CRY WOLF: to give a false alarm intentionally, to spread fear for one's own benefit. New York Times: <> "Du jour" is a French expression meaning "of the day."
KISS AND MAKE UP: reconcile. No kissing is necessarily involved. Time International: <>
CAUGHT RED-HANDED: apprehended (caught) in the act of committing a crime. Bermuda Sun: <
Donita Maxine Smith, 23, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to stealing two tubes of Maybelline Super Stay ten-hour Stain Gloss from the Phoenix on March 26. The items were valued at $20.
BANG FOR YOUR BUCK: value for your money. AnnArbor.com: <<
By approving the ordinance changes, Pollay said, the city would be losing all the revenue the DDA captures from other taxing authorities — money that gets put into projects that benefit the city.
"The city gets double the bang for its buck by having the DDA fully funded," she said. >>
LOW BLOW: in boxing, a low blow is an illegal punch below the waist. But idiomatically it can mean any unscrupulous attack. Daily Beast: <>
MARCH TO THE BEAT OF ONE'S OWN DRUMMER: habitually follow one's own conscience or inclinations, rather than conforming to societal norms. San Jose Mercury News: <>
If you do something BY THE SEAT OF YOUR PANTS, you do it in an improvised manner, you do it without having thought it through. CNN International, in a story about a plan to reduce the snake population in Guam by dropping poisoned mice for them to eat: <<"We have a site where there's a population of snakes that nobody can get into. It's a controlled population," Vice told the Pacific News Center. "This is being done in a very rigorous, scientific manner. This isn't just something that we've just kind of come up with by the seat of our pants.">>
ON THE FRITZ (U.S.), ON THE BLINK (Britain): not working properly. The washing machine's on the fritz again—it will wash and rinse, but it won't spin. These are colloquial.
COMFORT ZONE: familiar parts of life where you feel at ease, free of stress. If you're going to really master English, you have to get out of your comfort zone and try to converse with native speakers! Common inspirational quote: "Life begins where your comfort zone ends." (attributed to Neale Walsch)
LOW-HANGING FRUIT: simple steps, easy measures. Detroit News: <
But the one fix Detroiters are desperate for — a safer community — won't come quickly or cheaply.
To become a more secure city, Detroit needs a better-working police department.>>
➤ Read more idioms and phrases, English grammar and vocabulary at Basic English Grammar And Vocabulary .You might also like ⏬
➤ Book of Idioms
➤ Idioms about Animals
➤ Idioms of Expression
➤ Idioms on Food
➤ Idiomatic Expressions
➤ Origin of Idioms
➤ Proverbs
➤ Idioms on Situation
➤ Idioms on Temperature
KISS AND MAKE UP: reconcile. No kissing is necessarily involved. Time International: <
CAUGHT RED-HANDED: apprehended (caught) in the act of committing a crime. Bermuda Sun: <
Donita Maxine Smith, 23, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to stealing two tubes of Maybelline Super Stay ten-hour Stain Gloss from the Phoenix on March 26. The items were valued at $20.
BANG FOR YOUR BUCK: value for your money. AnnArbor.com: <<
By approving the ordinance changes, Pollay said, the city would be losing all the revenue the DDA captures from other taxing authorities — money that gets put into projects that benefit the city.
"The city gets double the bang for its buck by having the DDA fully funded," she said. >>
LOW BLOW: in boxing, a low blow is an illegal punch below the waist. But idiomatically it can mean any unscrupulous attack. Daily Beast: <
MARCH TO THE BEAT OF ONE'S OWN DRUMMER: habitually follow one's own conscience or inclinations, rather than conforming to societal norms. San Jose Mercury News: <
If you do something BY THE SEAT OF YOUR PANTS, you do it in an improvised manner, you do it without having thought it through. CNN International, in a story about a plan to reduce the snake population in Guam by dropping poisoned mice for them to eat: <<"We have a site where there's a population of snakes that nobody can get into. It's a controlled population," Vice told the Pacific News Center. "This is being done in a very rigorous, scientific manner. This isn't just something that we've just kind of come up with by the seat of our pants.">>
ON THE FRITZ (U.S.), ON THE BLINK (Britain): not working properly. The washing machine's on the fritz again—it will wash and rinse, but it won't spin. These are colloquial.
COMFORT ZONE: familiar parts of life where you feel at ease, free of stress. If you're going to really master English, you have to get out of your comfort zone and try to converse with native speakers! Common inspirational quote: "Life begins where your comfort zone ends." (attributed to Neale Walsch)
LOW-HANGING FRUIT: simple steps, easy measures. Detroit News: <
But the one fix Detroiters are desperate for — a safer community — won't come quickly or cheaply.
To become a more secure city, Detroit needs a better-working police department.>>
➤ Read more idioms and phrases, English grammar and vocabulary at Basic English Grammar And Vocabulary .You might also like ⏬
➤ Book of Idioms
➤ Idioms about Animals
➤ Idioms of Expression
➤ Idioms on Food
➤ Idiomatic Expressions
➤ Origin of Idioms
➤ Proverbs
➤ Idioms on Situation
➤ Idioms on Temperature
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