How to use Idioms?
An idiom is an expression whose meaning is different from the meaning of its constituent words. We can learn their usage by incorporating them in our daily conversations. Let’s take some idioms and use them in appropriate sentences:
Hit below the belt: To act in an unfair manner. For example: Political campaigns often hit below the belt and say horrible things about the adversary.
Gift of the gab: The ability to speak well. For example: I feel President Obama has really got the gift of the gab.
Have second thoughts: To reconsider a decision. For example: I have already started having second thoughts about my decision of joining this company.
Break the ice: Overcome initial shyness. For example: An interaction session was arranged to break the ice between the freshers and the senior students.
At loggerheads: To differ strongly. For example: The two friends are at loggerheads after yesterday’s fight.
By hook or by crook: Using any means, fair or foul. For example: Ryan wants to win the match by hook or by crook.
Make a mountain out of a molehill: To give great importance to minor things. For example: That’s only a careless mistake. Please stop making mountain out of a molehill.
Pull up one’s socks: To make an effort to improve. For example: The team really needs to pull up its socks if it wants to win the finals.
Let bygones be bygones: Ignore the bad things of the past. For example: Forget what has happened and make up with her. Haven’t you heard let bygones be bygones?
No stone unturned: Make all possible efforts. For example: I will leave no stone unturned to win the singing competition.
The above mentioned idiom examples are helpful to understand the uses of idioms in English.
