VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

a breath of fresh air

Meaning: said about a new, fresh, and imaginative approach, a change that feels good.

add fuel to the fire

Meaning: Worsen already existing tension

always chasing rainbows

Meaning: it means you are trying to do something that you will never achieve.

be dead in the water

Meaning: The idiom dead in the water means that something is unable to move or function.

be dead to the world

Meaning: to be sleeping.

be in deep water

Meaning: to be in serious trouble.

be in hot water

Meaning: to be in a difficult situation

be in the land of the living

Meaning: be awake or to be alive.

beat around the bush

Meaning: To speak in a roundabout way in order to avoid confronting an unpleasant topic; Avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is uncomfortable

bed of roses

Meaning: A comfortable situation

calm before the storm

Meaning: Something bad is coming, but right now it's calm

castles in the air

Meaning: Plans that are unlikely to happen.

come into bloom

Meaning: to blossom, to start to produce flowers.

come under fire

Meaning: to be subject of criricism.

draw the shortest straw

Meaning: To be selected to do an undesirable task

drop in the bucket

Meaning: Something so strong that it doesn't count or doesn't have any importance or significance.

fan the flames

Meaning: to make a bad feeling or situation become worse or more intense.

gain ground

Meaning: to become popular, to make progress, to advance.

get into deep water

Meaning: to be in trouble.

greener pastures

Meaning: The phrase greener pastures is an idiomatic expression that refers to a more promising situation.

in the air

Meaning: said about something that is happening or about to happen.

it's a jungle out there

Meaning: The phrase it's a jungle out there is an idiomatic expression which refers to a threatening environment where it is difficult to survive.

make a mountain out of a molehill

Meaning: To take something too seriously; to make too much of something

make waves

Meaning: Cause controversy, disturb a calm group dynamic

Nature abhors a vacuum

Meaning: The phrase nature abhors a vacuum is attributed to Aristotle. It means every space in nature needs to be filled with something.

not hold water

Meaning: said when an explanation, a reason or an argument is not sound, strong or logical.

oceans of

Meaning: A large amount of something.

of the first water

Meaning: of the best.

quake like a leaf

Meaning: If you quake like a leaf, you tremble violently because you are afraid, nervous, or very cold.

rain or shine

Meaning: whatever happens; no matter whether it is rainy or sunny.

root and branch

Meaning: completely.

sail against the wind

Meaning: to work to achieve something that is difficult because most people would oppose it.

sail close to the wind

Meaning: when you sail close to the wind you act just within the limits of what is legal or acceptable.

salt of the earth

Meaning: said about somone who is honest and good.

sell ice to Eskimos

Meaning: To persuade people to go against their best interests or to accept something unnecessary or preposterous.

storm is brewing

Meaning: A situation where trouble or conflict is developing

tempest in a teapot

Meaning: A commotion about something unimportant

the chill wind of something

Meaning: problems, trouble.

under a cloud

Meaning: to be suspected of something.

under the sun

Meaning: In existance.

up in the air

Meaning: uncertain, unsettled.

vale of tears

Meaning: the world considered as sad and harsh.

vanish into the air

Meaning: to disappear.

walk on air

Meaning: very excited or happy.

when it rains, it pours

Meaning: Problems tend to come in groups.