12 Idioms you should learn.... Everyday Conversations 1

Here are some of the English Idioms that will help you in keeping up everyday English conversations:

• A bad-hair day: If you're having a bad hair day, everything seems to be going wrong for you.
  Usage:Poor John's in a terrible mood. I think he's having a bad hair day.

• A blessing in disguise: You can say something is blessing in disguise if it appears to be bad at first, but it results in something very good in the end.
  Usage:His accident was blessing in disguise because it gave him lots of time to think about his life while he was improving, and as a result he made some important changes that improved his life.
  

• A fair-weather friend: A fair-weather friend is a person who will only be your friend when things are going well for you.
  Usage: I had a lot of friends when I was rich and successful, but when the money was gone it became clear that most were only fair-weather friend.

• A gut-feeling: If you have a gut feeling, you sense something about a person or a situation, without knowing why, but you're sure what you sense is true.
  Usage: Charmi said her gut feeling was that Shivam was lying and, sure enough, he was.

• A red-letter day: A red-letter day is a day that is very important for some reason.
  Usage:Today is a fantastic day for us - a real red-letter day! We've just been blessed with our first child - a beautiful baby boy!

• By the book: If you do something by the book, you do strictly according to the rules or the official procedures.
  Usage:The match officials in the golf tournament acted strictly by the book when they disqualified a player for marking down the wrong score on his score card.

• Come in handy:You can say something might come in handy if you think it might be useful.
  Usage:You should always take a pocket knife.It's amazing how one can come in handy.

• Dig up dirt: If you dig up dirt on someone, you try to find details from their past to make them look bad in the present.
  Usage:Many politicians pay people to dig up dirt on their opponents, and pass the information to the media.

• Down to earth: If someone is down to earth, they are practical and sensible.
  Usage:We need someone to come up with practical, down-to-earth ideas that can work with in the real world.

• Fill somebody's shoes: If you can fill somebody's shoes, you can replace them and do what they do.
  Usage:The general manager is training his son to fill his shoes when he passes the business on to him.
  

• For my money: You can say "for my money" to mean the same as "in my opinion".
  Usage:For my money, the best restaurant in the town is the "Venerce troy" in East Street.

• Keep your word: If you keep your word, yo do what you promised to do.
  Usage:You can trust Radhika. If she's made a promise, she always keeps her word.

Try using them in your day-to-day conversations. Let me know if you find these helpful.

Shall keep adding more....

Happy Conversations! Happy day! :)

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Surbhi :)