Common English idioms and figurative expressions with their literal and figurative meanings.
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- Break the ice
- Initiate conversation in an awkward social situation
- Bite the bullet
- Face a difficult or painful situation with courage
- Hit the nail on the head
- Describe something exactly right or identify the core issue
- Cost an arm and a leg
- Be extremely expensive
- Rain on someone's parade
- Spoil someone's plans or dampen their happiness
- Piece of cake
- Something very easy to do
- Spill the beans
- Reveal a secret or divulge confidential information
- Catch someone red-handed
- Catch someone in the act of committing wrongdoing
- Better half
- One's spouse or romantic partner
- Bark up the wrong tree
- Pursue a wrong course of action or accuse the wrong person
- Beat around the bush
- Avoid addressing the main point or issue directly
- Bent out of shape
- Upset, angry, or greatly disturbed
- Blind leading the blind
- Situation where those without knowledge guide others equally ignorant
- Blow off steam
- Release stress or anger through physical activity or expression
- Call it a day
- Stop working or end an activity for the day