hi, 

today I want to tell you something about idioms. 

An idiom is a phrase but it is different from other phrases in that you can't understand it's meaning from the words it is made from.

English idioms are a group of words which have a meaning which isn’t obvious from looking at the individual words. To understand English, you have to be familiar with idioms. They have developed over time and so they might seem random to you. They’re used so often in everyday English, if you don’t know them, it’s almost impossible to understand the context.

Here are some English idioms and phrases that will enrich your English vocabulary and make you sound like a native speaker. For example:

Literally, hit the books means to physically hit, punch or slap your reading books. But It simply means “to study,” and is a way of telling your friends that you’re going to study.

And some others:

WHEN PIGS FLY – something that will never happen

SHAPE UP OR SHIP OUT: either start performing better or leave

ONCE IN A BLUE MOON: when something rarely ever happens

SHOOT FROM THE HIP: to speak directly

BE TICKLED PINK: to be excited and happy

SPEAK OF THE DEVIL –  the person you’re just talking about actually turns up at that moment.

NO-BRAINER: an easy decision

I hope you are TICKLED PINK to have learnt these idioms. Have you heard about some others?