Category: Idiom of the Day

To make no progress at all; to be stuck or at an impasse. Watch the video

To be extremely poor; to have very little or no money to spend. Primarily heard in US. Watch the video

At the last possible moment before it is too late; just in the nick of time. Watch the video

To be completely useless; to serve no purpose; to be unsuitable to anyone or anything. Watch the video

To be very hardworking, enthusiastic, and/or skillful. Watch the video

To be offered no mercy, concession, or indulgence. Watch the video

To have some or certain hesitations, apprehensions, uneasiness, or pangs of conscience (about something or someone). (Also often used in the negative to mean the opposite.) Watch the video

Said ironically to emphasize that what is being discussed carries a large amount of importance or makes one feel that one must try very hard to succeed. Watch the video

No one who is sane would consider doing something; someone would have to be crazy to do something. (In this case, “their” is used as a singular, gender-neutral pronoun.) Watch the video

Of two people, to dislike one another very much. Watch the video