All Idioms
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Meaning: Staying in bed all day, avoiding daily chores or activities.
Example: After a busy week, she spent the day bed rotting, scrolling through her phone. Read more ➺
Meaning: Irregular activity with pauses and interruptions.
Example: The old bus moved in fits and starts, shaking the passengers. Read more ➺
Meaning: Very tough, strong, and resilient.
Example: The boxer is as hard as nails, never showing weakness in the ring. Read more ➺
Meaning: Extremely upset, angry, or agitated.
Example: She was beside herself with anger when she heard the unfair decision. Read more ➺
Meaning: Apply strong pressure on someone to act.
Example: The boss put the screws on the team to meet the deadline. Read more ➺
Meaning: Immediately, without delay.
Example: We knew right off the bat that the project would be a success. Read more ➺
Meaning: To experience a decisive and crushing defeat.
Example: After years of winning, the champion finally met his Waterloo in the finals. Read more ➺
Meaning: To falsify financial records to make a company look better than it is.
Example: The manager tried to cook the books to make the investors happy. Read more ➺
Meaning: Accepting a situation as it is, even if it's not ideal.
Example: It is what it is, and no amount of arguing will change the canceled flight. Read more ➺
one man’s trash is another man’s treasure
Meaning: Something worthless to one person can be valuable to someone else.
Example: One man's trash is another man's treasure – Sarah sold her old furniture at a yard sale, and the buyers were thrilled to find unique vintage pieces. Read more ➺
