Top 50 Idioms in English

Idioms are special sentences or clauses that have contextual meaning. Literally the sentence may not have any meaning.

For Example -
To poke nose into - Meaning to interfere in someone's task without any necessity.

Mother-in-law usually tries to poke her nose into daughter-in-law's matters.

Below is the list of commonly used Idiom.

1. to be on cloud nine - to be very happy.
2. a piece of cake - easy task
3. to pull someone's leg - to joke
4. Dark horse - Ordinary person who becomes famous.
5. to feel like fish out of water - to be in tough situation.
6. to be in dock - to find in difficult situation
7. to face the music - to get a scolding or rebuke for illegal acts.
8. On pins and needles - feeling nervous
9. to be on the same page - to agree on some point
10. raining cats and dogs - to rain very heavily
11. to tie the knot - to marry
12. ball is in their court - decision is pending with them
13. to steal someone's thunder - to steal the credit of someone. 
14. to poke one's nose into - to interfere in some one's matter without solicitation
15. through thick and thin - in good and bad time
16. to spill the beans - to let the cat out of bag - to reveal the secret
17. to put the cat among the pigeons  - to create a trouble
18. piece of cake - very easy task
19. have a blast - to have a good time
20. cold shoulders - to treat with contempt
21. bite off more than one can chew - to take lot of duties that can not be managed
22. add insult to injury - to make the bad situation more worse. 
23. bitter pill to swallow - accept bad situation or news reluctantly.
24. cost arm and leg - very expensive thing
25. white elephant - expensive thing but useless or unable to maintain
26. to cry over split milk - to regret something that has already happened or has been done. 
27. to put all eggs in one basket - to invest in one thing which could be very risky. 
28. to kill 2 birds in one stone - to achieve 2 things simultaneously
29. To miss the boat - to miss the opportunity
30. feast for the eyes - pleasant view.
31. to sit on the fence - Can not take decision on either side
32. to add fuel to the fire - to make a bad situation even worse
33. all that glitters is not gold - don't judge anything by looks.
34. to be born with silver spoon in one's mouth - to be born in very rich family.
35. arm and leg - lot of money. 
36. to see things through rose coloured spectacles - to be optimistic
37. to be in deep waters - to be in hot water - to be in difficult situation.
38. to put someone behind the bars - to put some one in police custody.
39. to bite the dust - to die
40. Blood is thicker than water - family relations are stronger than any other relations.
41. to walk the talk - to follow the words or to keep the promise.
42. to blow one's own trumpet - to praise self or admire self.
43. When it rains, it pours - When bad time starts, you face many perils or dangers
44. to be in someone's shoes - to imagine to be in the place of someone else.
45. to keep one's fingers crossed - to hope for luck or good outcome/ result
46. under one's nose - Something bad happening in the presence of someone.
47. to throw in the towel - to accept the beating or defeat
48. to wash one's hands of - to stay away from the responsibility.
49. take it or leave it - After giving advice to someone, it is his/her choice whether to accept it or not.
50. to count the chicken before eggs are hatched - to plan many things too early

more idioms below along with their use in the sentences.

1. to fall prey - to become a victim
2. to rack one's brain - to think on difficult problem for a solution
3. to make a pig of oneself - to eat greedily too much and very quickly
4. red letter day  - important day
5. to keep one's eye open - to be alert
6. to pass the buck - to blame someone else for your mistake
7. to make a mountain out of molehill - overstress, overstate, exaggerate
8. of age - to grow adult
9. to hit the roof - to get very angry and scream and shout
10. reinvent the wheel - waste time finding the solution to the problem which is already solved.
11. to raise eyebrow - to disapprove
12. jack of all trades but master of none - trivial knowledge of many things but no expertise in any
13. mouth watering - desire, willingness to eat food after seeing it
14. stitch in time saves nine - right action in time can reduce more risks or issues in future.
15. to mint money - to earn lot of money in short time.
16. to curl the lip - to give the expression to show disapproval.
17. to learn by heart - to memorize 
18. to jump the light - to dishonour the red traffic signal.
19. in the same boat - to be in similar situation or problem.
20. to have one's plate full - to have lot of tasks to do
21. to fall on deaf ears - to complain repeatedly to someone who does not take any action.
22. to save the face - to do something to protect status or reputation
23. to fight like cat and dog - to quarrel, scream and shout at each other loudly.
24. every dog has his day - everyone has good and bad time.
25. to build castle in the air - to imagine or plan something that can not  be done realistically.
26. to come clean - to tell the truth

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