Top English Idioms you should know in daily conversation

An idiom is a group of word or phrase. which is important to know because idiom or expression are used in our daily conversation. using the idiom in your speech either in written form or spoken form becomes one of the most parts of English life. as you know in English movies they are using quite a few (a lot) of idiom and expression that we don’t know its meaning and we will not understand what they said. so you need to learn about idioms and expression to make your English second to none (best).

here is the most common idiom that used in daily conversation and movies. and this is those idiom which native speaker use in their speech. so in below table, there is idiom with their meanings.

Idioms with their meaning:

Idioms	Meanings
A walk down memory lane	to think back or to remember
Sticking out in my mind	to remember something clearly
An assault on my senses	something to put effect at once on you
stay in your mind	difficult to forget something
Had a ball	to had a good time
hands down	definitely
Feel so at home	feel comfortable
Go wrong	Incomplete
Fair and Square	honesty
Break a leg	good luck
Let the cat out of the bag	to share the secret of someone
Paying off	to pay money
Get a shot of	to take a picture
You didn’t make it	you were not able to be there
Super bummed	very upset
Time Flies	to be surprised about how much time has gone by
The golden rule	the most important thing about something
It’s all worked out	it ended well
Did the weather cooperate	was the weather nice
Make it in	arrive
Pretty much	almost
I gotta run	I do have to go
Are in high demand	something wanted a lot by a lot of people
In the run-up to	during the time just before an event
A gap in the market	An opportunity to make money
It struck me	I suddenly realized
Handy	Useful
Face to face	person to person
On their best behavior	being nice and polite
All hell broke loose	a lot of trouble comes to you
Started off on the wrong foot	to start your day badly
One day shy	one day less
Didn’t agree with me	made my stomach hurt
Sick as hell	very sick
On the dot	on the spot
Freaked me out	made me scare
Bird’s eye view	a view of an object from above
I was in heaven	I was having a good time
Sitting on the top of the world	I am having a good time
Catching a cold	to become sick
take a hand to somebody	to pay attention to somebody
Shifts the burden	move the responsibility
Keep chasing up	asking for an answer again and again
To drive a company	to run a company
Hit the book	to start study
buckle down	to start working seriously
Running against the clock	to be late
Woke up from the wrong side of the bed	to start your day badly
Fall through	to not happen
That sucks	that’s bad
Quite a few	a lot
second-to-none	the best
Head & Shoulder above the rest	to be better than others
Can’t stand	dislike
In over their head	in a difficult situation
To know what you are getting into	to know what to expect
Can’t believe your eyes	what you see is not believable
Something to behold	amazing
Anything goes	you can do anything you wish to do
Never cease to be amazed	not surprise
Get a little old	no more fun
Out of hand	very bad
In a frenzy	a lot of excitement
Racking my brain	thinking
It dawned on me	I remembered
A pretty penny	a lot of money
Total long shot	very unlikely
Water under the bridge	something that has happened and cannot be changed
Chip on your shoulder	to be angry
off to a rough start	a difficult or challenging beginning
keep your eyes on	to watch closely

Idioms used in News Report:

here in the table, all idiom is mostly used in news report. learn this idiom and get know what the reporter is saying.

Idioms	Meanings
Brought to a halt	stopped
On top of all that	as well as all those other negative things
Down under	an expression that means Australia
A one-off blip	a single bad result which won’t be repeated
A resumption of	a restarting of
Limited impact	small influence
To co-sponsor	to support jointly
On the spot	immediately
They are still short	they are still lacking
Grabbed the headline	become a popular story in the news
In the wake of	after / following
Picked themselves up	recovered and started playing well again
High Yield	Large / benefits

Idioms used in context:

in the table below are the idioms which mostly used in a context. like if you have any speech about any topic then you can use this idiom in your context. they are easy to use and most handy.

Idioms	Meanings
Jump to conclusion	to make a decision quickly
lookout for any	try to find out something/somebody
Going red	to turn red because you are so angry
freelance work	online job
Insight into	clear understanding
To devise	create a plan
Looking after people	take care of people
Had a go at him	to criticizes somebody
Follow in his footstep	to be as successful as him
What did you make of something	what is your feeling about something
Quick-witted	intelligent person
Get up people noses	annoy/feel bad
Trustworthy	able to be trusted
Take an instant dislike to somebody/something	to dislike somebody/something as soon as you meet them
Resent somebody	to feel angry about somebody
To somebody face	directly to them
Behind somebody back	in absence of somebody
Put a strain on somebody relationship	to put tension on somebody relationship
Stick up for somebody	to take a side of somebody
As time went by	over a period of time
Settled down	to become more relaxed
Looking up	to become better
Look up	to search
See the light	to understand
Played a major rule	to be a big reason
As a rule	as usual
Word of mouth	oral communication
To weigh to pros and cons	to compare goodness and badness
Run in my family	common in my family
Everything but the kitchen sink	eat everything possible

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