ILLUSTRATIVE USE OF IDIOMS FOR ENGLISH
1. To add insult to injury - to harm a person and then insult him later.
2. Apple of the eye - someone or something dearly loved.
3. Once in a blue moon - very rarely.
4. To break the ice - to get people in friendly terms.
5. To kick the bucket - to die.
6. To call a spade a spade - to speak plainly/to be outspoken.
7. To let the cat out of the bag - tell a secret without intending to do so.
8. To look daggers - to look with anger/hatred/challenged/jealousy/fighting spirit.
9. To rain cats and dogs - to rain very heavily.
10. To turn a deaf ear - to refuse to listen.
11. To make one's flesh creep - to give one's feeling of fear or horror.
12. Out of the frying pan into the fire - from a bad situation to another.
13. To fly off the handle - to get angry/raged.
14. Lion's share - the largest part.
15. For love or money - by any means/for anything.
16. To cry for the moon - to try to get something beyond one's reach.
17. In a nick of time - at the right moment.
18. A bolt from the blue - something that comes as a complete surprise.
19. A thorn in one's flesh - a person/thing that caused nothing but trouble/problem/pain for a
long time.
20. To be at a discount - not to be valued/thankful.
21. A snake in the grass - treacherous friend/enemy.
22. To turn tail - to retreat/run away.
23. Sink or swim - whatever happens.
24. The skeleton at the feast - the person who spoils the enjoyment.
25. Crocodile tears - pretended sorrow.
