Enjoy English Idioms.

10 Humorous Synonyms for “Leader” or “Official”

Sometimes it just won’t do to be sober and serious when referring to someone in authority. These terms help convey an irreverent tone about a lordly leader or an officious official.

1. Big cheese: Interestingly, this slang phrase for an important person has nothing to do with dairy products; derived from a Persian word, chiz, that means “thing,” it was adopted by British civil servants and others who lived in India during the early

Use the bathroom in English

Today, let's cover some expressions that we use to talk about things that you do in the bathroom.
First of all, you should know what the "bathroom" is. In American English, the "bathroom" is the room in a house or building which has a toilet, a sink, and sometimes a bath or shower. In other countries, this room is not called a "bathroom". For example, Canadians call it a "washroom".

I mostly wear neutral colors and earth tones

You and a friend are talking about your tastes in fashion. You don't like wearing bright colors, so you describe your taste this way.

mostly (do something) 

Living Paycheck to Paycheck

If someone is “living paycheck to paycheck” it means they never save any money. They keep spending all the money they earn. For example, if you earn $1000 USD per month and you spend $1000 USD per month, you are living paycheck to paycheck.

Little Red Riding Hood HiTech

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Ungradable adjectives

Adjectives are words like "small", "green", "old", "nice", "healthy", etc. which describe the characteristics of things.

Most adjectives can be intensified with "very":

• very small
• very old

But there are certain adjectives that don't fit well with intensifiers like "very". These ungradable adjectives are

Shetland Ponies

Shetland Ponies Shoot to Fame
Shetland ponies have been recieving a lot of media attention recently and they certainly deserve it.  First, they starred in a campaign to attract visitors to their native country, Scotland. 

Weird tongue-slip

It's a terrible, terrible tragedy.

There was a major flood nearby. You've been watching news reports about it. You and a coworker are talking about how bad it is for the people that live there.

It's a terrible, terrible tragedy.

Shoot Yourself in the Foot

This is an amazing phrase used in spoken English. If you “shoot yourself in the foot” it means that you accidentally do something that is negative for you.To help you remember phrases, it’s very helpful to understand the original meaning of the phrase.

Explain how much

When you want to explain the degree of something in English, you use adverbs like these:

She's very sick.
I'm a little sleepy.
Those are common adverbs which you probably already know. What about these?