Home > Blossary: American Idioms, figure of speech
Collection of American Idioms- I have heard from native speakers over 20 years.

Category: Languages

40 Terms

Created by: evergreen1225

Number of Blossarys: 6

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To be very careful about how you behave toward someone because you are afraid of offending or annoying them.

Domain: Language; Category: Idioms

(Simile) stupid; slow to learn or understand.

Domain: Language; Category: Idioms

A tailgate party is a social event held on and around the open tailgate of a vehicle. Tailgating, which originated in the United States, often involves consuming alcoholic beverages and grilling ...

Domain: Language; Category: Idioms

To make someone feel very frightened or excited,

Domain: Language; Category: Idioms

Infer an unexpressed meaning. An early method of transmitting written coded messages was to write the secret information in invisible ink between the lines of a document. The recipient would then ...

Domain: Language; Category: Idioms

Say something foolish, embarrassing, or tactless. For example, Jane put her foot in her mouth when she called him by her first husband's name. This notion is sometimes put as having foot-in-mouth ...

Domain: Language; Category: Idioms

To do things carefully and in their proper order.

Domain: Language; Category: Idioms

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