Best English Idioms about Life
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Best English Idioms about Life
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#1. “I’ll help you and sing backing vocals at your concert on Friday, Sheila.” “With your voice? You can’t sing to __________.”
#2. “Got any plans for the weekend, Barry?” “Not really. I’ll probably end up rearranging my photo albums into reverse alphabetical order – as usual.” “__________!”
#3. “D’you want ketchup or brown sauce, Ron?” “Ketchup, Margaret. Ta.” “Ketchup? You always have blinkin’ ketchup.” “Alright, brown sauce it is. You know what they say – __________.”
#4. “Did you have a good time at Disneyland Paris, mum?” “Oh, it was wonderful. We had the __________, didn’t we, Derek?”
#5. Since having his successful triple heart bypass operation, Gavin has had a __________.
#6. No, I didn’t really enjoy the hang gliding lesson. I was __________, praying it would end.
#7. I was ten minutes late for work, despite cycling __________.
#8. “We don’t need that new car, or a holiday to Florida like your brother and his wife. All we need is each other and to be together.” “I know. The saying’s true – __________.”
#9. “We’ve decided we’re not going to mother’s for the weekend, so we’ll be here with you. Is that alright?” “Fine.” “You don’t look very happy, Albert.” Thinks: All I want is a __________.
#10. My wife expects me to hoover the carpets, wash the pots, do the ironing, and see to the garden. That’s on top of working full time! It’s a __________, I tell you.
#11. “Oh, yes, the wedding reception was fabulous. Your brother thoroughly enjoyed himself.” “Yes, he’s always been the __________.”
#12. “My wife left me, my kids don’t wanna know me, I lost my job, and now my car’s been towed away. I don’t know what to do.” “Why not write a novel about it? __________.”
#13. I got home and thought there was nobody in, so when you flushed the loo I got the __________.
#14. “I hope this holiday never ends! The hotel, the staff, the beaches – everything has been so fantastic.” “That’s just what I was thinking, Paula – __________!”
#15. “Did you ever go to college, dad?” “You know I didn’t. I didn’t have that opportunity – unlike you. Anyway, I learned everything I need to know at the __________.”
#16. “Have you seen my sock? It seems to have vanished.” “No, no sign of it with the laundry.” “I suppose that’s just another one of __________ then.” [often sarcastic]
#17. “I just paid the gas bill, then I got the water bill. I just paid that and the next day I got the council tax…” “I know darling. You have to get used to it. __________, I’m afraid.”
#18. “When I’m older I’ll have an important job and make lots of money. Then I’ll retire aged forty and just spend it whenever I want.” “OK, but __________, Alan.”
#19. “You’ll get over her, Gary. There are plenty more fish in the sea.” “I won’t, Rob. She’s everything to me – the absolute __________!”
#20. “I won the lottery last week.” “You what? Really?” “Well I got three numbers, but I’d somehow lost my ticket.” “That’s so unlucky, Roy.” “I know. It’s the __________, isn’t it?”
Definitions:
sth= something, sby = somebody
1. a quiet life > a life free of arguments and problems
2. be another one of life’s great mysteries > be something else [usually trivial] I do not know
3. be the life and soul of the party > be sby who is entertaining at social gatherings
4. do sth as if your life depended on it > do sth very hurriedly and with great urgency
5. get a life! > don’t be so boring! / don’t be ridiculous!
6. get a new lease of life > get new energy and enthusiasm
7. get the shock of your life > be very shocked
8. have the time of your life > have a fantastic time
9. hold on for dear life > hold on very tightly
10. it’s a dog’s life > it’s a hard life being taken for granted by others
11. it’s the story of my life > this always or usually happens to me
12. money can’t buy you happiness > having money does not guarantee happiness
13. not be able to do sth to save your life > be very bad at a particular task
14. study at the university of life > learn from life experience rather than formal education
15. be the light of sby’s life > be the most beloved person in sby’s life
16. that’s life > that’s a disappointment but you have to accept it
17. the best things in life are free > you don’t need money to have a good time
18. this is the life! > what a great time I’m having!
19. variety is the spice of life > it is good to have variety from time to time
20. when life gives you lemons, make lemonade > when in a bad situation, use it to your advantage
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