Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Idioms with pictures

Hello everyone!

Today I'll share with you some interesting idioms with pictures as examples. Sometimes idioms can be funny too!

To burn one's finger



If you burn your finger, it means that you have harmed yourself and that you have to suffer the consequences.

Take something with a grain of salt



To take a something with 'a grain of salt' or 'a pinch of salt' means to accept it but to maintain a degree of skepticism about its truth.

To smell a rat



To start to believe that something is wrong about a situation, especially that someone is beingdishonest

Head over heels



Head over heels means upside down, but it is commonly used in the expression 'to be head over heels in love', which means being out of control in love.

A taste of your own medicine



Someone gives you "a taste of your own medicine" when they act towards you the same way you act towards others in order to teach you a lesson about the way you are acting.

When pigs fly



"When pigs fly"is used to describe a situation that is impossible to ever happen.

It's all Greek to me



You can use this idiom when you do not understand something

Let the cat out of the bag



When you let the cat out of the bag, you reveal facts that were previously hidden.

To take the bull by the horns



When you take the bull by the horns, you confront a problem head-on and deal with it openly.






I hope you enjoyed it ! 
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