Idioms beginning with S
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Meaning: having a rich or privileged background
Example: Many fans believed that Vince was a silver spoon kid. Read more ➺
scrape the bottom of the barrel
Meaning: It is a phrase used to describe something you know is not in good condition, but you have to select it since you don't have an option of choosing the better one.
Example: Our school used to admit more than one thousand candidates, but we feel like we have been scraping the bottom of the barrel with the admitted applicants in late admission. Read more ➺
Meaning: spend time chatting, useless talking or chit-chat
Example: They have spent the whole afternoon just shooting the breeze in the office. Read more ➺
Meaning: to have a possibility of succeeding, even if a remote one
Example: Do you believe that you stand a chance of getting that job? Read more ➺
Meaning: another burst of energy when you had been too tired to finish
Example: Come on, let's have that shovel again. I'm getting a second wind now. Read more ➺
Meaning: try to hide a problem or keep a problem secret instead of dealing with it
Example: My father has helped me deal with things instead of sweeping them under the rug. Read more ➺
Meaning: someone who scrounges from others
Example: Josh has turned up at my house three times this week just as I'm cooking dinner. What a sponger! Read more ➺
Meaning: an excessive enthusiasm or rage about a minor matter
Example: I find the whole issue about these gender roles a storm in a teacup. Read more ➺
Meaning: progress has been satisfactory up to now
Example: Thanks for asking; so far, so good. Read more ➺
Meaning: a secret of an embarrassing, guilty or shameful nature that you don't want to disclose
Example: I have come to know that Eric has a skeleton in his cupboard. Read more ➺
