Clumsy, ponderous, or lumbering in gait or tread. Watch the video
Category: Idiom of the Day
with a heavy hand
In an excessive, authoritarian, or oppressive way or manner. Watch the video
have (something) to do
To have some task or action that one must complete or undertake. Watch the video
the half of it
A portion of something, typically implied to be the most important or significant part. (Often used in the negative.) Watch the video
hair-splittingly
With extremely minute, unimportant, or imperceptible differences or details. (Used before an adjective.) Watch the video
gym bunny
Someone who is obsessively preoccupied with maintaining or improving their physique and thus spends a large amount of time at the gym to do so. Watch the video
gut-wrenching
Agonizing; extremely distressing, unpleasant, or emotionally disturbing; having a severe effect on one’s feelings. Watch the video
circle the drain
To be in a state of severe deterioration such that one is approaching inevitable ruin, failure, or death. Usually used in the continuous form. Watch the video
all the difference in the world
The greatest degree of difference that is possible or conceivable. Without the verbs “mean” or “make,” it is used to compare two disparate things. Watch the video
out of steam
Completely exhausted, fatigued, or without energy or motivation. Watch the video