What are 10 examples of idiomatic expressions with sentences?

• Quitting cold turkey. To quit cold turkey is to stop a bad habit immediately.
• Spill the beans. If someone spills the beans, they revealed a secret.
• In a pickle.
• Hit the nail on the head.
• Cost an arm and a leg.
• Going out on a limb.
• Jump the gun.
• Driving me nuts.

What is a good idiom for happy?

• Having a whale of a time. “Dear Mum and Dad, We are having a whale of a time in San Francisco.
• On Cloud Nine.
• Tickled Pink (delighted)
• On Top of the World.
• Happy as a Clam.
• Buzzing.
• Over the Moon.
• In Seventh Heaven.

Miscellaneous Idioms in English

• It’s raining cats and dogs – It’s raining very hard
• A dime a dozen – Something is very common, or of no particular value
• By the skin of one’s teeth – Narrowly or barely escaping a disaster
• Come rain or shine – No matter the circumstances, something will get done
• It costs an arm and a leg – It’s very expensive

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Let’s take a look at some of our global neighbors’ idioms:

• In Armenian, “ stop ironing my board ” means stop bothering me.
• In French, “ when chickens have teeth ” means something’s never going to happen.
• Also in French, “ I have other cats to whip ” means I have other things to do.
• In German, “ to tie a bear to someone ” means you’ve tricked them.

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