12 Idioms you should learn.... Everyday Conversations 2

I hope you enjoyed reading and learning idioms in my last post. Well! Here is the link if you want to revise it again : 12 Idioms you should learn.... Everyday Conversations 1

And the 2nd session for learning idioms is here:

• A bag of tricks: Someone's bag of tricks is their collection of techniques or methods for getting a job done or for achieving a goal.
  Usage: Most English teachers are always looking new games and activities to add to their bag of tricks.

• A couch potato: You can say someone a couch potato if they are very lazy and they spend a lot of time sitting around and watching TV and eating junk food.
  Usage: Since he lost his job, Manish has become a couch potato.

• A fait accompli: If something is a fait accompli, it is certain to happen.
  Usage: We know the judge in this case has been paid off by the defendant, so the verdict is a fait accompli.

• Add fuel to the fire: If you add fuel to the fire, you do something to make a bad situation even worse.
  Usage: If Vishnu's angry, don't say anything. You'll just be adding fuel to the fire.

• A flash in the pan:You can say something or someone is a flash in the pan if they're popular or effective for a short time only.
  Usage: Her first song was a big hit, but when Debbie's next song didn't do so well people started calling her a flash in the pan.

• A foregone conclusion: You can say the result of something is a foregone conclusion if everyone knows what it's going to be before it happens.
  Usage: Everyone thinks it's foregone conclusion that Ravi will win, but I am not sure.

• Break your heart: If someone breaks your heart, they cause a lot of emotional pain by ending a romantic relationship, or by deeply hurting you in some other way.
  Usage: Shivali says her heart has been broken too many times, and she won't let herself fall in love again.

• A jack of all trades: If you're a jack of all trades, you have many skills and can do many different jobs.
  Usage: She became a jack of all trades because she was interested in learning about so many different things.

• A kick in the teeth: If you get a kick in the teeth, something bad happens to you or you feel that you've been treated poorly.
  Usage: I just lost my job, so hearing that I had to move out of my apartment as well was a real kick in the teeth.

• Drink like a fish: If someone drink like a fish, they drink a lot of alcohol.
  Usage: Even though uncle John drinks like a fish, he never looks drunk.

• A necessary evil: If you say something is a necessary evil, you don't like it but you understand that it has to be accepted sometimes or it has to exist.
  Usage: Many people would say a good example of something that could be called "a necessary evil" is a war to defend one's country.

• A nest egg: If you have a nest egg, you have money put away for the future.
  Usage: Kaira has decided she wants a nest egg, so she's saving as much as she can.

Try using them in your day-to-day conversations and add to your list of idioms. Let me know if you find these helpful.

Shall keep adding more....

Happy Conversations! Happy day! :)

Lots of love,

Surbhi :)