آموزش زبان انگلیسی Idioms






And all that jazz


This idiom means that everything related or similar is included.



Bells on


(USA) To be somewhere with bells on means to arrive there happy and delighted to attend.



Blow your own horn


If you blow your own horn, you boast about your achievements and abilities. ('Blow your own trumpet' is an alternative form.)



Blow your own trumpet


If someone blows their own trumpet, they boast about their talents and achievements. ('Blow your own horn' is an alternative form.)



Call the tune


The person who calls the tune makes the important decisions about something.



Change your tune


If someone changes their ideas or the way they talk about them, they change their tune.



Clear as a bell


If something is as clear as a bell, it is very clear or easy to understand.



Face the music


If you have to face the music, you have to accept the negative consequences of something you have done wrong.



Fiddle while Rome burns


If people are fiddling while Rome burns, they are wasting their time on futile things while problems threaten to destroy them.



Fine tuning


Small adjustments to improve something or to get it working are called fine tuning.



Fit as a fiddle


If you are fit as a fiddle, you are in perfect health.



For a song


If you buy or sell something for a song, it is very cheap.



It takes two to tango


This idiom is used to suggest that when things go wrong, both sides are involved and neither side is completely innocent.



Music to my ears


If something someone says is music to your ears, it is exactly what you had wanted to hear.



Play second fiddle


If you play second fiddle, you take a subordinate role behind someone more important.



Pull out all the stops


If you pull out all the stops, you do everything you possibly can to achieve the result you want.



See you on the big drum


A good night phrase to children.



Strike a chord


If strikes a chord, it is familiar to you, reminds you of something or is connected to you somehow.



Toot you own horn


If someone toot their own horn, they like to boast about their achievements.



Whistle for it


If someone says that you can whistle for something, they are determined to ensure that you don't get it.



Whistle-stop tour


A whistle-stop tour is when someone visits a number of places quickly, not stopping for long.



Whistling Dixie


(USA) If someone is whistling Dixie, they talk about things in a more positive way than the reality.



Whistling in the dark


If someone is whistling in the dark, they believe in a positive result, even though everybody else is sure it will not happen.



You can't unring a bell


This means that once something has been done, you have to live with the consequences as it can't be undone.