All Idioms
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Meaning: an extremely easy task
Example: I have been preparing for this presentation for the last six months. This promotion will be a cinch for me. Read more ➺
Meaning: a bad situation
Example: Things have come to such a pretty pass that nowadays parents are afraid of advising their children. Read more ➺
Meaning: make a person become overemotional and speechless
Example: He chokes up every time someone brings up the topic of their sudden movement to a new country. Perhaps there is a story behind it that we do not know about. Read more ➺
Meaning: to follow the correct steps in order to get something done
Example: If you want to get a new licence you will have to go through the proper channels. Otherwise it will not be legal. Read more ➺
Meaning: daydreaming or absentminded
Example: He roams around all night with his head in the clouds. Read more ➺
Meaning: to earn out of something in big amounts
Example: He has cashed in on the estate that his father created. I do not believe he has anything to call his own out there. Read more ➺
Meaning: to be exclusive
Example: The children of the crème de la crème crowd go to this school. Needless to say that it is among the costliest in town. Read more ➺
Meaning: Expresses that a feeling or quality affects someone or something deeply and completely.
Example: Losing him hurt me to my core, and I'm still trying to heal. Read more ➺
Meaning: ready-made
Example: The rules in our school are cut and dried. Everyone is expected to follow them. Read more ➺
Meaning: to request someone to repeat what has just been told
Example: The waiter could not understand what I was saying and kept repeating "come again" every time I named a dish to be ordered. Read more ➺
