Idiomatic language

These short idioms are the easiest to remember — and most useful to know.

Four sentences, four idioms and four different situations. Test your knowledge of idiomatic language in this short test.

Dogs and cats are used in many English idioms, but don't mix up the two. For example, when a place is tiny, would you say it's too small to swing a cat or a dog? Think about it...

In this quiz, we've created questions around the topic of Christmas. Learn 12 expressions that can be used all the year round.

In this test, we look at animal idioms that are often used in business English. Do you know when to talk about monkeys, donkeys, elephants and ducks in a business situation? What about beavers and dogs, or herrings, cows and horses? 

The British need a new simile. From December, we will no longer be able to describe a task that we expect to be never-ending as “like painting the Forth Bridge”. I suggest we use something with "Greeks".

All eyes are on Facebook! Well, my eyes are. The recent changes in the Facebook profile settings made me experiment with some of my photos. So, here are my eyes — and a few of my favourites “eye” expressions and the reasons why I like them.

Meetings can test your communication skills. In this test, we focus on idioms that are used to describe effective and ineffective communication.

This test is on idioms connected with problems. Do you know how to talk about an issue at work? Many people use idioms to make it easier to talk about problematic situations.

This test is on business idioms related to sport. Each sentence uses a sporting idiom, but it's incomplete. Can you find the correct word to complete it?