{"id":1265,"date":"2016-04-29T11:53:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T11:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=1265"},"modified":"2016-04-29T11:53:01","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T11:53:01","slug":"idioms-beginning-with-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/idioms-beginning-with-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Idioms beginning with A"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>A bit of fluff<\/h3>\n<p>A bit of fluff is an attractive woman.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He was spotted yesterday with a bit of fluff.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>A breath of fresh air<\/h3>\n<p>A breath of fresh air is a person or thing that brings about a change that feels good.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The advertising industry needs a breath of fresh air.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>My niece is so lovely and cheerful. She is like a breath of fresh air.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>A clean bill of health<\/h3>\n<p>When the doctor gives you a clean bill of health, they are stating that you are healthy and in good condition.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The doctor gave him a clean bill of health.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>A dime\u2019s worth<\/h3>\n<p>If something is a dime\u2019s worth, its value is insignificant.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why is he hogging all the limelight? He only made a dime\u2019s worth of contribution to the project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>A fact of life<\/h3>\n<p>If something is a fact of life, it is an unpleasant reality that you cannot change.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Substance abuse among teens has become a fact of life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>A fool and his money are soon parted<\/h3>\n<p>This expression is used to mean that stupid people spend too much money without thinking about its consequences and lose their wealth soon enough.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He leads a lavish lifestyle. I won\u2019t be surprised if he becomes a pauper soon. After all, a fool and his money are soon parted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>A life-saver<\/h3>\n<p>This expression is used to mean something or someone that saves you in a difficult situation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I am in a difficult situation. Can you throw a life-saver?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>A little bird told me<\/h3>\n<p>Use this expression when you don\u2019t want to reveal the source of information.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2018How did you know that we are getting married?\u2019 \u2018A little bird told me.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>A lost ball in the weeds<\/h3>\n<p>If someone is a lost ball in the weeds, they are totally confused or lost.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He is a lost ball in the weeds. I don\u2019t think that he will be able to solve this problem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bit of fluff A bit of fluff is an attractive woman. He was spotted yesterday with a bit of fluff. A breath of fresh air A breath of fresh air is a person&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[186],"class_list":["post-1265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-idioms","tag-idioms-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1266,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1265\/revisions\/1266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}