VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

affinity for

Meaning: said about you have attraction , preference or sympathy for something or someone.

bad blood

Meaning: Enmity or hatred that stems from something in the past

be an item

Meaning: Two people are an item when they are having a romantic relationship

blood is thicker than water

Meaning: family relations are more important than all other relationships.

build bridges

Meaning: to improve relationships between people.

don't get me wrong

Meaning: an expression said when you fear someone does not understand what you say.

everybody and his cousin

Meaning: everybody; a huge crowd; too many people

expectant mother

Meaning: a pregnant woman.

experience is the mother of wisdom

Meaning: this idiom is used to mean that people learn from what happens to them.

face (that) only a mother could love

Meaning: a very ugly face.

fair-weather friend

Meaning: someone who is your friend only when the times are good.

fall in love

Meaning: to begin feeling attracted to someone and love him or her.

father figure

Meaning: A mentor, a person who offers guidance

get on like a house on fire

Meaning: said about two people like each other and become very close friends in a very short time.

go against the flow

Meaning: to do the opposite of people do and not accept things as thy are.

go with the flow

Meaning: To accept the way things naturally seem to be going

good fences make good neighbors

Meaning: this means that people should respect other people's property and privacy and mind their own business.

have friends in high places

Meaning: to know powerful people.

he that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin

Meaning: This is a proverb which means that if you intend to marry a woman, first try to win her mother on your side.

join the club

Meaning: said as a reply to someone to mean that they are in the same situation.

kissing cousin

Meaning: A distant relative.

like father, like son

Meaning: Sons inherit their fathers’ traits and preferences, often even without realizing it.

like mother, like daughter

Meaning: This is a proverb which means that daughters resemble their mothers.

love-hate relationship

Meaning: A love-hate relationship refers to a relationship that involves both love and hatred.

necessity is the mother of invention

Meaning: This proverb means that when people really need to do something, they will find a way to do it.

play a joke

Meaning: to deceive someone for fun.

play second fiddle

Meaning: to take a subordinate or weaker position than someone else.

raw deal

Meaning: said when someones is ill treated.

say uncle

Meaning: to admit failure.

the mother of all

Meaning: an extreme example which is the biggest, most impressive, or most important of its kind.

them and us

Meaning: used when describing disagreements or differences especially between different social groups

you can't please everyone

Meaning: making everyone happy is impossible no matter what you do.