IT BUGS ME! What does it mean when someone says that something bugs them? Well, bug is another word for insect, you know, like a spider or a fly. Well, for many people, those small creatures are annoying, right? So we use the word bug as a verb to mean “to be bothered or annoyed.” My neighbor plays loud music …
PSYCHED – An American Idiom Lesson
PSYCHED What does it means when someone says, “I’m psyched!” Well, when you are psyched, you are looking forward to doing something and you are really excited about it. You can say that you are psyched about (doing) something or psyched to do something. psyched about [noun]: I’m psyched about the party tomorrow. It’s going to be great! psyched about …
To Be SPENT – An American Idiom Lesson
To Be SPENT When you are spent, you are exhausted. You can be physically spent or mentally spent. I’ve been studying for 4 hours. I’m totally spent. After working in the garden all day I was spent. How about you? When was the last time you were spent? Leave a comment below and let us know!
SNOWED UNDER – An American Idiom Lesson
SNOWED UNDER When you are snowed under, you have a lot of work to do. In fact, snowed under gives us the idea that it’s more work than you can handle. Students are snowed under with studying for final exams. We have a big project to finish this month at the office and I am snowed under with work! How …
English Idiom “Blow” from Happy English NY
Blow is an interesting word which has some idiomatic uses. The standard meaning is of course the movement of air. You can blow out the candles on your birthday cake or listen to the wind blow on a stormy day. As slang, blow also means to leave. Here are some examples: Well, it’s getting late. I think I’m going to …
HAVE YOUR HEAD IN THE CLOUDS – An American Idiom Lesson
HAVE YOUR HEAD IN THE CLOUDS What does it mean to have your head in the clouds? Well, when you have your head in the clouds, you’re daydreaming or not paying attention to the thing you should be paying attention to. When Tommy was on the bus, he had his eye on his phone and his head in the clouds. …
FOR AGES (IT’S BEEN AGES) – English Idiom Lesson
For ages / It’s been ages Let’s look at the idioms, for ages and it’s been ages. An age is a long period of time, like the Ice Age or the Stone Age. Well, in a similar way, when you haven’t done something or seen someone for a long time you can use for ages or it’s been ages. It’s …
ON THE HOUSE – An American Idiom Lesson
ON THE HOUSE What does the idiom, on the house mean? When you get something on the house , you get it for free. On the house means that the restaurant gives you something for free. We generally use on the house when we talk about restaurants. I was so happy because the waiter brought us a bottle of wine …
FOR A SONG – An American Idiom Lesson
FOR A SONG What does the idiom, to get something for a song mean? When you get something for a song, you are able to buy it for a low or discounted price. The nuance is that instead of paying money for something, I just needed to pay for that with my singing! I got it for a song! (OK, …
TO SAW WOOD – An American Idiom Lesson
What does it mean to saw wood? Let’s learn this American idiom today! When you use a saw to cut wood, the noise that the saw makes is loud and rough. We think that this sound, the sawing sound, resembles the sound people make when they snore. (Snore is the sound that people make when they sleep.) So, when you …