{"id":71947,"date":"2019-08-31T08:40:39","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T08:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=71947"},"modified":"2019-08-31T08:40:39","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T08:40:39","slug":"action-verb-idioms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/action-verb-idioms\/","title":{"rendered":"Action Verb Idioms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some action verb idioms in English.<\/p>\n<h3>Kick a habit<\/h3>\n<p>To kick a habit is to stop doing something habitual. This is an idiom usually used with smoking and drinking.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is high time you kicked your smoking habit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Another idiom that has similar meanings is \u2018kick the butt\u2019.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He is struggling hard to kick the butt. (= He is struggling hard to quit smoking.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Kiss something goodbye<\/h3>\n<p>To kiss something goodbye is to forget it; to end something<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We were arguing all the time, so I felt that it was time we kissed our relationship goodbye.<br \/>\nI lent him some money and had to kiss it goodbye.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Drop a line<\/h3>\n<p>To drop a line is to stay in contact, usually by mail<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you need my help, just drop me a line.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Climb the wall<\/h3>\n<p>To climb the wall is to become extremely impatient, excited or agitated<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She is climbing the wall waiting to hear from her daughter.<\/li>\n<li>I am climbing the wall waiting for an interview call.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Blow someone\u2019s lid<\/h3>\n<p>To blow one\u2019s lid is to become very angry<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John\u2019s father blew his lid when he heard about his son\u2019s drinking habits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Drop a bundle<\/h3>\n<p>To drop a bundle is to spend a lot of money<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Peter has just bought a luxury apartment. I am sure he has dropped a bundle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Hit bottom<\/h3>\n<p>Become very sad or depressed; when businesses hit bottom, they make loss<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our profits have hit bottom. This is our worst year ever.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Bite the bullet<\/h3>\n<p>To bite the bullet is to accept something difficult and try to live with it<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Although Jim lost one leg in the accident, he didn\u2019t lose hope. He just bit the bullet and learned to live with it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some action verb idioms in English. Kick a habit To kick a habit is to stop doing something habitual. This is an idiom usually used with smoking and drinking. It is high&#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":[1070,1069,1071,1068,1066,1067],"class_list":["post-71947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-idioms","tag-blow-lid","tag-climb-the-wall","tag-drop-a-bundle","tag-drop-a-line","tag-kick-a-habit","tag-kiss-something-goodbye"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71947","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=71947"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71948,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71947\/revisions\/71948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}