{"id":1404,"date":"2016-08-29T16:16:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T16:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=1404"},"modified":"2016-08-29T16:16:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T16:16:00","slug":"idioms-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/idioms-k\/","title":{"rendered":"Idioms &#8211; K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some common idiomatic expressions in English.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep from<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To keep from doing something is to avoid doing it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep on<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To keep on is to continue to do something.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep up with<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To keep up with someone is to move at the same rate as them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep up with the Joneses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To keep up with the Joneses is to try hard not to be outdone by your friends or relatives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kick the bucket<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To kick the bucket is to die.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A kick in the teeth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A kick in the teeth is a major setback.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kick someone out<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To kick someone out is to force them to leave.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Knock something off<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To knock something off is to produce a work quickly and easily.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Knock someone out<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To knock someone out is to make them unconscious.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A rap on the knuckles \/ a rap over the knuckles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A rap on the knuckles is a reprimand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The last word<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most advanced example of something or the final statement on a subject.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Her palatial home is the last word in luxury.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>To the last<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To the last means \u2018up to the final moment\u2019.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They fought to the last.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Have the last laugh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You have the last laugh when you are eventually proved to be right.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lay down the law<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To lay down the law is to issue instructions in an authoritarian way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some common idiomatic expressions in English. Keep from To keep from doing something is to avoid doing it. Keep on To keep on is to continue to do something. Keep up with&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[186],"class_list":["post-1404","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\/1404","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1405,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404\/revisions\/1405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}