Category: Idiom of the Day

slang The decrease in timidity or inhibition that comes from imbibing alcoholic beverages. Watch the video

A particularly dangerous, hostile, or oppressive place or situation, especially due to an angry or sinister person or group of people within it. Watch the video

A figurative boundary that someone or some group refuses to cross or beyond which no further advance or compromise is accepted. (Used especially in the phrase “draw a line in the sand.”) Watch the video

An exclamation of distrust or disbelief in someone’s explanation or story. Watch the video

To be extremely easy, simple, or intuitive; to require very little skill or effort. (Sometimes used with the numbers spelled out (“one-two-three”) or written numerically (“123” or “1-2-3”).) Watch the video

Under any circumstances; no matter what. (Used almost exclusively with a negative statement regarding something that one couldn’t or wouldn’t do.) Watch the video

With maximum, possibly desperate, effort or energy (i.e., as if one is at risk of losing one’s life if one fails). Watch the video

To be incompatible or unable to interact or coexist easily, as due to fundamental differences in personality, opinions, beliefs, etc. Watch the video

In an idle, awkward, and/or out-of-place state; being ignored, abandoned, or left to wait awkwardly. Primarily heard in UK. Watch the video

People tend to seek out or be attracted to those that are similar or like-minded. Watch the video