Friday, August 16, 2024

English Idioms: Face the Music to Feet on the Ground

Face the music
If you have to face the music, you have to accept the negative consequences of something you have done wrong.

Fairweather friend
A fairweather friend is the type who is always there when times are good but forgets about you when things get difficult or problems crop up.

Fall off a truck
If someone tries to sell you something that has fallen of the back of a truck they are trying to sell you stolen goods.

Fall on your sword
If someone falls on their sword, they resign or accept the consequences of some wrongdoing.

Familiarity breeds contempt
This means that the more you know something or someone, the more you start to find faults and dislike things about it or them.

Fat chance!
This idiom is a way of telling someone they have no chance.

Fat head
A fat head is a dull, stupid person.

Fat hits the fire
When the fat hits the fire, trouble breaks out.

Fat of the land
Living off the fat of the land means having the best of everything in life.

Fate worse than death
Describing something as a fate worse than death is a fairly common way of implying that it is unpleasant.

Feather in your cap
A success or achievement that may help you in the future is a feather in your cap.

Feel at home
If you feel relaxed and comfortable somewhere or with someone, you feel at home.

Feel free
If you ask for permission to do something and are told to feel free, the other person means that there is absolutely no problem

Feeling Blue
If you feel blue, you are feeling unwell, mainly associated with depression or unhappiness.

Feet on the ground
A practical and realistic person has their feet on the ground.

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

English idioms with "Clean"

 1. clean your plate: eat all the food served

2. clean his clock: beat or defeat soundly

3. clean as a whistle: pure or free of involvement in illegal activities

4. a clean bill of health: notification that an entity is in good health or operating condition 

5. clean break: abrupt and complete disassociation

6. clean code: well-written computer-programming code

7. clean conscience: absence of guilt or remorse (also “clear conscience”)

8. clean cut: tidy and well groomed

9. clean getaway: uninterrupted escape

10. clean house: rid an organization of corruption or inefficiency

11. clean (someone or something) out of: remove people or things

12. clean sheet: variant of “clean slate” (mostly used in British English)

13. clean slate: a fresh chance or start 

14. clean sweep: the winning of all competitions or prizes

15. clean the floor up (with someone): beat someone up

16. clean up: make something clean or proper, earn or win a lot of money, reform, or defeat

17. clean up (one’s) act: improve or reform

18. clean out: leave bare or empty, or take or deplete

19. come clean: be honest

20–21. have clean hands/keep (one’s) hands clean: be without guilt

22. keep (one’s) nose clean: stay out of trouble

23. make a clean breast of it: admit the truth

24. squeaky clean: completely clean or incorruptible

25. wipe the slate clean: give someone a fresh chance or start (see “clean slate”)