English Idioms

Get your act together

Get it out of your system

To complete an activity or wish; to release stress or tension.  Sleep in as much as you can before the...

A taste of one’s own medicine

This idiom tends to have a negative connotation. It’s used when someone is treated as badly as they have treated...

A pain in the neck

Someone or something that is annoying. My neighbor is a pain in the neck, he always complains when I have...

A busy bee

Someone who is very busy or productive. She’s been a busy bee for months, going to school during the day...

Kill two birds with one stone

To complete two tasks at the same time. I’m going to talk to my great-grandmother while cooking dinner,  killing two...

Hear it through the grapevine

To hear something (usually gossip) from someone you don’t want to specify. How did you know I was quitting?! I heart...

Fair and square

Cut (somebody) some slack

To be more sympathetic and less critical. Cut him some slack, he’s just a child! TIP: This expression is similar...