Idioms Flashcards
A dark horse
- A person who does not tell other people abt their ideas/skills & who surprises people by doing something that they do not expect.
- A person who wins a race or competition although no one expected them to
Be in the dark
To not know abt something that other people know abt.
Keep/leave sb in the dark
To not tell someone abt something
Keep sth dark
To keep sth secret
Never darken your door again
Never want to see them again
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
Sth that you say which means a bad situation often seems worse just before it improves
Davy Jones’s locker
The bottom of the sea
Be all in a day’s work
If sth difficult or strange is all in a day’s work for someone,it is usual part of their job
Be as clear/plain as day
To be obvious or easy to see
Day in, day out
If you do sth day in,day out, you do it every day over a long period, often causing it to become boring.
The day of reckoning
- The time when an unpleasant situation has to be dealt with, or the time when you are punished or criticized for the things have done wrong
- In Bible,the day of reckoning is the day at the end of the world when God will judge everyone
Don’t give up the day job !
Sth that you say to someone who is performing in order to tell them that you do not think they are very good
Get/have your day in court
To get an opportunity to give your opinion on sth or to explain your actions after they have been criticised.
Have had its/your day
To be much less popular than before
In this day and age
In modern times
Make sb’s day
To make someone very happy
Take each day as it comes/
Take it one day at a time
To deal with things as they happen, and not to make plans or to worry about the future.
That’ll be the day
Sth that you say in order to show you think an event or action is not likely to happen.
Beat/knock the (living) daylights out of somebody
To hit someone very hard many times
Frighten/scare the (living) daylights out of sb
To frighten someone very much
Sb’s/sth’s days are numbered
Means they will not exist for much longer
I’ve never (felt,heard,seen) sth in all my (born) days
Sth that you say when you are shocked or very surprised by sth
Those were the days
Sth that you say which means life was better at the time in the past that you are talking about.
Day to day
One of the things that you have to do everyday, usually as a part of your work
Be a dead cert
To be certain to happen or to be certain to achieve sth
Be a dead loss
- If sth or someone is a dead loss, they disappoint you because they are of bad quality or because they are not able to do what you want them to do.
- To be very bad at a particular activity or subject
Be a dead ringer for
To look very similar to someone or something.
