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Idiom – Chase Rainbows
Chase Rainbows – Idiom of the DayMeaning:When someone is pursuing fanciful or unrealistic goals, he is said to be chasing rainbows.Origin:The term comes f...
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Idiom – It’s a small world.
It’s a small world – Idiom of the dayMeaning: said to show your surprise that people or events in different places are connected.History: If we were...
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Idiom – Make someone’s blood boil
Make someone’s blood boil – Idiom of the day. Meaning:to make someone angryHistory:Anger was usually related to the term the blood boils from the seventee...
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Idiom – A plum job
A plum job – Idiom of the DayMeaning:A good job which is well-paid and relatively easy.Origin:It is said that “plum” in the 17th century was slang for £10...
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Idiom – Have a chip on your shoulder
Have a chip on your shoulder – Idiom of the dayMeaning: to seem angry all the time because you think you have been treated unfairly or feel you are not as...
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Idiom – Back to the drawing board
Back to the drawing board – Idiom of the dayMeaning: to start overHistory: American artist named Peter Arno, had his cartoons published in the New Yorker....
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Idiom – At loggerheads
At loggerheads – Idiom of the DayMeaning:In violent dispute or disagreement.Origin:The origins for this expression are shrouded in mystery. A loggerhead o...
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Idiom – All dressed up and nowhere to go
All dressed up and nowhere to go – Idiom of the DayMeaning:Fashionably or smartly dressed for an anticipated occasion that does not take place.Ready for a...
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Idiom – Albatross Around One’s Neck
Albatross Around One’s Neck – Idiom of the DayMeaning:A great burden that one has to carry.Origin:This expression comes directly from Samuel Taylor...
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Idiom – A Little Bird Told Me
A Little Bird Told Me – Idiom of the Day(Also A Little Birdie Told Me)Meaning:This idiom is used to convey that the speaker knows something but chooses to...
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Idiom – Whole Nine Yards
Whole Nine Yards – Idiom of the DayMeaning:Everything possible or available.Origin:Now there’s a whole plethora of theories for how this phrase came into...
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Idiom – Ducks in a Row
Ducks in a Row – Idiom of the DayMeaning:To organize everything perfectly and be well prepared for something that is about to happen.Origin:It was initial...
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Idiom – Elephant In The Room
Elephant In The Room – Idiom of the DayMeaning:An obvious problem or situation that people avoid talking about.Origin:The phrase was first used with its m...
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Idiom – Cold Turkey
Cold Turkey – Idiom of the DayMeaning:Completely and abruptly stopping a habit as opposed to phasing it out of your life. Usually used to refer to a bad h...
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Idiom – Move The Goalposts
Move The Goalposts – Idiom of the DayMeaning:It means altering the rules of some process going on normally.History:When tracing the history of the word go...
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Idiom – Deaf as a doornail
Deaf as a doornail – Idiom of the DayMeaning:Used to mock someone that they are nearly deaf.History:History dates back to the 13th century. In those days,...
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Idiom – Don’t spare the horses
Don’t spare the horses – Idiom of the DayMeaning:Urging someone to speed up on something that they are doing.History:History dates back to the 17th centur...
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Idiom – Lose your marbles
Lose your marbles – Idiom of the DayMeaning:It means that a person has become mentally unstable for sometime.History:History dates back to 1871 when the i...
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Idiom – Bone up on
Bone up on – Idiom of the DayMeaning:To study something to acquire knowledge.History:History dates back to 1846 when Henry George Bohn, a publisher in Bri...
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Idiom – Icing On The Cake
Icing On The Cake – Idiom of the DayMeaning:An alluring but not so useful an addition.History:It is still in debate whether this idiom should be used in a...
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