What are idioms?
Idioms are phrases and sentences that do not mean exactly what they say. Even if you know the meaning of every word in the see or hear, you may not understand the idiom because you don’t understand the culture behind it. Thus, I have selected some of the most common ones and hope that these will help you.
A bad apple = A (morally) bad person who makes a whole group bad.
Be a piece of cake = To be very easy.
Be all ears = Be very intersted in what someone is about to say.
Be the apple of someone’s eye = Be loved very much by someone.
Be as American as apple pie = Be typically American
Be as blind as a bat = Be unable to see well or unable to see at all.
Backfire = to produce an unexpected / undesired / opposite result.
Bark up the wrong tree = To misunderstand a situation and complain to a wrong person or blame a wrong thing.
Be broke = Without money
Bend over backwards = Do as much as you can to help or please someone.
Bug someone = Bother someone.
(Have / Get) Butterflies in someone’s stomach = Very nervous or excited before doing something important such as giving a speech and taking a test.
That’s all for today, I wish all of you have interesting and useful information. Having more Idioms ahead. ^o^
