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Idiomes

1. Hit the books

Meaning:- to study hard.

Example:- I can't go out tonight. I've got to hit the books.

2. Piece of cake

Meaning:- easy to do.

Example:- He thought learning to drive a car would be a piece of cake until he got in an accident.

3. Hit the nail on the head

Meaning:- find exactly the right answer.

Example:- I think John hit the nail on the head when he said the reason our company is losing money is because we have a lot of lazy employees.

4. You can't judge a book by its cover

Meaning:- before you judge something or someone, you need to take a deeper and closer look at it.

Example:- The professor may seem slow and awkward but don't judge a book by its cover. He is one of the brightest minds in his field.

5. Dance on someone's grave

Meaning:- to celebrate someone's death triumphantly.

Example:- He said to his enemies that he would recover his wealth and would surely dance on their graves.

6. Dog's life

Meaning-: a miserable and unhappy existence. 

Example:- I have to work every day from dawn to sunset and come back home to take care of the children. It's really a dog's life.

7.Dog-eat-dog

Meaning:- said about the world where people do anything to be successful.

Example:- It's disheartening to know that we are living in a dog-eat-dog world.

8. A man of few words

Meaning:- A man who does not speak much.

Example:- He is a man of few words. But when he speaks, he makes a lot of sense.

9. Add fuel to the fire

Meaning:- to make the situation or problem worse.

Example:- Don't add fuel to the fire by laughing at him. He is furious about what you have already done.

10. All that glitters is not gold

Meaning:- appearance is sometimes misleading.

Example:- The house looks beautiful from the outside but the inside part looks terrible, all that glitters is not gold.

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1. To learn English, she not only hit the nail on the headadd fuel to firehit the booksJe ne sais pas but also practised conversing with others every day.

2. This job seems so great! I work for only 2 hours a day and earn $1,000 a week!! It seems too good to be true, but don't forget... all that glitters is not goldhit the booksdance on someone's graveJe ne sais pas

3. You have to look out for your own interests, it's a piece of cakedog-eat-dogdog's lifeJe ne sais pas world.

4. I've got to go to the supermarket, then cook a meal, then pick the kids up from the station- it's a dog-eat-doghit the booksdog's lifeJe ne sais pas.

5. My father was a man of few wordscan't judge a book by its coverfuel to the fireJe ne sais pas, but when he spoke, it was worth listening to.

6. Writing that term paper was a dance on someone's gravepiece of cakehit the booksJe ne sais pas. I have always enjoyed writing and have always been good at it.

7. Shouting at a crying child just adds fuel to the firedog-eat-dogpiece of cakeJe ne sais pas.

8. If you will dance on someone's gravehit the bookshit the nail on the headJe ne sais pas, you will outlive or outlast them and will celebrate their demise.

9. She doesn't look very intelligent, but you can't judge a book by its coveradd fuel to the fireall that glitters is not goldJe ne sais pas.

10. You piece of cakehit the bookshit the nail on the headJe ne sais pas when you told Jennifer the reason she wasn't getting modeling jobs was because she was too fat.