My Favorite Idioms

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My Favorite Idioms

• By Chelsea And Molly

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Table Of Contents

• All Ears
• All thumbs
• Bee in his bonnet
• Out like a light
• Jump the Guns
• Over the hill
• Over the barrel

• Barking up the wrong tree
• Break the ice
• Blow your own horn
• Bite the dust
• Cast pearls before swine
• Burn the candle at both ends
• Sink or swim

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Idiom

• An idiom is a combination of words that has a
  meaning that is different from the individual
  word them self.

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All Ears

• Im all ears tell me the story.
• To be eager to listen to someone.

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All Thumbs

• I dropped the glass Im all thumbs.
• To be clumsy.

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Bee in his bonnet

• My friend has a bee in her bonnet about the
  vacation.
• To have an idea that continually occupies ones
  thought.

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Out like a light

• After the game I was out like a light.
• To have fallen a sleep very quickly.

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Jump the guns

• The train jumped the gun when it took off.
• Start before you should.

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Over the hill

• I thought my mom was over the hill and shouldnt
  be working.
• To be past ones primes or unable to function.

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Over the barrel

• I think we have the company over a barrel they
  wont back out.
• To be in a trapped position.

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Barking up the wrong tree

• Mom said I was barking up the wrong tree when I
  assumed that we were going to the movies.
• To think of the wrong conclusion when told
  something.

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Break The Ice

• When the new girl came I decided to break the
  ice.
• To relax and start a conversation in a formal
  situation.

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Blow Your Own Horn

• When I get good grades I tend to blow my own
  horn.
• To praise ones self.

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Bite The Dust

• In the race my friend is going to bite the dust.
• To be killed, to break down, to be defeated.

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Cast Pearls Before Swine

• Getting my little sister that gift was like
  casting pearls before swine.
• To waste something valuable on someone who does
  not appreciate it.

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Burn the Candle at Both Ends

• My mom says that I have been so busy that I have
  been burning the candle at both ends.
• To work or play too hard without enough rest.

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Sink or Swim

• Every decision you make you could either sink or
  swim.
• To fail or succeed by ones own efforts.