The intermediate Guide
to Idioms and their Importance
What is Idioms?
An idiom is a phrase-group of words or saying that is
commonly used in everyday English to express certain ideas or opinions.
English idioms are important as they require a deeper acquaintance of the
English language to figure out what someone means when they use them in dialogues.
Idioms are mainly constructive
for the reason that they give you
a new, creative, artistic way to convey yourself. At first Idioms may
seem complicated at first, but actually they can be a lot of fun to learn. If
one is concerned about building English skills, gain knowledge importance of
Idioms.
Importance of Idioms in English Language
English idioms play vital
part of everyday English. They occur all the time in both written and verbal
English because idioms mostly don’t make sense exactly. One should be
familiarize with the meaning and usage of each idiom. One may think this
burdensome but learning idiom is quite enjoyable, mainly when one evaluate
English idioms to the idioms in your own language.
Let us learn some idioms
with their meanings and also they followed by some sentences to clarify their
meaning.
1. An eyewash: A deception
The
authorities had already made their choice; the interview was only eyewash.
First I
thought this story is complete eyewash but no it’s totally true.
2. Fair -deal:
a bargain which is fair and just to both the parties
It would be
a fair deal if I repay your money with interest and my thanks.
3. fair-
weather friend: a friend in prosperity only.
It is better
to be friendless than to have a fair-weather friend.
I know he is
fair-weather friend but I continue his friendship on the basis of humanity.
4. Blue
moon: a rare event or occurrence
The speech
of Mr. Patel is a blue moon as he is not a talkative person.
5. Bundle of
joy: happiness
We are
expecting a bundle of joy nest May.
Going for
vacation means you are going experience bundle of joy.
6. Cast
aside: to reject
All the files
cast aside as they are incomplete.
Remaining
people in the interview were cast aside at the suggestion of higher authority.
7. Eat like
a bird: eat very little
My daughter
eats like a bird when I gave her spinach fry.
He eats like
a bird as he doesn’t want to put on his weight.
8. Figure out: try to understand or solve
He finally
figured out how to solve this puzzle.
If you give
me time to figure out I can help you solve this sum.
9. from
scratch: from the very beginning
He is fond
of reading from scratch.
She
determined to become a doctor from scratch.
10. from
rags to riches: from poverty to exceptional wealth
My childhood
friend was born in poor family and now he is big business man. He in reality
went from rags to riches.
Some rich
people are always down to earth; I think they would have gone from rags to
riches.
11. In face
of: against
It is hard
work to swim in face of the current.
It is very
difficult to speak against his father.
12. Out of
the blue: something that suddenly and unexpectedly happens
One day out
of the blue, my friend appeared in front of us who left this town.
My father
came to school out of the blue.
13. To flog a dead horse: to waste one’s energy
He is
running behind that publisher, but I think he is flogging the dead horse.
14. To get
wind of: to get news about something
Just now we
have gotten the wind of the Tsunami, it’s too horrible.
Be careful
about our future plans no one should get wind of it.
15. Weal and
woe: joy and sorrow
I think the
life is full of weal and woe.
I promise you that I will be always there with
you in every weal and woe.