All Idioms
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Meaning: Follow rules, procedures, or laws exactly without deviation.
Example: The officer goes by the book, even in emergencies. Read more ➺
Meaning: of or relating to industrial work, especially the semiskilled and unskilled
Example: They hope the new manufacturing unit on the small town's outskirts will open up the doors for many more blue-collar jobs. Read more ➺
Meaning: be possessed with one thought or scheme
Example: The man has a real bee in his bonnet in trying to find out about how people would react in this situation. Read more ➺
Meaning: to want to revenge or punish someone, because they have made you angry
Example: John is after blood who damage his car in the parking. Read more ➺
Meaning: something difficult to accept
Example: Initially, the lockdown during the pandemic was bitter medicine for all. Read more ➺
Meaning: Achieve great success, fame, or wealth, especially in a career or industry.
Example: After years of struggling, she finally made it big in Hollywood. Read more ➺
Meaning: to laugh uncontrollably
Example: The books by this author always give me a belly laugh. Read more ➺
Meaning: to be defeated in doing something and be reprimanded for the same
Example: The younger sibling never takes a beating even if they have done the mischief. It is always the older child who is blamed. Read more ➺
Meaning: a disloyalty
Example: I have done everything for her, but she left me because of that guy, she stabbed in my back. Read more ➺
Meaning: to say something bad about something
Example: The social parties in this area are just meant for old ladies to gather around and bad-mouth everyone who did not show up. I would never go for one. Read more ➺
