{"id":441,"date":"2020-10-08T11:31:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T11:31:53","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-07-09T20:04:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T03:04:51","slug":"popular-idioms-and-their-meanings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/popular-idioms-and-their-meanings\/","title":{"rendered":"POPULAR IDIOMS AND THEIR MEANINGS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"words-head\" id=\"words-1321903267\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5017566440575750\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3340569236\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">POPULAR IDIOMS AND THEIR MEANINGS<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">What Is an Idiom?<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Idiom: An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/idioms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">idiom<\/a> is a group of words that are used as a common expression whose meaning is not deducible from that of the literal words.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n                <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" data-ad-slot=\"3406615517\" data-ad-format=\"link\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n                <script>\n                     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n                <\/script>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Popular English Idioms<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A Bit Much<\/strong><br><em>Meaning:<\/em> More than is reasonable; a bit too much<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A blessing in disguise<\/strong><br><em>Meaning:<\/em> A good thing that initially seemed bad<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Adding insult to injury<\/strong><br><em>Meaning:<\/em> To make a bad situation even worse<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A hot potato<\/strong><br><em>Meaning:<\/em> a controversial issue or situation that is awkward or unpleasant to deal with.<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Piece of cake<\/strong><br><em>Meaning:<\/em> something that is easy to do<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Once in a blue moon<\/strong><br><em>Meaning:<\/em> very rarely<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Beat around the bush<\/strong><br><em>Meaning: <\/em>Avoid sharing your true viewpoint or feelings because it is uncomfortable<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Beating a dead horse<\/strong><br><em>Meaning: <\/em>Giving time or energy to something that is ended or over<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bite the bullet<\/strong><br><em>Meaning:<\/em> To get an unfavorable situation or chore over with now because it will need to get finished eventually.<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Best of both worlds<\/strong><br><em>Meaning:<\/em> The choice or solution has all of the advantages of two contrasting things at the same time<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Biting off more than you can chew<\/strong><br><em>Meaning: <\/em>Not having the capacity to take on a new assignment or task that is just too taxing.<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>By the skin of your teeth<\/strong><br><em>Meaning:<\/em> Just barely making it.<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Don\u2019t judge a book by its cover<\/strong><br><em>Meaning:<\/em> Not judging something by its initial appearance.<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Doing something at the drop of a hat<\/strong><br><em>Meaning:<\/em> Doing something at the moment of being asked.<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Don\u2019t count your chickens before they hatch<\/strong><br><em>Meaning:<\/em> Not to count on something happening until after it\u2019s already happened.<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Caught between a rock and a hard place<\/strong><br><em>Meaning:<\/em> Making a choice between two unpleasant choices.<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Costs an arm and a leg<\/strong><br><em>Meaning:<\/em> Something that is overpriced or very expensive.<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cutting corners<\/strong><br><em>Meaning:<\/em> Not performing a task or duty correctly in order to save time or money.<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Devil\u2019s advocate<\/strong><br><em>Meaning:<\/em> To take the side of the counter-argument, or offer an alternative point of view.<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Feeling under the weather<\/strong><br><em>Meaning:<\/em> Not feeling well, or feeling sick<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <script><\/script>                 <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" data-ad-slot=\"3406615517\" data-ad-format=\"link\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>                 <script>\n                     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n                <\/script> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.users.wordsdaily\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Words Coach Application<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improve your language skills with a comprehensive guide to popular idioms and their meanings. Learn commonly used idiomatic expressions, their origins, and how to use them correctly in everyday conversations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,81],"tags":[29,82,9],"class_list":["post-441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-idioms","tag-english","tag-idioms","tag-vocabulary"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/POPULAR-IDIOMS-AND-THEIR-MEANINGS-wordscoach.com_.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}