English Idioms in Movies and TV Shows

Learning English idioms is essential if you want to speak and understand English at a native level.

In this free course you will:

• Learn common English idioms
• Watch idiom usage in movie conversations
• Study correct pronunciation of English expressions
• Improve your overall English level

The course includes the following English idioms:

1. “Piece of cake” = something easy to do.
2. “Cat got your tongue?” = Have you nothing to say?
3. “Be on the same page” = understand a situation in the same way; agree on something.
4. “Raining cats and dogs” = raining very heavily.
5. “Sick as a dog” = very sick.
6. “Left out in the cold” = ignored, forgotten, or excluded.
7. “Have a sweet tooth” = like to eat sweet food.
8. “Bend over backwards” = try very hard to do something.
9. “Blow your top” = become very angry.
10. “Break a leg!” = Good luck!
11. “Cry me a river” = you can cry or complain a lot but you will not get my sympathy.
12. “There are plenty of fish in the sea” = there are many other choices.
13. “Under the weather” = feel ill.
14. “Know the ropes” = know how to do a job or task properly.
15. “Have bigger fish to fry” = have something more important or more interesting to do.
16. “When pigs fly” = never, impossible.
17. “Flash in the pan” = someone or something that promises great success but fails.
18. “Cut corners” = to do something in a cheap and easy way, or act illegally.
19. “Afraid of your own shadow” = easily frightened.
20. “Lose track of time” = to be unaware of what time it is.
21. “Blessing in disguise” = a misfortune unexpectedly turning into a good thing.
22. “Let the cat out of the bag” = reveal a secret.
23. “Cry over spilled milk” = be upset over something that can’t be fixed.
24. “Blow the whistle on someone” = to report someone for doing something wrong.
25. “Bite your tongue” = don’t say what you want to say; keep your mouth shut.
26. “Give someone a taste of their own medicine” = use the same methods against your opponents.
27. “Hit the nail on the head” = do or say exactly the right thing.
28. “The last straw” = the last of a series of irritations, incidents, remarks, etc.
29. “Bite the bullet” = do or accept something difficult or unpleasant.
30. “Drop in the bucket” = very small or unimportant amount.
31. “Drunk as a skunk” = very drunk.
32. “Jump ship” = leave a job or activity.
33. “Add insult to injury” = hurt the feelings of a person who is already upset.
34. “Fresh off the boat” = newly arrived from a foreign place.
35. “Do a runner” = leave a place quickly.
36. “Bull in a china shop” = clumsy person.
37. “Give someone the cold shoulder” = be unfriendly to someone.
38. “An arm and a leg” = extremely expensive.
39. “Head over heels (in love)” = to be very much in love with someone.
40. “By the skin of your teeth” = just barely.
41. “My lips are sealed” = I will not tell anyone.
42. “Rule of thumb” = method that is not exact but is based on experience
43. “Fight fire with fire” = use the same methods against your opponent as they are using against you.
44. “Steal your thunder” = prevent someone from having success or getting attention by doing something first.
45. “Let you off the hook” = allow somebody to escape from a difficult situation or punishment.
46. “Play it by ear” = to act according to the circumstances; improvise.
47. “Change of pace” = change from one type of activity to another.