Ringing the changes
When we ring the changes, we do things in many different ways. Sometimes it seems that the changes are made just to have change. The term comes from bell-ringing. The "changes" are the different orders in which the ringers can ring the bells.
Showing posts with label Idioms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Idioms. Show all posts
Animal Idioms
Are you acting the goat?
If you act the goat, then you are deliberately behaving in a foolish or silly way. On the other hand, if you get somebody's goat, you annoy them very much.
If you act the goat, then you are deliberately behaving in a foolish or silly way. On the other hand, if you get somebody's goat, you annoy them very much.
Animal Idioms
They are killing the goose that lays the golden egg
This expression is used to refer to an action which destroys or ends something which brings you profit or success.
This expression is used to refer to an action which destroys or ends something which brings you profit or success.
Political Idioms
Banana Republic
The term is a rude and dismissive way of describing a country that is politically unstable, poor and under-developed.
The term is a rude and dismissive way of describing a country that is politically unstable, poor and under-developed.
Money Idioms
Money doesn't grow on trees
An expression often used when explaining why you are not going to give someone any money.
An expression often used when explaining why you are not going to give someone any money.
Ringing Idioms
Ring true
Something that rings true is genuine. If it rings false, then it is fake.
The expression is thought to come from the days when coins were made of pure metal. A genuine coin, struck on a hard surface, gave a pure musical sound. A forgery might be made of a mixture of metals. It gave a dull sound when struck.
Something that rings true is genuine. If it rings false, then it is fake.
The expression is thought to come from the days when coins were made of pure metal. A genuine coin, struck on a hard surface, gave a pure musical sound. A forgery might be made of a mixture of metals. It gave a dull sound when struck.
Music Idioms
Play it by ear
If you play something by ear, then you decide how to act or respond to a situation as it happens, rather than by planning in advance how you are going to act.
If you do not respond or act well, you could be "out on you ear". This means you have suddenly been told to leave or been dismissed from a course, job, or group.
If you play something by ear, then you decide how to act or respond to a situation as it happens, rather than by planning in advance how you are going to act.
If you do not respond or act well, you could be "out on you ear". This means you have suddenly been told to leave or been dismissed from a course, job, or group.
Ringing Idioms
Ring a bell
When something rings a bell, it means that we find it familiar. It is especially used when reminding someone else of a shared experience. It can also be applied to people. No one seems to know the origin of this idiom.
When something rings a bell, it means that we find it familiar. It is especially used when reminding someone else of a shared experience. It can also be applied to people. No one seems to know the origin of this idiom.
Money Idioms
Money talks
A saying which means that money gives you influence and power, and allows you to do whatever you want. (Spanish: poderoso caballero es don Dinero)
Put your money where your mouth is
This is an informal expression which means you give practical support to what you have just said, often in the form of money. (Spanish: predicar con el ejemplo)
A saying which means that money gives you influence and power, and allows you to do whatever you want. (Spanish: poderoso caballero es don Dinero)
Put your money where your mouth is
This is an informal expression which means you give practical support to what you have just said, often in the form of money. (Spanish: predicar con el ejemplo)
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