English Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions
Alphabetical List of Idioms R, page 5
Idioms R, page 5: from: 'let something ride' to: 'road rage'
- let something ride
- When you decide to do nothing about a particular situation and
allow it to remain as it is, you let it ride.
"Bill didn't like the way his wife spoke to the operator, but he let it ride to avoid another quarrel"
- When you decide to do nothing about a particular situation and
allow it to remain as it is, you let it ride.
- take for a ride
- To take someone for a ride means to cheat or deceive them.
"I discovered he had charged me double the normal fee. He really took me for a ride!"
- To take someone for a ride means to cheat or deceive them.
- riding high
- Someone who is riding high is enjoying a period of
success or popularity.
"He's been riding high since the success of his last film."
- Someone who is riding high is enjoying a period of
success or popularity.
- (as) right as rain
- If someone is (as) right as rain, they are in
excellent health or condition.
"I called to see my grandmother thinking she was ill, but she was as right as rain."
- If someone is (as) right as rain, they are in
excellent health or condition.
- right up your alley
- If something is right up your alley, it is the sort of
thing you like or have knowledge about.
"You like cooking, do you? This book will be right up your alley."
- If something is right up your alley, it is the sort of
thing you like or have knowledge about.
- ring a bell
- If something rings a bell, it sounds familiar, but
you don't remember the exact details.
"John Bentley? The name rings a bell but I don't remember him."
- If something rings a bell, it sounds familiar, but
you don't remember the exact details.
- ring out the old year and ring in the new
- This expression
means to announce and celebrate the end of
one year and the beginning of the next.
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"It’s party time again ! People all over the world are preparing to
ring out the old (year)
and ring in the new with joyful festivities."
- This expression
means to announce and celebrate the end of
one year and the beginning of the next.
- a rip-off
- To say that something is a rip-off means that
it costs much more than it should.
"$15 for an orange juice? That's a rip-off!"
- To say that something is a rip-off means that
it costs much more than it should.
- a ripe old age
- This expression means to live until you are very old.
"If you lead a healthy life you'll live to a ripe old age." said the doctor."
- This expression means to live until you are very old.
- ripple effect
- When an action has an effect on something, which in turn
effects something else, it is said to have a ripple effect.
"An increase in the price of oil will have a ripple effect on the economy as a whole."
- When an action has an effect on something, which in turn
effects something else, it is said to have a ripple effect.
- rise to the occasion
- If you rise to the occasion, you manage to do
something successfully in difficult circumstances.
"When her boss broke his leg, Julie had to represent the company at the congress, and she rose to the occasion extremely well"
- If you rise to the occasion, you manage to do
something successfully in difficult circumstances.
- risk life and limb
- If you risk life and limb, you are in danger of
death or serious injury.
"The roads are icy today; you'll risk life and limb if you go by car."
- If you risk life and limb, you are in danger of
death or serious injury.
- road rage
- Aggressive driving habits sometimes resulting in violence
against other drivers is called road rage.
"A number of accidents today are a direct result of road rage."
- Aggressive driving habits sometimes resulting in violence
against other drivers is called road rage.
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