British English Idioms

Today,I would like to share with you about 10 idioms that you can use in your english essay.I hope it can be useful to you...

This idiom means on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, used to refer to the US or the UK depending on the speaker's location.
Someone who's all mouth and trousers talks or boasts a lot but doesn't deliver. 'All mouth and no trousers' is also used, though this is a corruption of the original.
An idiom that appears to have gone out of use but was prevalent in the English north Midlands of Staffordshire, Cheshire and Derbyshire from at least the turn of the 20th century until the early 1950s or so. The idiom's meaning is literally something said or written that is unbelievable, rumor, over embellished, the result of malicious village gossip etc.
Someone who is all talk and no trousers, talks about doing big, important things, but doesn't take any action.
This means that what happens in a person's home or  private life is their business and should not be subject to outside interference.
If you argue the toss, you refuse to accept a decision and argue about it.
This idiom is used to highlight a sexual reference, deliberate or accidental.
If you are at a loose end, you have spare time but don't know what to do with it.
If you are at the end of your tether, you are at the limit of your patience or endurance.

If you are on your back foot, you are at a disadvantage and forced to be defensive of your position.

13 comments:

Unknown said...

very good azz... can you add some essay ? thank you

Unknown said...

Good! These idioms give us a lot of benefits and we can use them in our essay.

Nurul Aima Mohd Zaki said...

Thank you for your idioms. ^_^"

Unknown said...

We can share some essay in this blog. ho..hoii

Anonymous said...

What a nice idioms !!! can you give me example of essays ?

Aduka said...

thanks...of course...I would add some essay in this blog

Aduka said...

thank you Liu Fen...i hope so :)

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Unknown said...

OK.. thank you very much

Unknown said...

OK.. thank you very much

Aduka said...

You're welcome 😊

Aduka said...

What are you talking about? Did you mean "you can share some essay in this blog"?

Aduka said...

Of course I will share

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