MOST COMMON IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS IN ENGLISH

What are idioms and expressions?

An idiom which is also called idiomatic expression is an expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning which is used and understood by native speakers. The meaning of idioms is different from their literal meaning or we can say idioms don't mean exactly what the word says. However, they have hidden meaning

for examples

It's raining cats and dogs means raining heavily

A Couch Potato idiom means a lazy and inactive person especially a person who spends too much time watching T.V

Moving at snail's pace means too slow

Each language has many phrases, expressions, proverbs saying, and idioms which can be noticed in written as well as spoken. The English language has thousands of Idioms and expressions too that are confronted in our day-to-day life. These English idioms and proverbs are easily understood by native English speakers.

Learning these common idioms and saying will spice up your English .you will be sound more like a native. So, it's a good idea to master some of these expressions. Here is the table below with some of these idioms and expressions that you encountered while watching English movies and T.V serials. you can be confident by using them in your conversation, moreover learning idioms is always fun.