20 Useful English Idioms
Knowledge of idioms will help one to effectively communicate with others. Sometimes an idiom can express one's thoughts more lucidly than a few sentences.
Useful English Idioms
1. Smell a rat – feeling that there is something wrong
2. Go to dogs – become in a state of ruin
3. Fishy – something suspicious
4. Let the cat out of bag – inform in advance
5. Take the bull by the horn – Take decisive action in a difficult situation
6. Straight from the horse's mouth – from a trusted source.
7. Get in someone's hair – bother someone
8. Shoot off one's mouth – Express one's views loudly, sometimes inappropriately
9. Pay through the nose – pay very high price
10.Pull someone's leg – fool someone
11.Stick out one's neck – take a risk
12.All thumbs – clumsy e.g. He was all thumbs at the party
13.Get off someone's back – stop bothering someone
14.Drive someone up a wall – annoy someone greatly
15.Leave someone high and dry – abandon someone
16.Snow job – insincere talk
17.Sell someone short – underestimate someone
18.Spill the beans – reveal a secret
19.Shoot the breeze – chat informally
20.Bend over backwards – try very hard
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