Your English: Idioms
Tim Bowen explains common or just plain curious idioms for this section of Your English.
Idioms articles
Your English: Idioms: a dog in the manger
Tim Bowen discusses the unusual idiom a dog in the manger.
Your English: Idioms: air
Tim Bowen's selection of idioms will have you walking on air.
Your English: Idioms: anger
Never one to blow his top, Tim Bowen takes a deep breath and calmly delivers some idioms related to rage.
Your English: Idioms: animals
Tim Bowen takes the bull by the horns as he explores the widespread use of animal idioms in society.
Your English: Idioms: back
Think you know idioms like the back of your hand? Tim Bowen refuses to turn his back on these tricky expressions.
Your English: Idioms: bag
It’s time to let the cat out of the bag, as Tim Bowen shows once again he’s got bags of potential when it comes to idioms.
Your English: Idioms: ball
Tim Bowen proves he’s always on the ball as he starts the ball rolling with these ball-related idioms.
Your English: Idioms: barrel
Tim Bowen shows that understanding these idioms is just like shooting fish in a barrel.
Your English: Idioms: battle
It’s clear the battle lines have been drawn as Tim Bowen shows he’s fighting a running battle with these idioms.
Your English: Idioms: beat
Tim Bowen isn’t beating around the bush in this instalment of Your English. We say you can’t beat it!
Your English: Idioms: bend
Tim Bowen bends over backwards to explain idioms that can drive us round the bend.
Your English: Idioms: best and worst
Tim Bowen is at his best as he delivers another fine article on idioms.
Your English: Idioms: bit (noun)
Tim Bowen’s got the bit between his teeth as he does his bit for Your English.
Your English: Idioms: bite
Tim Bowen bites the bullet and serves up his favourite bite-related idioms.
Your English: Idioms: block
Tim Bowen proves idioms are no stumbling block with these helpful explanations.
Your English: Idioms: blood
Tim Bowen's blood is boiling over the scandal surrounding American financier Bernard Madoff.
Your English: Idioms: blow
Tim Bowen helps us blow away the cobwebs as he shows why these idioms will blow your mind.
Your English: Idioms: books
Tim Bowen stays in our good books with a shelf full of literary idioms.
Your English: Idioms: bundle
Tim Bowen once again shows us why idioms can be a bundle of fun.
Your English: Idioms: burn
If idioms have you burning the midnight oil, look no further – Tim Bowen’s here to help.
Your English: Idioms: business
Tim Bowen shows he means business with this little article. We think it’s the business!
Your English: Idioms: cake
Tim Bowen shows us why these idioms are a piece of cake.
Your English: Idioms: call (n)
Stuck on idioms? Make this Your English your next port of call.
Your English: Idioms: call (noun)
Tim Bowen goes beyond the call of duty to introduce you to these handy idioms.
Your English: Idioms: call (verb)
Tim Bowen shows why he’s calling the shots.
Your English: Idioms: card
Tim Bowen shows he has a couple of cards up his sleeve!
Your English: Idioms: clothes
Tim Bowen has worked his socks off to deliver another spectacular article on idioms.
Your English: Idioms: cold
Tim Bowen helps you see these idioms in the cold light of day with his latest instalment of Your English.
Your English: Idioms: crime and the law
It's been murder waiting for Tim Bowen's latest instalment of idioms, but it's here now!
Your English: Idioms: day
Tim Bowen reflects on Wills and Kate’s big day; an event which made many people’s days.
Your English: Idioms: devil
Go on, be a devil and take a look at Tim Bowen’s devilish article on idioms.
Your English: Idioms: drunk
Tim Bowen goes synonym-crazy and takes us through the many different ways to say that someone is drunk.
Your English: Idioms: edge
We’re on the edge of our seats for this instalment of Tim Bowen’s idioms!
Your English: Idioms: eye
Forget chocolates, Tim Bowen shows you how to really express your love this Valentine's Day with some juicy idioms.
Your English: Idioms: family
The father of Your English, Tim Bowen, gifts us with the mother of all articles on idioms.
Your English: Idioms: fire
Tim Bowen is on fire again as he illuminates us on the subject of the UK’s urban riots.
Your English: Idioms: food
Tim Bowen gives us plenty of food for thought with his interesting explanation of some of the many idioms associated with this yummy subject.
Your English: Idioms: foot
Put your feet up, relax and let Tim Bowen entertain you with this lively discussion on idioms involving feet.
Your English: Idioms: furniture
Don’t sweep your problems with idioms under the carpet! Address them by reading this article by Tim Bowen.
Your English: Idioms: game
Tim Bowen gets ahead of the game as he rounds up these game-related idioms. It’s all part of the game!
Your English: Idioms: ground
It’s time to break new ground with another set of idioms from Tim Bowen
Your English: Idioms: gun
Tim Bowen comes out with all guns blazing with his latest set of idioms
Your English: Idioms: hair
Rumour has it that these idioms will help improve your English.
Your English: Idioms: hand
Tim Bowen uses his extensive knowledge of idioms to explain why things may get a bit out of hand at the summit meeting of the G20 countries.
Your English: Idioms: have
Rumour has it that these idioms will help improve your English.
Your English: Idioms: heart
Tim Bowen gives an account of the British and Irish Lions rugby team's recent tour of South Africa, where the players played their hearts out.
Your English: Idioms: heaven
Heaven only knows how you’d all cope without Tim Bowen’s informative articles on idioms.
Your English: Idioms: hell
Our resident hellraiser, Tim Bowen, recalls a story about some neighbours from hell.
Your English: Idioms: hit (verb)
Tim Bowen hits the nail on the head with his latest collection of Your English idioms.
Your English: Idioms: hold (verb)
These idioms hold the key to you holding your head high in Tim Bowen’s latest instalment of Your English.
Your English: Idioms: hope
Hope springs eternal for Tim Bowen as he introduces his latest set of idioms.
Your English: Idioms: horse
Get your new set of idioms straight from the horse’s mouth with Tim Bowen’s latest Your English.
Your English: Idioms: hot
Make sure idioms are not too hot to handle with this latest selection from Tim Bowen.
Your English: Idioms: in sickness and in health
Feeling a bit under the weather? Let Tim Bowen cheer you up with another great Your English article and you'll be feeling as fit as a fiddle in no time!
Your English: Idioms: job
Worried about idioms? It’s a good job Tim Bowen’s here to help!
Your English: Idioms: joke
All joking apart, Tim Bowen has another set of excellent idioms in his latest Your English.
Your English: Idioms: jump
Jump the queue and improve your English with this latest set of idioms from Tim Bowen.
Your English: Idioms: kill
Kill some time with Tim Bowen by swotting up on these killer idioms.
Your English: Idioms: knife
Have you ever gone under the knife? Or put the knife in? Tim Bowen sharpens up some idioms.
Your English: Idioms: laugh
With Tim Bowen as your guide to idioms, you’ll be laughing.
Your English: Idioms: light
Tim Bowen is here to help you see idioms in a different light.
Your English: Idioms: love
Tim Bowen gets all lovey-dovey this week, with his explanation of the idioms surrounding this irresistible subject.
Your English: Idioms: mark
With Your English, Tim Bowen has certainly made his mark. Here, he delivers another classic article on idioms.
Your English: Idioms: mind
This week, Tim Bowen takes a load off our minds with his explanation of the many idioms associated with the human mind.
Your English: Idioms: money
You can put your money onTim Bowen coming up with some more valuable idioms.
Your English: Idioms: mountains
Tim Bowen shows he's at the peak of his powers with another fine article on idioms.
Your English: Idioms: music
Tim Bowen's wise words on idioms have certainly struck the right note with us.
Your English: Idioms: music and song
Not for the first time, Tim Bowen's article on idioms is music to our ears.
Your English: Idioms: nail
As usual, Tim Bowen hits the nail on the head with another batch of idioms.
Your English: Idioms: name
He may not be a household name, but Tim Bowen proves yet again why he’s a star of the ELT community.
Your English: Idioms: popping your clogs
Tim Bowen explains how euphemisms can help us talk about unpleasant or embarrassing topics.
Your English: Idioms: raining cats and dogs
Tim Bowen considers alternatives to this entertaining idiom.
Your English: Idioms: roof
Have you ever hit or gone through the roof? Tim Bowen is here to calm your nerves and explain a few idioms along the way.
Your English: Idioms: run
Not wanting to disrupt the normal run of things, Tim Bowen is back with some more useful idioms.
Your English: Idioms: sailing and the sea
There's no need to be in the doldrums as Tim Bowen's back with another set of idioms, this time derived from maritime.
Your English: Idioms: sleep
Tim Bowen explains this word with such pizzazz, he probably writes articles like this in his sleep.
Your English: Idioms: sport
Tim Bowen gets the ball rolling with these sport-related idioms.
Your English: Idioms: stuff
Tim Bowen does his stuff with a mixed bag of idioms.
Your English: Idioms: sweep
Don’t sweep your issues with idioms under the carpet! Tim Bowen is here to make sense of them.
Your English: Idioms: teeth
Tim Bowen gets his teeth into more than a mouthful of idioms.
Your English: Idioms: The elements
Spring is in the air but you might want to hold fire on organizing a barbecue as the unpredictable weather might pour cold water on your plans. Tim Bowen braves the elements.
Your English: Idioms: the moon and the stars
Do you know anyone with stars in their eyes who lives in cloud-cuckoo land? Tim Bowen presents some idioms that are out of this world.
Your English: Idioms: the senses
You'll like the sound of this ... Tim Bowen's treats us to a feast for the senses.
Your English: Idioms: thing
Have you got a thing about idioms? That could mean more than one thing, explains Tim Bowen …
Your English: Idioms: throw
Confused by idioms? Don’t throw in the towel. Tim Bowen’s here to help.
Your English: Idioms: time
We've got a lot of time for Tim Bowen. Make time to read his latest article on idioms.
Your English: Idioms: tongue
Have you ever experienced a slip of the tongue or set tongues wagging? Tim Bowen articulates his thoughts on some idioms.
Your English: Idioms: trick
Tim Bowen never misses a trick when it comes to explaining idioms.
Your English: Idioms: truth and lies
Who says we're bored at the thought of another idioms article by Tim Bowen? Nothing could be further from the truth.
Your English: Idioms: turn
Tim Bowen does us a good turn by supplying another handy list of idioms.
Your English: Idioms: walk
Have you ever had to walk on eggshells? Tim Bowen takes us through another collection of idioms, step by step.
Your English: Idioms: wall
Have you ever gone up the wall? What or who drove you up the wall? Tim Bowen lays down some hardcore idioms.
Your English: Idioms: war and peace
Tim Bowen isn’t starting a war of words; he’s come in peace with some very useful idioms.
Your English: Idioms: way
Tim Bowen goes out of his way to explain idioms. He certainly has a way with words.
Your English: Idioms: weather
Tim Bowen's latest article on idioms associated with weather is going to go down a storm.
Your English: Idioms: weight
Are you worried? Never fear, Tim Bowen is here to take the weight off your mind with his latest explanation of idioms.
Your English: Idioms: wheels
Tim Bowen keeps the Your English wheels turning with another useful batch of idioms.
Your English: Idioms: wits
Do idioms frighten you out of your wits? Tim Bowen’s razor-sharp article is here to save the day.
Your English: Idioms: word
Not for the first time, Tim Bowen’s article on idioms is too brilliant for words.
Your English: Idioms: work
Our resident workaholic, Tim Bowen, works wonders with his discussion of the idioms relating to this word.
Your English: Idioms: world
Man of the world Tim Bowen returns with another idioms article that will do you the world of good.
Your English: Idioms: worse
Feeling the worse for wear? You could do worse than catch up with Tim Bowen’s newest selection of idioms!
