Idioms and their Meanings PDF

## Idioms and their Meanings ### Page 1 | Image | Idiom | Meaning | |---|---|---| | A fat horse eating apples | To eat like a horse | To always eat a lot of food | | A leopard with spots | A leopard doesn't change its spots | It's impossible for someone to change their character, even if they try v...

## Idioms and their Meanings ### Page 1 | Image | Idiom | Meaning | |---|---|---| | A fat horse eating apples | To eat like a horse | To always eat a lot of food | | A leopard with spots | A leopard doesn't change its spots | It's impossible for someone to change their character, even if they try very hard | | A man with butterflies flying around him | Butterflies in one's stomach | To be anxious and have nervous feelings in your stomach | | A man sitting on an armchair | Armchair critic | A person who makes comments and criticisms about a situation that they are not actually doing anything to help fix | ### Page 2 | Image | Idiom | Meaning | |---|---|---| | A fish swimming out of a bowl | A fish out of water | A person away from his or her usual environment or activities | | A little bird perched on a branch | A little bird told me | To not reveal who told you something | | A person with a halo shining above them | Goody-goody | A person who always acts good, sweet, or nice, and follows the rules perfectly | | A person holding a bag of money | Cheapskate | A person who hates to spend much money, a stingy person | | A person peeking out of a bag | To let the cat out of the bag | To reveal facts previously hidden | | A person standing on a globe | Down-to-earth | A person who is practical, sensible, and realistic | | Two men talking | Behind the times | A person is old-fashioned and has not adopted certain modern customs | | A man with an open book | Man of his word | A person you can trust because they tell the truth and keep promises | ### Page 3 | Image | Idiom | Meaning | |---|---|---| | A person sitting on a sofa with snacks | Couch potato | A lazy person who spends a lot of time sitting down or lying down | | A person running | Go-getter | A person who is active, energetic, and has the initiative to pursue the things they want | | A person thinking | To think on your feet | To give an answer quickly, without having time to prepare for it | | A person looking outwards from a box | To think outside the box | To use your imagination to come up with original ideas | | A person surrounded by people | Social butterfly | An extroverted person who loves to socialise | | A person who can't speak | To be lost for words | To lose the ability to speak because of shock, surprise, etc. | | A person with a heart and a brain | Off by heart | A way of learning information so that it can be repeated from memory easily | | A person climbing a ladder | To learn the hard way | To learn from one's own unpleasant experiences rather than from the advice of others | ### Page 4 | Image | Idiom | Meaning | |---|---|---| | A person with a colorful certificate | Passed with flying colours | To do very well | | A person showing another person a rope | To show the ropes | To teach someone how to do a specific job | | A person with a lot of paperwork | To slip my mind | To forget something or to forget to do something | | A person with a lot of baggage | To take a load off my mind | To relieve someone of a problem or worry | | A person waving at a mountain | To know something like the back of your hand | To be very familiar with something | | A person learning to walk | To learn to walk before you can run | To master a basic skill before you do something more difficult | | A person holding a book with a warning sign | To teach someone a lesson | To experience the negative effects of your actions so that you are less likely to act that way again | | A person thinking | At the back of my mind | To be aware of something even though it is not what you are mainly thinking about | ### Page 5 | Image | Idiom | Meaning | |---|---|---| | A person thinking with a lightbulb above their head | To cross my mind | To come into your mind as an idea | | A person pondering | To make up your mind | To make a decision | | A person trying to reach a goal | To set your mind on something | To try very hard to achieve something that you really want to do | | A person with a thought bubble | To be out of mind | To be silly or crazy | | A person thinking with a thought cloud | To speak his mind | To honestly say what you think, even it upsets someone | | A person blushing | To go as red as a beetroot | To be ashamed | | A person with a cloud above their head| Out of my mind | To stop thinking about something | | A person with a thought bubble | My mind goes blank | To be unable to remember something | ### Page 6 | Image | Idiom | Meaning | |---|---|---| | A person with a thought Bubble | To be fired up about (doing) something | To be enthusiastic, thrilled | | A person looking scared | To be scared to death | To be petrified | | A person sad and blue | To feel blue | To be depressed, miserable | | A person looking angry | To see red | To be furious | | A person with a pain in their neck | To be a pain in the neck | To be alarmed | | A person jumping for joy | To be over the moon | To be delighted, pleased | | A person jumping | To jump out of one's skin | To be shocked | | A person with a leg being pulled by a fish | To pull my leg | To attempt to convince someone of something which is untrue as a joke, or because you find it funny | ### Page 7 | Image | Idiom | Meaning | |---|---|---| | A person raising their eyebrows | To raise eyebrows | To cause someone to experience shock, amazement or surprise as a reaction to your behaviour, the way in which you dress, etc. | | A person smiling with a fake smile | To put on a brave face | To act as though a difficult situation you're facing doesn't bother you much | | A person with a lightbulb above their head | On the tip of my tongue | Almost remembered, but not quite | | A person reading a book | To read between lines | You understand what someone really means, or what is really happening in a situation. | | A person with a lot of papers | To get out of hand | To no longer be in control | | Two people, one following the other | To follow in someone's footsteps | To do the same thing that a family member, friend, etc., has done in the past| | A clock | Time is money | Your time is valuable | | A person sitting on a sofa | Waste of time | Not a useful way to spend your time | ### Page 8 | Image | Idiom | Meaning | |---|---|---| | A person running late | In the nick of time | You arrive or finish something just before it is too late - at the last possible moment | | A person turning the hands on a clock back | To turn back the hands of time | To go back to the past | | A person with a bandaged heart | Time heals all wounds | Our feeling of emotional hurt will leave us as time passes by | | A person with a book | Spare time | Free time |