English Idioms

"all bark (and no bite)"



People who are all bark and no bite threaten to do things that they are not really willing or able to do. Example: "That new manager threatened to fire me again, but I know he won't do it. He's all bark and no bite."

They are like dogs that bark to make you afraid, but they will not bite you. Example: "Yesterday that guy said he wanted to fight, but today he's all quiet and polite." Reply: "All bark and no bite."

Some people are not strong enough or brave enough to actually hurt you, but they still use words to try to make you afraid. All they can do is bark, but they have no teeth to bite. Example: "Don't listen to my brother when he gets angry; he's all bark and no bite."

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"go cold turkey"



You go cold turkey when you suddenly stop taking a drug which you had been taking regularly. Example: "Did it take you a long time to quit smoking?" Reply: "No. I just went cold turkey, and I never smoked again."

Smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol are habits that can cause problems for people. People go cold turkey when they want to immediately stop the problems an addictive drug is causing. Example: "I want to quit drinking right now. As of this moment, I am going cold turkey."

Going cold turkey is when you stop taking some habit forming drug (such as smoking or drinking) by stopping completely, all at once. It can be uncomfortable ("cold") at first, even painful, for a person to go cold turkey. Example: "My doctor gave me morphine for pain after the surgery, but he gave me less each day so I would not need to go cold turkey."

"at the drop of a hat"



If you would do something quickly and easily, without thinking about it, you would do it at the drop of a hat. Example: "Would you travel around the world if you had the money?" Reply: "At the drop of a hat."

When a hat drops off your head, it falls quickly and suddenly, and that is how fast you would do it at the drop of a hat. Example: "I would take a job like that at the drop of a hat."

You know you would do it, because you have already decided, when you would do it at the drop of a hat. Example: "If you get an extra ticket, let me know. I would go at the drop of a hat."

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"practice makes perfect"



Practice makes perfect means that the more you practice, the better you will become. If you want to become great, then you should practice as much as possible. Example: "See how fast you are getting better at the piano? Practice makes perfect."

To practice is to do something regularly. Perfect is the best you can be. Practice makes perfect means that the way to become the best is to practice often. Example: "Do you know how a player like Larry Bird gets to be so good? By taking thousands of jump shots every day. Practice, practice, practice! Practice makes perfect."

Practice makes perfect is said to encourage people to keep practicing so they will become better at what they are doing. Example: "Come on guys, do it again! I want to see you getting this right. Practice makes perfect!"

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انتظرى المزيد إن شاء الله

thanks
great job
we're waiting for more :smile:

إن شاء الله حبيبتى

شكرا لمرورك

:)

nice

thanx :)

"a chip on your shoulder"



A person who has "a chip on his shoulder" is angry because of some thing that happened in the past. Example: "He lost his game this morning, and now he has a chip on his shoulder." It is easy for a person to get in a fight when he has a chip on his shoulder, because he is already angry about something else. Example: "Watch out for that guy, he's got a chip on his shoulder." To start a fight, men used to put chips of wood on their shoulder and challenge others to "try to knock it off". Example: "What's bothering that guy?" Reply: "Nothing. He's just got a chip on the shoulder." Example: "Tom had a tough time growing up, so he's got a bit of a chip on his shoulder." You can use the definite article ("the") which sounds more general ("a chip on the shoulder"), but more often people use the personal pronoun ("his", "her", "their") to say that that specific person has "a chip on his (her, their) shoulder."

thank you for those idioms

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"get up on the wrong side of the bed"





When you have been having a bad day all day, you got up on the wrong side of the bed. Example: "What's wrong with her today?" Reply: "Oh, she just got up on the wrong side of the bed."

Sometimes we get a bad start to our day, it continues throughout the day, and people notice. Example: "I told you to pick up your things! And don't play your music so loudly!" Reply: "Wow. It looks like someone got up on the wrong side of the bed!"

It is as if we started our day ("got up") in the wrong way ("on the wrong side of the bed") and that has affected everything else that happened since. Example: "Don't start yelling at me just because you got up on the wrong side of the bed."