FACE THE MUSIC: to receive punishment for wrongdoing, to accept punishment. The expression comes from old military discipline proceedings in which a band would play as a judgment was announced.
The Nation (Myanmar): <<Badminton brawlers to face the music tomorrow.
A repentant Bodin Issara says he is eager to apologise and renew his friendship with Maneepong Jonjit following the attack on his former badminton partner in Vancouver, Canada on...
Book of idioms, Episode 19
GO THE EXTRA MILE is similar to LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED from yesterday—it means make an especially strong effort to achieve something. Jakarta Post: <<On Wednesday last week, thieves [at the National Museum of Indonesia] made off with four ancient, gold Mataram-era artifacts: a dragon-shaped plaque, a scripted crescent-shaped plaque, a Harihara plaque and a small, round, gold box.
A source, who is familiar with the illegal trading of Indonesian...
Book of Idioms, Episode 18
Something that SPEAKS VOLUMES is something visual, a situation, or an action that reveals a lot of information or reveals the truth about something. It is *not* something spoken. RantSports.com: <<The good news for Denver is that Von Miller is back and things should start trending in a better direction. They’re still the team to beat in the AFC and in the driver’s seat for a top spot in the playoffs. But when you look at how Sunday night’s...
Book of Idioms, Episode 17
BULLISH ON: optimistic about. This comes from stock market terminology but is now more widely used. You can also say bearish on, pessimistic about, but that's less common. Jakarta Globe: <<A senior US official said that the United States was open to providing election support but added that problems during the last vote in 2009 were technical in nature and not seen as an effort to rig the outcome.>>
DOWN IN THE DUMPS: depressed, melancholy.
To...
Book of Idioms, Episode 16
There is an old saying, "Live by the sword; die by the sword." This means, those who prosper from violence usually die violent deaths. Examples are, sadly, all around us. What is important to learn is that many people use half this expression as a substitute for the entire quote: "It's like with Adolf Hitler. Live by the sword, and all that."
To take someone to task is to scold someone severely. In news media, it often means public scoldings of...
Book of Idioms, Episode 15
Touch base (spoken) : [often in business and politics]
- talk to someone for a short time to find out what has happened since the last time you spoke to them
* Hi, Tom, I just wanted to touch base with you about the project.
To "chew someone out" is to speak harshly, usually for some time, when criticizing an individual.
Ex.: "The boss really chewed out his secretary for the mistakes she was making. I feel a little sorry for her, but those mistakes...
Book of Idioms, Episode 14
"Hide the children" is a colorful expression that refers to protecting children from seeing ugly, obscene, or gruesome things. As an idiom, it refers to something more abstract, like politics.
Ex.: "This election season will be very ugly. My advice: hide the children. It's not going to be pretty!"
To "send someone packing" is to make that person leave. One packs luggage when departing.
Example: "Secret Service agents were sent packing from Colombia...
Book of Idioms, Episode 13
To describe something as "you can't miss it" means that it is so obvious that more detailed directions are unneeded.
Ex.: "Take a right at the church; it's the store with the big purple dinosaur in front. You can't miss it!" Whether you want to or not, it's hard to ignore a big purple dinosaur.
A "raw deal" is a disadvantageous transaction of some sort. As an idiom, it can be used even more broadly.
Ex.: "Voters got a raw deal when they voted for...
Book of Idioms, Episode 12
An expression holds, "Lightning does not strike twice." (In reality this is not true at all - lightning strikes tall buildings regularly.) This gives some context to English language headlines "Lightning Bolt Strikes Twice" in regards to Usain Bolt winning the 100m and 200m sprinting gold medals at the Olympics two games in a row, which is unprecedented.
To "face off" with someone is to confront that person in some way.
Example: "Murray Faces Off...
Book of Idioms, Episode 11
"Flying blind" means moving forward with no advance warning.
Ex.: "Kate's smartphone broke down when she was driving to Dallas. She was flying blind without her Google Maps app. Of course, you can try using a map on paper, but that's a lot harder when you're driving by yourself!"
"By the seat of your pants" means barely managing.
Ex.: "The sales campaign seemed to have a disaster every day. Sheila was managing by the seat of her pants. She was lucky...
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100 Articles on Idioms and Phrases
We Have A Situation, Picking Up Some Chinese (Food)
Origin: Phrases Derived from Various Sources, Part 1
Getting Warmer, The Suffix, -ish, Coming To A Head, Hitting the Books
What's Your Beef, Not Quite So Simple
A Lame Duck, lame duck session
Pain At The Pump, Slogging One's Way, Being Outdoors
A Number Of Something, A Product Line, To Kill A Product Line
A Big Freeze,To Be In, Or Not In, Arm-Twisting
Last-Minute, Propelled By, Squeaking By
Blowing A Gasket, Lost In Translation
Nothing To Lose, It Can't Hurt, A Babe In The Woods
Neck Of The Woods, Turning The Other Cheek, A Loudmouth
An Odyssey, Getting One's Feet Wet
Significant Other, Having Something To Say
Through and Through, A Crying Shame
Tell Us How You Really Feel, Barking Up The Wrong Tree
Begging On Hands And Knees, The Front Burner & The Back Burner
Wilderness and Errand Themed Idioms, In The Wilderness
Surging and Ebbing, Playing Your Cards Right
Positive and Negative Advertisements, Enthusiasm Gap
Through The Barrel Of A Gun, Man Up,
A Case For Action, Darkening, Brightening, Salvaging Victory
Political Battlegrounds, Pumping Money, A Wave Of Ads, Ramping Up Spending
English Proverbs With Their Meanings
Smooth Sailing, Rough Sailing, Sailing To Victory, Going Solar, Zombie Banks
Taking The Temperature (of a group), Buck Up
Show Some Backbone, Have / Grow A Spine, Breathing Down Someone's Neck, Front Runner Status
Staring Down The Barrel Of...., In Line (To Succeed), Up For Grabs, Band-Aid Solution
A Blip, A Wave, A Tsunami/ A Tidal Wave, A Method To One's Madness, Crowning Achievement
Easier Said Than Done, In Store, Jumping The Shark, Heading Downhill
In All Seriousness, Digging It, Giving A Damn, A.M. and P.M., Keep Up The Good Work
To Keep Something Coming, Make My Day, Forcing Something, Turning The Page
Mission Accomplished, I Can't Thank You Enough, Words Fail Me, At A Loss For Words
"I Can't Hear You!", To Snatch Away, At The Top Of Your Lungs, Hanging Your Head (In Shame)
https://idiomscollect.blogspot.com/2017/04/i-cant-hear-you-to-snatch-away-at-top.html
Leaving It All On The Field, Cool, Hot, To Trust Blindly, I'm Free
The Day of Reckoning, Aiming For Something, Hopping Mad, You've Gotta Be Kidding Me
Throwing The Baby Out With The Bathwater, Off The Reservation, At First Blush
Smelling A Rat, A Packrat, A Frog In Your Throat
When Pigs Fly, Horsing Around, An Eager Beaver, Dropping Like Flies
Wolfing Food Down, Pigging Out, Opening A Can Of Worms
A White Elephant, The Tip of the Iceberg
Letting The Cat Out Of The Bag, A Fat Cat
Making Waves, Go With The Flow, Down to Earth
A Stick-In-The-Mud, A Sight For Sore Eyes, Raining On Someone's Parade
Under the Weather, Having Your Head In The Clouds
Stealing Someone's Thunder, Hitting the Sack, Hitting the Hay, Digging Deep, Cheesy
A Bad Apple, A Bad Egg, One's Bread and Butter, A Piece of Cake
In A Nutshell, Egg on your Face, A Hot Potato, Hitting the Sauce, Gravy Train etc.
Riding Someone's Coattails, Caught On Tape, Armed to the Teeth, Seeing Eye To Eye
Flipped On Its Head, In The Heart Of, I Feel Like A Million Bucks, On The Line
Notable English Idioms: Part 01
Notable English Idioms: Part 02
Idioms beginning with E, F, G, H
Idioms beginning with I, J, K, L
Idioms beginning with P, Q, R, S
Idioms beginning with T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
