put (po͝ot) v. put, put·ting, puts v.tr. 1. To place in a specified location; set: She put the books on the table. 2. To cause to be in a specified condition: His gracious
Money Idioms. above par – more than average, above normal, more than the face value of a bond or stock or currency. The currency was …
Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets: The platter of food in the front window (made me want to eat it). (a) put my foot in my mouth (b) melted in my mouth (c) said a mouthful (d) made my mouth water
Smell a Rat. How come the front door is open? Didn’t you close it before we went shopping? I’m sure I did. I can’t understand it. Frankly, I smell a rat.. Me, too.
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Previous English Idioms of the week This Week’s Idiom is He who laughs last laughs longest! = the person who plays the last joke (trick) has
Examples of Idioms A to G. Idioms are, literally ideas as expressions. They develop from older usage, where the words mean something other than their literal meaning.
An idiom is an expression whose meaning is not clear from the meaning of its words. In other words, idioms have meanings that can not be …