Common English Idioms and Meanings
- As brave as a lion: Courageous
- As busy as a bee: Having a lot to do
- As clear as crystal: Easily understood
- As clear as mud: Not at all easy to understand
- As cold as ice: Freezing cold
- As cool as a cucumber: Calm and relaxed
- As easy as ABC: A piece of cake
- As free as a bird: With no worries or troubles
- As fresh as a daisy: Full of energy and enthusiasm
- As good as gold: In a very good condition
- As plain as day: Very obvious
- As quick as a flash: Instantly
- As quiet as a mouse: Silent
- As safe as houses: Completely safe
- As solid as a rock: Having a very strong basis
- As white as a sheet: Very frightened
Useful Verbal Expressions
- Be all ears: To be ready to pay attention
- Be at each other’s throats: To argue in an angry way
- Be like a dream come true: When something great happens
- Do something behind someone’s back: To do something secretly
- Get on someone’s nerves: To make someone feel annoyed
- Get something off your chest: To tell someone about a burden
- Give someone the cold shoulder: To ignore someone
- Have someone under your thumb: To control someone
- Lend someone a hand: To help
- Pick someone’s brains: To ask someone for advice
- Pull someone’s leg: To tease someone
- Put your foot down: To refuse firmly
- Run like the wind: To run very fast
- Stick your neck out for someone: To take a risk
Road and Traffic Vocabulary
- Driving licence: Official permission to drive
- Motorway: A wide road for high-speed traffic
- Pile-up: A traffic accident involving many vehicles
- Road rage: Anger or violence while driving
- Road safety: Teaching people how to stay safe on roads
- Road sign: Signs erected to provide information
- Roundabout: A junction where traffic moves in a circle
- Service station: A place where fuel and food are sold
- Speed camera: A camera used to monitor vehicle speed
- Speed limit: The fastest speed allowed
- Steering wheel: The wheel used to control a vehicle
- Traffic jam: A large line of stationary vehicles
- Traffic light: A set of colored lights for traffic control
- Car sick: Feeling nauseous while traveling
- Road movie: A film set during a journey
- Car crash: A vehicle accident
- Roadside: The area beside a road
- Roadblock: A barrier on a road
- Car pool: A group sharing a vehicle
Collocations: Take, Make, and Do
Take
- Call, control, course, cover, decision, effect, interest, offence, part, place, power, risk, test
Make
- Apology, attempt, complaint, decision, difference, improvement, mistake, suggestion, use of
Do
- Business, course, experiment, harm, household chores, ironing, research, test, best
Quantifiers and Intensifiers
- So: Used with adjectives (e.g., so + adj), with countable nouns (so many), or uncountable nouns (so much). Also used as so + adj + that.
- Such: Used as such + adj + noun, such + adj + noun + that, or such + noun.
- Enough: Used as adj/adv + enough or enough + noun.
- Too: Used as too + adj/adv, too many (countable), or too much (uncountable).
