All Idioms
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Meaning: Methods and resources used to achieve a goal.
Example: She discovered the ways and means to launch her new bakery despite having little capital. Read more ➺
Meaning: Someone easy to understand because they are open and honest.
Example: Everyone knows what Maria is thinking, she is an open book. Read more ➺
Meaning: Unusual, strange, or odd in behavior or character.
Example: His reaction was a bit out of the way, as if he had never seen such a thing before. Read more ➺
Meaning: To give up something you value or own, often unwillingly.
Example: She loved her old car so much that she couldn’t part with it, even after buying a new one. Read more ➺
Meaning: To do something completely without holding back.
Example: She decided to go the whole hog and renovated the entire house instead of just the kitchen. Read more ➺
Meaning: Something of the highest quality or excellence.
Example: Her honesty is of the first water, admired by everyone around her. Read more ➺
Meaning: A polite way of asking permission or making a request.
Example: do you mind if I open the window? It's getting stuffy in here. Read more ➺
Meaning: To suffer serious consequences for reckless or foolish actions.
Example: After years of corruption, the minister began to reap the whirlwind when protests erupted across the country. Read more ➺
Meaning: To make an irreversible decision that commits one to a course of action.
Example: By launching the new policy, the government crossed the Rubicon and had no way to reverse it. Read more ➺
Meaning: A period of success, good luck, or high achievement.
Example: The young cricketer entered a purple patch and broke several records in a single season. Read more ➺
