All Idioms

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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 ➺

Meaning: prosperous, living well.

Example: The teacher told us to work hard in our education to be in a clover in the future. Read more ➺

Meaning: to change beliefs (suddenly) from something to its complete opposite

Example: The current prime minister thinks it is a joke to volte face on the plans that he announces publicly. Read more ➺

Meaning: a reverse in position

Example: I do not like my sister's new husband, and vice versa. Read more ➺