Idioms beginning with N
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Meaning: close relative
Example: We cannot release the names of the soldiers killed at the battle of Normandy until we've informed their next of kin. Read more ➺
Meaning: extremely near one another
Example: The two athletes have been neck and neck for this entire race. Read more ➺
Meaning: to urge somebody not to worry about something
Example: Never mind, I will do it myself. Read more ➺
Meaning: used to tell someone not to get involved in whatever you have going on
Example: My mother in law was not pleased when we politely told her that the honeymoon plan was none of her business. Read more ➺
Meaning: something unpleasant that must be done in order to achieve a goal or objective
Example: Mike saw his going to work for his father as a necessary evil if he was ever to own his own company someday Read more ➺
Meaning: no one is self-sufficient; everyone relies on others somehow
Example: Having children has taught me that no man is an island. Read more ➺
not the sharpest tool in the shed
Meaning: someone who is not very clever, according to others
Example: Joe doesn't seem to understand that we're working to a different schedule now, since the workload has doubled. He's not the sharpest tool in the shed. Read more ➺
Meaning: to assume that since there is no news, it will not be bad news
Example: The exam results are not yet out and I feel no news is good news. Read more ➺
never look a gift horse in the mouth
Meaning: it is an advice to be grateful for gifts
Example: My sister got furious when I tried to see how valuable the diamond on the ring she gifted me was and told me to never look a gift horse in the mouth Read more ➺
Meaning: to ask someone to stop speaking
Example: You have broken the window panes while the mother is not home now. I want none of your lip, and you will help me clean this out before she is back. Read more ➺
