10 Idioms And Their Meanings (With Sentences)

Have you ever heard the word idiom? Do you know what it means? If so, awesome! Idioms are important in everyday, informal conversation. If not, keep reading and you’ll learn 10 idioms and their meanings with sentences!

WHAT IDIOMS ARE

Idioms are phrases or sentences composed of words that are not meant to be taken literally. They are metaphorical expressions with meanings that are established throughout history. If you are not sure whether you got the concept of what an idiom is, take a look at the examples below and you’ll understand it!

10 IDIOMS AND THEIR MEANINGS WITH SENTENCES

IDIOM	MEANING	EXAMPLE
Be a piece of cake	Be very easy	I passed the math test. It was a piece of cake!
Be under the weather	Feel unwell or in low spirits	Tom called and invited me to his party tonight, but I’m not going. I’m a little under the weather.
Call it a day	Stop working on something	We’ve done much already. Let’s call it a day and resume tomorrow.
Cost an arm and a leg	Be very expensive	I bought a wonderful jacket. I love it, but it cost an arm and a leg.
Give someone the benefit of the doubt	Believe someone, even if you are not certain about it	Ted got an A in his science test, which is fishy because he skipped a lot of classes. Let’s give him the benefit of the doubt, though.
Long story short	Say something briefly	Many bad things happened to me yesterday, but long story short, I got to the meeting on time.
No pain, no gain	Suffering is necessary to achieve something good	I’m running 5 kilometers every weekday. It’s hard. I get extremely tired. But what can I do? No pain, no gain!
Once in a blue moon	Very rarely	It doesn’t usually snow in the southern states of Brazil. But once in a blue moon, you can build a snowman there.
Pull yourself together	Calm down or control one’s emotions	I know that having your car stolen is extremely upsetting, but you need to pull yourself together to take the necessary actions to recover it!
Rain cats and dogs	Rain very hard	I need to go to the supermarket today but I can’t go now. Look outside. It’s raining cats and dogs!

Now that you know what idioms are and you’ve learned 10 idioms and their meanings with sentences to exemplify their uses, don’t let them get out of your mind. Use them whenever possible and you’ll never forget them.

If you are curious about the idiom in the picture, here’s what it means: even a person with no ability can succeed out of luck sometimes.

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