Presentación: Common English Idioms: Meanings


Common English Idioms: MeaningsVersión en línea Idioms and meanings por Yulieen Baloy 1 Better late than never It is better to arrive late than to never arrive at all 2 It’s not rocket science An activity is easy to understand 3 Make a long story short To explain something quickly or to summarize 4 No pain, no gain You must work hard to succeed 5 Time flies when you’re having fun It feels like time moves more quickly when you’re doing something you enjoy 6 That ship has sailed It is too late 7 Kill two birds with one stone Accomplish two tasks with one action 8 You can’t judge a book by its cover Don’t make judgments based on someone’s appearance 9 Barking up the wrong tree Looking for something in the wrong place 10 Bite off more than you can chew Take on more work than you can handle 11 Ignorance is bliss Sometimes you’re better off not knowing something 12 Live and learn To make mistakes and learn from them 13 Rain on my parade To ruin a good thing for someone 14 In the heat of the moment Overwhelmed by a situation 15 There are plenty of fish in the sea There are many other opportunities available 16 Back to the drawing board Start over 17 Hang in there Don’t give up 18 So far, so good The situation has been good and continues to be good 19 The best of both worlds Benefits from two different things at the same time 20 See eye to eye To agree 21 When pigs fly Something that will never happen 22 To cost an arm and a leg To be very expensive 23 To cut corners To finish something quickly without following standard procedures 24 Add insult to injury Make a bad situation even worse 25 Hit the nail on the head Get something exactly right 26 Throw caution to the wind Take a risk 27 Beat around the bush Avoid saying what you actually mean 28 Break a leg Good luck 29 Call it a day Stop working 30 Get out of hand Get out of control 31 On cloud nine Very happy 32 Under the weather Sick or ill 33 Speak of the devil When someone you were just talking about arrives 34 Once in a blue moon Very rarely 35 A piece of cake Easy

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Better late than never

It is better to arrive late than to never arrive at all

2

It’s not rocket science

An activity is easy to understand

3

Make a long story short

To explain something quickly or to summarize

4

No pain, no gain

You must work hard to succeed

5

Time flies when you’re having fun

It feels like time moves more quickly when you’re doing something you enjoy

6

That ship has sailed

It is too late

7

Kill two birds with one stone

Accomplish two tasks with one action

8

You can’t judge a book by its cover

Don’t make judgments based on someone’s appearance

9

Barking up the wrong tree

Looking for something in the wrong place

10

Bite off more than you can chew

Take on more work than you can handle

11

Ignorance is bliss

Sometimes you’re better off not knowing something

12

Live and learn

To make mistakes and learn from them

13

Rain on my parade

To ruin a good thing for someone

14

In the heat of the moment

Overwhelmed by a situation

15

There are plenty of fish in the sea

There are many other opportunities available

16

Back to the drawing board

Start over

17

Hang in there

Don’t give up

18

So far, so good

The situation has been good and continues to be good

19

The best of both worlds

Benefits from two different things at the same time

20

See eye to eye

To agree

21

When pigs fly

Something that will never happen

22

To cost an arm and a leg

To be very expensive

23

To cut corners

To finish something quickly without following standard procedures

24

Add insult to injury

Make a bad situation even worse

25

Hit the nail on the head

Get something exactly right

26

Throw caution to the wind

Take a risk

27

Beat around the bush

Avoid saying what you actually mean

28

Break a leg

Good luck

29

Call it a day

Stop working

30

Get out of hand

Get out of control

31

On cloud nine

Very happy

32

Under the weather

Sick or ill

33

Speak of the devil

When someone you were just talking about arrives

34

Once in a blue moon

Very rarely

35

A piece of cake

Easy