English Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions
Alphabetical List of Idioms E, page 4
Idioms E, page 4: from: 'even the score' to: 'apple of your eye'
- even the score
- When a person decides to even the score, they try
to get their revenge on someone who has cheated or done them harm.
"When Jack discovered that Bob had cheated, he was determined to even the score."
- When a person decides to even the score, they try
to get their revenge on someone who has cheated or done them harm.
- even steven
- Two or more people who are even stevens are equal to
each other. None of them has more than the others; none is owed anything or has
anything due.
"The two boys shared equally the money they made delivering pizzas so now they're even stevens."
- Two or more people who are even stevens are equal to
each other. None of them has more than the others; none is owed anything or has
anything due.
- even a worm will turn
- Even someone who never complains will react to an intolerable
situation.
"If he continues to treat his wife badly, she'll leave him - even a worm will turn."
- Even someone who never complains will react to an intolerable
situation.
- every dog has its day
- This expression means that everyone can be successful at
something at some time in their life.
"I didn't win this time, but I'll be lucky one day. Every dog has its day!"
- This expression means that everyone can be successful at
something at some time in their life.
- every nook and cranny
- Every nook and cranny means every possible part of a place.
"She searched every nook and cranny of the old town looking for antiques."
- Every nook and cranny means every possible part of a place.
- every Tom, Dick and Harry
- This expression means everyone or everybody.
"Every Tom, Dick and Harry has a credit card nowadays!"
- This expression means everyone or everybody.
- a necessary evil
- If you say that something is a necessary evil, you
don't like it but you understand that it has to exist and be accepted.
"Vaccinations are a necessary evil if you want to travel."
- If you say that something is a necessary evil, you
don't like it but you understand that it has to exist and be accepted.
- exception proves the rule
- If something is different from a general belief or theory,
it shows that the belief or theory is true.
"Most teenagers love fast food, but Ben is the exception that proves the rule - he's the only one of our children who insists on healthy food!"
- If something is different from a general belief or theory,
it shows that the belief or theory is true.
- excuse my French
- This expression is used as an apology for using crude or
offensive language.
"He's a bloody nuisance, if you'll excuse my French."
- This expression is used as an apology for using crude or
offensive language.
- explore all avenues
- If you explore all avenues, you try out every
possibility in order to obtain a result or find a solution.
"We can't say it's impossible until we've explored all avenues."
- If you explore all avenues, you try out every
possibility in order to obtain a result or find a solution.
- the apple of your eye
- A person, usually a child, who is the apple of your eye
is one for whom you have great affection.
"My grandson is the apple of my eye."
- A person, usually a child, who is the apple of your eye
is one for whom you have great affection.
- eye of the storm
- A person or organisation who is in the eye of the
storm is deeply involved in a difficult situation which affects a lot of people.
"The Prime Minister was often in the eye of the storm during the debate on the tax reform."
- A person or organisation who is in the eye of the
storm is deeply involved in a difficult situation which affects a lot of people.
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