Best 20 Idioms with their Meanings and Sentences

An IDIOM is a group of words or a phrase that differs from their literal meaning. Idioms enrich the language.

In this post, we present you the top 20 Idioms with their Meanings and Sentences.

20 Idioms with their Meanings and Sentences

No.	Idioms	Meanings	Sentences
1.	At arm’s length	keeping a safe distance	She kept the poisonous snake at arm’s length.
2.	Bag and baggage	with all belongings	She left the apartment with her bags and baggage.
3.	Build castles in the air	indulge in unrealistic dreams	Instead of building castles in the air, let’s focus on our goals and work hard to achieve them.
4.	Cats and dogs	raining very heavily	It’s been raining cats and dogs all day.
5.	Crocodile tears	fake tears	I don’t trust her crocodile tears, she’s just trying to manipulate us.
6.	Dark horse	relatively unknown	The political newcomer surprised everyone by winning the election, he was a real dark horse.
7.	Give one’s word	to make a promise or give an assurance	He gave his word that he would always be there to support her.
8.	In cold blood	done intentionally and without emotion	The murder was committed in cold blood and shocked the community.
9.	Kith and kin	near and dear ones	She prefers to spend time with her kith and kin.
10.	Lion’s share	the major part	The CEO took the lion’s share of the company’s profits.
11.	Man of straw	an insignificant person	The small-time crook was a man of straw compared to the big-time criminals.
12.	Null and void	having no legal or binding effect	The contract became null and void when one of the parties breached the terms.
13.	Red-letter day	special occasion	Winning the championship was a red-letter day for the team.
14.	Salt of the earth	a good and honest person	My grandfather was the salt of the earth, always helping others in need.
15.	Stone’s throw	a short distance away	The grocery store was just a stone’s throw from his apartment.
16.	To the backbone	completely	She is a feminist to the backbone and fights for women’s rights.
17.	Under the thumb	to be controlled by someone	She realized that she was under the thumb of her overbearing boss.
18.	Wild goose chase	an unsuccessful pursuit	Searching for the lost ring in the park proved to be a wild goose chase.
19.	Yeoman’s service	diligent and valuable work	The volunteer organization provided yeoman’s service to the community after the natural disaster.
20.	Zenith of power	the peak of one’s authority or influence	The president’s approval ratings were at the zenith of power after his successful foreign policy initiative.