{"id":1431,"date":"2016-09-09T16:13:12","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T16:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=1431"},"modified":"2016-09-09T16:13:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T16:13:12","slug":"idioms-o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/idioms-o\/","title":{"rendered":"Idioms &#8211; O"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a list of idiomatic expressions formed around words beginning with O.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sow your wild oats<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To sow your wild oats is to have too many casual sexual relationships when you were young.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Odds and ends<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Various small items that are not part of a larger set<\/p>\n<p><strong>Off and on<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now and then<\/p>\n<p><strong>Be on the offensive<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When someone is on the offensive, they are ready to act aggressively.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The minister seemed to be on the offensive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>On offer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If something is on offer, it is available for purchase at a reduced price.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the offing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If something is in the offing, it is likely to happen soon.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A new education policy is in the offing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Be one up on<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you are one up on somebody, you have an advantage over them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>One and all<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Everyone<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They have invited one and all.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>One and only<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If something is regarded as being one and only, it is unique.<\/p>\n<p><strong>One day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At some point in the past or future.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One day my prince will come.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In the ope<\/strong>n<\/p>\n<p>Not secret<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The agreement was signed in the open.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Keep your options open<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you keep your options open, you don\u2019t commit yourself to something.<\/p>\n<p><strong>An outside chance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An outside chance is a remote possibility.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We only have an outside chance of winning the match.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a list of idiomatic expressions formed around words beginning with O. Sow your wild oats To sow your wild oats is to have too many casual sexual relationships when you were young.&#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-1431","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\/1431","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=1431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1432,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431\/revisions\/1432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}