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Idioms and Expressions in English

Commonly Used Idioms

• When it rains it pours - Misfortunes usually come together or all at once
• You can catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar - You will get what you want by being kind
• You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink - You can't force someone to make the right decision
• You can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs - There's always a cost to doing something

Commonly Used Idioms and Phrases

• On the ball - Doing a good job
• Pull someone's leg - Teasing someone
• Pull yourself together - Calm down
• So far so good - Everything is going smoothly so far
• Speak of the devil - The person we were just talking about has appeared
• That's the last straw - My patience has run out
• The best of both worlds - An ideal situation
• Time flies when you're having fun - You don't realize how quickly something ends when you're enjoying it
• To get bent out of shape - To get angry or upset
• To make matters worse - To worsen the situation
• Under the weather - Feeling unwell
• We'll cross that bridge when we come to it - Let's not discuss that issue now
• Wrap your head around something - Understand something complex
• You can say that again - That's true, I agree
• Your guess is as good as mine - I don't know

Common Idioms and Proverbs

• Fortune favours the bold - Taking risks
• Get a second wind - Regain energy after exhaustion
• Get wind of something - Hear a secret news
• Go down in flames - Fail miserably
• Haste makes waste - Rushing leads to mistakes
• Have your head in the clouds - Not concentrating

Idioms and Their Meanings

Idiom	Meaning	Usage
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush	What you have now is worth more than what you might have later	As a standalone sentence
A penny for your thoughts	Tell me what you're thinking	As a standalone sentence

Conversational Phrases and Their Meanings

• To make a long story short, I moved to Jakarta and now I have a nice job.
• To miss the boat - Fail to take advantage of an opportunity
• The contest registering time is limited, let’s not miss the boat on it
• Better late than never - Being late of doing something is better than not to do anything at all
• We only arrived at the meeting at halftime but better late than never.

Common Idioms and Their Usage

• Don't put all your eggs in one basket - What you're doing is too risky
• Every cloud has a silver lining - Good things happen after bad things
• Get a taste of your own medicine - Treated in the same way you treat others (negative meaning)
• Give someone the cold shoulder - Ignore someone
• Go on a wild goose chase - Doing something that is useless

Idioms and Their Articulation

Idiom	Meaning	Usage
A blessing in disguise	Something good that initially seemed like something bad	As a standalone sentence
A dime a dozen	Something common	As a standalone sentence