The document provides definitions for 20 common English idioms: 1) Between a rock and a hard place means facing a difficult decision 2) Carry weight means to have influence 3) Comfy means comfortable

1. 1. Between a rock and a hard place
In a very difficult position; facing a hard desicion
Ex: I’m between a rock and a hard place. I don’t know
what to do.
2. Carry weight
To have influence
Ex: I don’t carry much weight around here, but Ninis
does.

2. 3. Comfy
Comfortable
Ex: This is a very comfy chair.
4. Down sweat it!
Don’t worry about it!
Ex: No problem. Don’t sweat it!
5. Early bird
Person who gets up early, person who arrives early, or
having to do with early arrival
Ex: - I never miss sunrise. I’m an early bird.
- The early birds get the best seats.

3. 6. Eat
To bother or worry someone, to absorb the cost or expense of
something, or to perform oral sex on someone
Ex: - What’s eating you, Diti ?
- It was our mistake, and we’ll have to eat it.
- She said she wanted to eat me!
7. Far out
Cool; great; extraordinary, or very hard to understand
Ex: - This jazz is really far out
- This stuff is too far out for me.
8. Fade
To leave
Ex: - I think that the time for me to fade. See ya

4. 8. Hands down
Easily; unquestionably
Ex: - She won the contest hands down.
9. Idiot box
Television set
Ex: - You spend too much time watching the idiot box
- What’s on the idiot box tonight ?
10. I smell you
I understand you
Ex: I smell you. No need to go on and on
11. Jam
a problem; trouble
Ex: - I heard that you were in a bad jam

5. 12. Kick
Charge or good feeling (from something)
Ex: - That song really gives me a kick. I love it!
13. Oil it
To study all night
Ex: - I have a test tomorrow, and I really have to oil it
tonight.
- If you studied all semester long, you would still have to
oil it before final exams.
14. Only way to go
The best way to do something; the best choice to make
Ex: Get a four-wheel drive car. It’s the only way to go.

6. 15. Pay a call (see also: call of nature or nature’s call)
To go to the toilet
Ex: - Excuse me. I have to pay a call.
- I want to answer the call of nature.
16. Sacked out
Asleep
Ex: - Here it is ten a clock, and you are still sacked out!
17. Take it or leave it
There are no other choices
Ex: I told her that there was a shortage of these things and
she had to take it or leave it.

7. 18. Under the weather
ill
Ex: - I feel sort of under the weather today.
19. Whistle in the dark
to guess aimlessly; to speculate as to a fact
Ex: - Am I close, or am I just whistling in the dark?
- She was whistling in the dark. She has no idea of
what’s going on.
20. You can’t dance at two weddings
You cannot do two things at once
Ex: Either go to the library with Ninis or stay here with me.
You can’t dance at two weddings.

8. Websites for learning English
• http: //www.learnenglish.org.uk/
• http: //www.englishclub.com/
• http: //www.studyenglishtoday.net/
• http: //www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/
• http: //www.eslgold.com/
• http: //www.tolearnenglish.com/
• http: //www.vocabulary.co.il/
• http: //www.perfectyourenglish.com
• http: //www.englishland.or.id
• http: //www.englishgrammarsecrets.com