A List of idioms. This page contains examples of idioms and an ever growing list of idioms. It is a good practice to avoid use of these idioms in poetry unless used in a completely original way.
See also: Proverbs
Idioms are expressions, sayings, or phrases whose meanings cannot be understood from the meanings of the words that make it up.
Get bent out of shapeMeaning:To take offense; to get worked up, aggravated, or annoyed
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Get over somethingMeaning:to begin feel better again after being sick or having an unhappy experience. If you get over sickness or a sad experience, you start to feel better again after that. Example:She was just getting over the flu when she had a stomachache. It took him years to get over the death of his wife.
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Get up (Wake up) on the wrong side of the bedMeaning: Feel a little angry and annoyed. If you got up (woke up) on the wrong side of the bed, you feel a bit angry and irritated for no particular reason right from the start of the day.
Example:
Don't talk to the boss today. It looks like she woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
Tom's really grouchy today. He must've gotten up on the wrong side of the bed.
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Give someone a handMeaning: Help someone when he/she is doing something difficult. If you give a person a hand, you give him/her assistance because he/she is trying to do something difficult.
Example:
Let me give you a hand with your baggage.
Don't worry about your garden. Ten young people will come over today and give you a hand.
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Go nutsMeaning: 1. Become very excited because a very good thing happened. 2. Become very angry If you go nuts, you behave in an excited, crazy, or angry way. Example: The spectators went nuts when she got 10.0 on her performance.
My dad would go nuts if he saw this mess.
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Grab a bite (to eat)
Meaning:
Get and eat food quickly
If you grab a bite (to eat), you buy or get food and eat quickly because you are busy.
Example:
We have five minutes before the show. Let's grab a bite.
Tim often grabs a bite to eat between meetings.
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Great minds think alike.
Meaning:This is a humorous expression that is used when you found out someone else was thinking about the same thing as you were.
If you say, "Great minds think alike," you say, jokingly, that you and someone else must be very intelligent or great because both of you thought of the same thing or agree on something.
Example: A: I'm going to the concert tonight.
B: Oh, really? Me too. I heard the performers are excellent.
A: Great minds think alike. (A and B meet in a restaurant unexpectedly.)
A: How did you know I am here?
B: This restaurant is a very nice place to spend an evening. Great minds think alike.
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