Idioms & Expressions A-Z

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Sad news: 　; "Sorry to hear the sad news."

Sail under false colors: 　; "Lewis was sailing under false colors - he never told her he was a journalist."

Salt of the earth(world): 　; "Robert D. Raven is the salt of the earth."

Same old stuff: 　; "Have you any new arrivals besides this same old stuff?"

Save lots of grief: 　; "Today with the inventions and usage of modern electronic gadgets, housewives save lots of grief to run their houses."

Save one's breath: 　; "She figured that they might as well save their breath — her mind was made up."

Save the day: 　; "Naturally, the hero saves the day by shooting the kidnappers and rescuing the hostages just in the nick of time."

Save up: 　; "I'm saving up for a new car."

Say it with flowers: 　; "The most effective way to win over people is to say it with flowers."

Say no more: 　; "Say no more, I am not in the mood to listen now."

Says you!: 　; "Says you! You make up the whole story to bluff us."

Scare the devil out of somebody: 　; "The alarm scared the devil out of me."

Screw-ball: 　; "He is a loner and a screw-ball; no-one ever bothers about him."

Search me: 　; "Where's Jack gone?""Search me!"

Second sight: 　; "Sometimes Jean thought her daughter was fey, had second sight."

Secret sorrow: 　; "From his cheerful expression, no one can guess his secret sorrow."

See after: 　; "Mother Teresa and her nuns see after the poorest of the poor."

See eye to eye: 　; "I don't always see eye to eye with my father."

See it through: 　; "The course would take me three years to complete, but I was determined to see it through ."

See my point: 　; "Can you see my point?"

See off: 　; "My parents saw me off at the airport."

See to it: 　; "Don't worry - I'll see to it."

See you around: 　; "Have a good trip.""OK, see you around."

Sell like hot cakes: 　; "Copies of the book are selling like hot cakes."

Sell somebody down the river: 　; "The workers were promised that they would not lose their jobs as a result of the merger. Later they found out that they had been sold down the river."

Send in: 　; "I sent in a few job applications last week."

Serve somebody right: 　; "She kicked me!""Serves you right, teasing her like that."

Service station: 　; "Johnson was reading a local newspaper he had bought at the Frankenwald service station when his phone trilled discreetly."

Set about: 　; "A team of volunteers set about the task with determination."

Set back: 　; "Then I needed a second operation, which really set me back."

Set forth: 　; "He set forth an idealistic view of society."

Set one's heart on: 　; "She had set her heart on becoming a hairdresser."

Set the world on fire: 　; "The restaurant offers a decent menu, but it wouldn't set the world on fire."

Settle down: 　; "When Kyle was a baby we used to take him for rides in the car to settle him down."

Seventh heaven: 　; "We got Darren a puppy for Christmas, and he was in seventh heaven."

Shake a leg: 　; "Come on, shake a leg! The film starts in 20 minutes."

Shake and make up: 　; "It is not good to bear the grudge for long, go shake and make up with each other."

Shame on you!: 　; "Shame on you! For being so cruel and for playing such a dirty trick on the poor kid."

She's a smart dresser: 　; "She’s a smart dresser; her friends like to copy and follow her fashion."

She's been two-timing me: 　; "I broke up with my girl friend, because she has been two timing me."

She's got it!: 　; "She has many fans following her, she’s got it!"

She's not the only fish in the sea: 　; "Don’t be disheartened; she’s not the only fish in the sea."

Shedding crocodile tears: 　; "They shed crocodile tears for the poor, but are basically happy with things as they are."

Shit of luck: 　; "Today he got up from the wrong side of bed, whole day he had shit of luck."

Shoe is on the other foot: 　; "Now that I don't smoke, the shoe is on the other foot and I don't want people smoking around me."

Show off: 　; "He couldn't resist showing off on the tennis court."

Show somebody the ropes: 　; "Miss McGinley will show you the ropes and answer any questions."

Show somebody the (back)door: 　; "A couple of security guards showed me the door after they saw my camera."

Show up: 　; "We had 200 people show up for our seminar."

Side money: 　; "During evenings and weekends, he works as waiter to earn side money."

Side-kick: 　; "His father and my father are side-kicks from their childhood."

Sign up for: 　; "I'm thinking of signing up for a yoga course."

Sink in the scale: 　; "The actor leads a wild life, so his reputation sinks in the scale."

Sitting pretty: 　; "We've paid off the mortgage, so we're sitting pretty now."

Sixth sense: 　; "He seemed to have a sixth sense for knowing when his brother was in trouble."

Size up: 　; "It only took a few seconds for her to size up the situation."

Sleep in this morning: 　; "He wanted to sleep in this morning but caught by the teacher."

Slip one's memory: 　; "I meant to buy some milk, but it completely slipped my memory."

Slow-poke: 　; "We would have won the race, if not for that slow-poke in our team."

Slowly but surely: 　; "We are slowly but surely gaining the support of the public."

Small potato: 　; "Even with ￡10,000 to invest, you are still small potato for most investment managers."

Smoke like a chimney: 　; "She's only thirteen and she already smokes like a chimney."

Snake in the grass: 　; "It's upsetting to learn that someone you once viewed as a good colleague is in fact a snake in the grass."

Snap out of it: 　; "Chantal's been depressed for days. I wish she'd snap out of it."

Snowed: 　; "I was snowed by your question."

So that's it: 　; "They said they were held up by the heavy traffic, so that’s it."

So what?: 　; "She might tell someone.""So what? No one will believe her."

Soft-soap: 　; "Don't think you can soft-soap me!"

Somehow or other: 　; "This girl at my school has somehow or other fallen in love with me."

Sore spot/point: 　; "I tried not to make any reference to Mike's drinking habits - I know it's a sore point with Kay at the moment."

Sorry to have kept you waiting: 　; "The artists apologized to the audience that they were sorry to have kept them waiting."

Sounds just like: 　; "Her voice sounds just like her mother."

Speak of the devil: 　; "Well, speak of the devil, here's Patrick now."

Speak the same language: 　; "Environmentalists and developers don't speak the same language."

Spell out something: 　; "The report spelled out in detail what the implications were for teacher training."

Spill the beans: 　; "It was then that she threatened to spill the beans about her affair with the president."

Spoil the show: 　; "The bad weather had spoiled the show."

Square deal: 　; "I'm not getting a square deal here."

Stab-in-the-back business: 　; "Don't be involved in any stab-in-the-back business; it is unethical."

Stop by: 　; "Stop by on your way home and I'll give you that book."

Stand a chance: 　; "We might stand a chance of winning if we continue to play as well as we did today."

Stand on one's own feet: 　; "She’s never learned to stand on her own feet."

Stand one's ground: 　; "Jason vowed to stand his ground, even if it meant losing his job."

Stand somebody up: 　; "I was supposed to go to a concert with Kyle on Friday, but he stood me up."

Stand up for something: 　; "It's time we stood up for our rights."

Standing ovation: 　; "The Chancellor’s entrance was greeted with a standing ovation."

Stay away from: 　; "Stay away from my daughter!"

Stay out O.P.B (other people's business): 　; "You stay out of it. It's none of your business."

Stay up late: 　; "I stayed up late to clear things up, and got up early to do the same thing."

Steamed up: 　; "Don't get so steamed-up about it - it's not really important."

Step on one's toes: 　; "I'm not worried about stepping on anybody's toes."

Step out: 　; "She's just stepped out for a few minutes."

Something must be done: 　; "Something must be done quickly to evacuate the people to a safer place before the typhoon comes."

Something tells me: 　; "Something tells me that there is something wrong with the arrangement of the exhibitions."

Stick around: 　; "Tom will be sticking around for a while."

Stick your nose into: 　; "She always has to stick her nose into matters that do not concern her."

Stick-up: 　; "Did executives of the Colorado Rockies pull a stick-up at the city treasury?"

Stomach's growling: 　; "Do you hear my stomach's growling?"

Stop pulling my leg: 　; "Did Ronnie really call or are you just pulling my leg?"

Storm in a teacup: 　; "The succession issue seems rather a storm in a teacup to me."

Straight from the horse's mouth: 　; "I got a tip yesterday, and if it wasn't straight from the horse's mouth it was jolly well the next thing to it"

Strike out: 　; "Unhappy young people will often strike out at the people closest to them."

String somebody along: 　; "He's just stringing you along."

Stuffed shirt: 　; "Marcus was a true intellectual stuffed shirt."

Sugar daddy: 　; "The point is that Sun's kind of sugar daddy is neither uncommon, illegal or even fattening."

Sugar report: 　; "She is the heartthrob of her school, everyday she gets a pile of sugar report."

Suit one's taste: 　; "There are books to suit everyone's tastes."

Sunday dress: 　; "She went for interview in her Sunday dress, in order to make a good impression."

Swelled head: 　; "No one can stand Reggie, because he has a swelled head."

Switch majors: 　; "Harry finally decided to switch majors. He’s not interested in his origin major."

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