An idiom is a group of words in current usage having a meaning that is not deducible from those of the individual words.
They could add fun as well as confusion to language learning. Here are some sentences with idioms in the following four categories: Animal, Body, Colours, and Food.
If you find everything is a piece of cake, then I give you a BIG thumbs-up.
I heard that you had a whale of a time when you visited Las Vegas last year.
Did you know that Susan was sick as a dog last week?
As a photographer, she does have eyes like a hawk.
He promised that next time he will take the bull by the horns.
Linda said that she is having a bad hair day.
Can I pick your brain for a new project?
Did you get a kick in the teeth?
I heard that her new phone cost an arm and a leg.
When Helen was on vacation, she really let her hair down.
Jane has a green thumb for growing plants.
Someone told me that Ben was the black sheep in his family.
He had to tell a white lie when was asked if he liked the CD she bought for him.
Angela passed that French language test with flying colors.
She wanted to be an apple of someone's eye so she picked Apple as her user name.
I thought I was afraid of flying but I was cool as a cucumber all the way to China.
The kids were full of beans after the circus.
Her daughter was one smart cookie as she reads well above her grade level.
You have to really use your noodle on this crossword puzzle.
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