Category: Idiom of the Day

To have a general sense of how to do or use something or how something operates; to be familiar with something. Watch the video

To have the confidence to act or behave in accordance with one’s beliefs or ideologies, especially in the face of resistance, criticism, or persecution. Watch the video

To be no longer functional or useful; to be dead or about to perish. Primarily heard in Canada. Watch the video

To have or gain superiority, mastery, or an advantage over someone or something; to have control over someone or something. Watch the video

To have no tasks or actions that one must complete or undertake; to have nothing with which to occupy one’s time. Watch the video

To be the cause of (someone’s) death; to bear the guilt or responsibility of (someone’s) death or injury. Watch the video

To be willing and prepared to help or defend someone; to look out for someone in case he or she needs assistance. Watch the video

To be busy or engaged with something; to have plans to do something at a particular point in time. Watch the video

To be beyond one’s prime; to be no longer useful, effective, or functional. Watch the video

To be thoroughly stupid, crazy, absurd, incorrect, etc. Watch the video