💬 Idioms Examples: 100+ Common Idioms with Meanings and Sentences

1. Break a leg! - Good luck! → "Break a leg on your performance tonight!"
2. Keep an eye on - Watch carefully → "Can you keep an eye on my bag?"
3. Play it by ear - Decide as you go → "We don't have a plan; let's play it by ear."
4. Cost an arm and a leg - Very expensive → "That car cost an arm and a leg."
5. Give the cold shoulder - Ignore → "She gave me the cold shoulder after our argument."
6. Pull someone's leg - Joke/tease → "I'm just pulling your leg; it's not true."
7. See eye to eye - Agree → "We don't always see eye to eye, but we respect each other."
8. Get off my back! - Stop bothering me → "Get off my back! I'll do it later."
9. Keep your chin up - Stay positive → "Keep your chin up; things will get better."
10. Learn by heart - Memorize → "I learned the poem by heart."
11. All ears - Listening attentively → "Tell me what happened; I'm all ears."
12. Cold feet - Nervous before something → "I got cold feet before the wedding."
13. Hit the nail on the head - Be exactly right → "You hit the nail on the head with that analysis."
14. Let your hair down - Relax → "It's the weekend; time to let your hair down."
15. Turn a blind eye - Ignore on purpose → "The teacher turned a blind eye to the cheating."

16. Let the cat out of the bag - Reveal a secret → "He let the cat out of the bag about the surprise party."
17. Hold your horses - Wait, be patient → "Hold your horses! We're not ready yet."
18. Black sheep - The odd one out → "He's the black sheep of the family."
19. When pigs fly - Never → "I'll believe that when pigs fly."
20. Kill two birds with one stone - Achieve two things at once → "I killed two birds with one stone by shopping and exercising."
21. A wild goose chase - Pointless search → "Looking for my keys was a wild goose chase."
22. The elephant in the room - Obvious problem ignored → "Let's address the elephant in the room: our budget."
23. Straight from the horse's mouth - From a reliable source → "I heard it straight from the horse's mouth."
24. Butterflies in my stomach - Nervous → "I have butterflies in my stomach before exams."
25. Let sleeping dogs lie - Don't bring up old problems → "It's best to let sleeping dogs lie."
26. Dog eat dog - Competitive → "The business world is dog eat dog."
27. Eager beaver - Enthusiastic worker → "She's an eager beaver, always volunteering."
28. Holy cow! - Expression of surprise → "Holy cow! That's amazing!"
29. Monkey business - Silly or dishonest behavior → "Stop the monkey business and focus."
30. Raining cats and dogs - Raining heavily → "It's raining cats and dogs outside."

31. Spill the beans - Reveal a secret → "Who spilled the beans about the promotion?"
32. Piece of cake - Very easy → "The exam was a piece of cake."
33. Take with a grain of salt - Don't take seriously → "Take his advice with a grain of salt."
34. Apple of my eye - Precious person → "My daughter is the apple of my eye."
35. Not my cup of tea - Not what I like → "Horror movies are not my cup of tea."
36. Full of beans - Energetic → "The kids are full of beans this morning."
37. Butter someone up - Flatter → "He's trying to butter up the boss."
38. Couch potato - Lazy TV watcher → "Don't be a couch potato; go outside!"
39. Chew the fat - Chat casually → "We sat around chewing the fat for hours."
40. Spice things up - Make more exciting → "Let's spice things up with a new activity."
41. Salad days - Youthful days → "I remember my salad days at university."
42. Big cheese - Important person → "He's the big cheese around here."
43. Cool as a cucumber - Very calm → "She stayed cool as a cucumber during the crisis."
44. Hard nut to crack - Difficult problem/person → "This puzzle is a hard nut to crack."
45. Souped up - Enhanced/modified → "He drives a souped-up sports car."

46. Once in a blue moon - Very rarely → "He visits once in a blue moon."
47. Green with envy - Very jealous → "She was green with envy when she saw my new car."
48. Feel blue - Feel sad → "I've been feeling blue lately."
49. Black and white - Clear, straightforward → "The rules are black and white."
50. Red tape - Bureaucracy → "We're stuck in red tape."
51. White lie - Harmless lie → "I told a white lie to protect her feelings."
52. Golden opportunity - Great chance → "This is a golden opportunity for you."
53. Rose-colored glasses - Seeing only the positive → "You're seeing everything through rose-colored glasses."
54. Out of the blue - Unexpectedly → "She called me out of the blue."
55. Give the green light - Approve → "The manager gave the green light for the project."
56. Catch someone red-handed - Catch in the act → "The police caught him red-handed."
57. Yellow-bellied - Cowardly → "Don't be so yellow-bellied!"
58. Tickled pink - Very pleased → "I was tickled pink to receive the award."
59. In the red - In debt → "The company is in the red."
60. In the black - Profitable → "We're finally in the black."

61. Under the weather - Feeling ill → "I'm feeling a bit under the weather."
62. Weather the storm - Survive difficulty → "We'll weather the storm together."
63. On cloud nine - Very happy → "She was on cloud nine after the wedding."
64. Storm in a teacup - Fuss over nothing → "Their argument was a storm in a teacup."
65. Take a rain check - Postpone → "Can I take a rain check on dinner?"
66. Snowed under - Overwhelmed with work → "I'm snowed under with assignments."
67. Chase rainbows - Pursue impossible dreams → "Stop chasing rainbows and get a real job."
68. Every cloud has a silver lining - Good from bad → "Don't worry; every cloud has a silver lining."
69. Throw caution to the wind - Take a risk → "He threw caution to the wind and quit his job."
70. Rain on someone's parade - Spoil fun → "Don't rain on my parade!"
71. Come rain or shine - No matter what → "I'll be there, come rain or shine."
72. Stormy relationship - Difficult relationship → "They have a stormy relationship."
73. Fair-weather friend - Friend only in good times → "He's just a fair-weather friend."
74. Lightning fast - Very fast → "His response was lightning fast."
75. Save for a rainy day - Save for the future → "I'm saving this money for a rainy day."