ENGLISH IDIOMS

An idiom is an expression whose meaning is different from the meaning of the individual words comprising it.

Generally, people are very embarrassed and frustrated when they can’t understand an idiom when it’s spoken. Knowing idioms will not only help you understand the spoken word easily, you can also use them to

• be precise

• talk less, say more

• speak without fear of grammatical errors

• sound interesting

Watch these videos to know the real meaning of these idioms, how to use them correctly and naturally, and, generally, improve your English.

These are some idioms you can sink you teeth into:

• You can’t make an omelette without breaking an egg
• You can take a horse to the water but you can’t make it drink
• In a nutshell
• Weather the storm
• Waste not want not
• When pigs fly
• Snow under
• Time is money
• To see eye to eye
• The ship has sailed
• Them’s the breaks
• Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones
• Shape up or ship out
• Knuckle down
• Get your ducks in a row