Hit Home
Hit Home = understanding something completely, forces you to understand something unpleasant Ex: My girlfriend’s negative comments about my smoking habit really […]
Tag: popular expression
You Snooze, You Lose
You Snooze You Lose = if you wait you will miss out on getting/ doing something *The snooze button is the button […]
Bark Up the Wrong Tree
Bark Up the Wrong Tree = picking the wrong person to do, to listen or to accept something Ex: I can’t […]
Throw Someone Off
Throw Someone Off = to interrupt, confuse or mislead someone IMPORTANT NOTE: This meaning of “throw someone off” is an idiom. It […]
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going = when the situation becomes difficult, the strong people will work harder […]
Out Cold
Out Cold = unconscious, passed out from being intoxicated, sound asleep Ex: I fell off my bike and hit my […]
Stick In the Mud
Stick In the Mud = a person who is dull, unadventurous, and who resists change Ex: My brother is always being a […]
Fair and Square
Fair and Square (adverb) = honestly and straightforwardly, totally fair, no cheating Ex: As much as I didn’t like the other team, they […]
Doing “It”
Doing “It” = having sex (“Doing it” may be preferred to say by some conservative people who may be embarrassed to say […]
Eat One’s Words
Eat One’s Words = to have to take back a statement, confess that one’s prediction was wrong Ex: He couldn’t wait […]