Here are some common idiomatic expressions in English.<\/p>\n
Save someone\u2019s skin \/ neck \/ bacon<\/strong><\/p>\n All of these expressions are used to talk about rescuing someone from difficulty.<\/p>\n Go without saying<\/strong><\/p>\n If something goes without saying it is very obvious.<\/p>\n It goes without saying that inflation increases the cost of living.<\/p>\n School of thought<\/strong><\/p>\n This expression is used to talk about a particular way of thinking.<\/p>\n Screw someone up<\/strong><\/p>\n To screw someone up is to make them emotionally upset.<\/p>\n Screw something up<\/strong><\/p>\n To screw something up is to make it go wrong.<\/p>\n A second string to your bow<\/strong><\/p>\n This expression is used to refer to an alternative course of action in case another one fails.<\/p>\n Serve someone right<\/strong><\/p>\n If something serves you right, it is the punishment you deserve.<\/p>\n Put someone in the shade<\/strong><\/p>\n When you put someone in the shade you are much more impressive than them.<\/p>\n Shake someone up<\/strong><\/p>\n To shake someone up is to stir them into action.<\/p>\n Shake something up<\/strong><\/p>\n To shake something up is to make major changes to it.<\/p>\n Put someone to shame<\/strong><\/p>\n When you put someone to shame you are much better than them.<\/p>\n Come out of your shell<\/strong><\/p>\n To come out of your shell is to stop being shy or reserved.<\/p>\n Shell something out<\/strong><\/p>\n To shell out is to pay an amount of money.<\/p>\n Many people don\u2019t mind shelling out a large amount of money to buy the latest gadgets.<\/p>\n Take the shine off<\/strong><\/p>\n To take the shine off something is to make it seem less good.<\/p>\n Keep your shirt on<\/strong><\/p>\n To keep your shirt on is to stay calm.<\/p>\n Put yourself in someone else\u2019s shoes<\/strong><\/p>\n To put yourself in another person\u2019s shoes is to imagine yourself in their situation.<\/p>\n Shoot your mouth off<\/strong><\/p>\n To shoot your mouth off is to talk too freely or too boastfully.<\/p>\n Be caught short<\/strong><\/p>\n When you are caught short you are put at a disadvantage.<\/p>\n Shovel something in\/down<\/strong><\/p>\n To shovel something in\/down is to eat food quickly and in large quantities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are some common idiomatic expressions in English. Save someone\u2019s skin \/ neck \/ bacon All of these expressions are used to talk about rescuing someone from difficulty. Go without saying If something goes...<\/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":[393,186,581],"class_list":["post-2919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-idioms","tag-english-idioms","tag-idioms-2","tag-idioms-in-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2919","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=2919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2920,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2919\/revisions\/2920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}