Here are some common idioms.<\/p>\n
Break the ice<\/strong><\/p>\n To break the ice is to do or say things that will make people who don\u2019t know each other well feel relaxed.<\/p>\n On thin ice<\/strong><\/p>\n When you are on thin ice, you are in a very tricky situation.<\/p>\n The icing on the cake<\/strong><\/p>\n The icing on the cake is a special feature that makes something good even better.<\/p>\n Ill at ease<\/strong><\/p>\n When you are ill at ease, you are uncomfortable or embarrassed.<\/p>\n The ins and outs<\/strong><\/p>\n The ins and outs means all the details.<\/p>\n Initiate someone into<\/strong><\/p>\n To initiate someone into something is to introduce them to a new activity.<\/p>\n Make inroads into<\/strong><\/p>\n To make inroads is to make a gradual entry into something.<\/p>\n Insure someone against<\/strong><\/p>\n To insure someone against something is to protect them against a possible event.<\/p>\n Iron something out<\/strong><\/p>\n To iron something out is to settle a problem or difficulty.<\/p>\n Jump down someone\u2019s throat<\/strong><\/p>\n To jump down someone\u2019s throat is to respond to someone in a sudden and angry way.<\/p>\n Jump the queue<\/strong><\/p>\n To jump the queue is to move ahead of your proper place in a queue.<\/p>\n Jump ship<\/strong><\/p>\n To jump ship is to leave a ship without permission.<\/p>\n One jump ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n When you are one jump ahead, you are one stage ahead of your rival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are some common idioms. Break the ice To break the ice is to do or say things that will make people who don\u2019t know each other well feel relaxed. On thin ice When...<\/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-1408","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\/1408","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=1408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1409,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408\/revisions\/1409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}