September 2021

red herring

Meaning something irrelevant that distracts you from something important a clue meant to mislead you Literal meaning: A small, smoked silvery fish, which is turned red …

larger than life

Meaning something or someone that is very impressive something that is imposing very striking or colourful exaggerated Example Sentences His father is a great man. …

meet halfway

Meaning to reach a compromise each person gives a little bit so that they can come to a decision meeting in the middle of two locations …

low hanging fruit

Meaning a goal that can be easily reached something that is easy to take advantage of a company that would be easy to buy up …

piece of work

Meaning a complex, tricky, or odd person an item or part of something – especially of art or craft (Example 4) somebody although generally interesting …

next of kin also, next to kin

Meaning | Synonyms close relative blood relation spouse or parent closest relation nearest blood relation/relative closest family member kith and kin …

all that glitters is not gold

Meaning the shining outer look of something is not a consistent sign of its real character not everyone that appears good, turns …

in vain also, all in vain

Meaning | Synonyms without success unsuccessfully uselessly hopelessly for nothing with little hope no to avail fruitlessly to no purpose profitless Example …

toot one’s own horn

Variants blow one’s own horn blow one’s own trumpet

Meaning | Synonyms speak boastfully about oneself to brag about or be pretentious by one’s …

out of the frying pan into the fire also, out of the frying pan and into the fire

Meaning | Synonyms to go from a bad to worse situation …

walking on air also, floating on air

Meaning | Synonyms to be very happy (elated) to feel awfully excited or pleased to be in a state of intense happiness in seventh heaven to be on …

take for granted

Meaning | Synonyms to underestimate the value of something or someone when a person is not being paid enough for the job that they do …

by chance

Meaning | Synonyms something which was not planned to happen incidents that occur accidentally a coincidence anything which was not meant to happen events that occur …

the lion’s den

Meaning | Synonyms a place which is uncomfortable an unpleasant situation falling into the state of antagonism indulging in rivalry a dangerous and difficult moment …

heavy heart

Meaning | Synonyms attaining a state of grief very unhappy about something feeling Depressed feeling miserable about something under deep sadness going through a tough time …

like a bat out of hell

Meaning | Synonyms very fast and crazily occurring rapidly moving fast extremely quick happening without any pause something happening abruptly with great …

take for a ride

Meaning to trick somebody to lie to somebody to deceive them to abduct someone with the intention of murdering them Synonyms cheat deceive swindle …

white lie

Meaning | Synonyms a harmless lie a small or unimportant lie a lie that that is meant to spare someone’s feelings to lie about a small …

lion’s share

Meaning | Synonyms the biggest part of something in a large ratio a large amount of share refers to a huge portion of something getting most …

on the tip of my tongue

Meaning | Synonyms something like a name or word that you know it but cannot remember at a particular moment anything that …

turn over a new leaf

Meaning | Synonyms to alter your behaviour in a positive way to start fresh to change course to start afresh to change track …

mull over also, mulling things over

Meaning | Synonyms to take a long time to make a decision to spend a large amount of time considering ones options …

kick the can down the road

Meaning to avoid dealing with a problem to postpone dealing with something in the hopes that it becomes someone else’s problem to …

at odds

Meaning | Synonyms to disagree about something to argue about a matter two things that seem to be opposites in conflict at variance in disagreement or …

drain the swamp

Meaning | Synonyms rooting out the practice of corruption preventing to uprooting something that is harmful originally means the draining swamps to get rid of …

silver lining 

Meaning | Synonyms sadness or unpleasant things can have a positive side effect … Read on

hit or miss also,  hit and miss

Meaning | Synonyms might be good or bad at different times …