally point out to the five digits.
Example: The two enemy groups in the college this time came together for a fight with nothing but their bunch of fives. Read more ➺
a chain is only as strong as its weakest link
Meaning: this proverb means what it states, literally
Example: No matter how confident the cheer-leading group is in carrying out the human pyramid gig, the team is only as strong as its weakest link. Read more ➺
Meaning: to cheer up a group or any activity
Example: As soon as they heard about the picnic - the children in the class gingered up. Read more ➺
