Funny Idioms

Full of beans

When you are full of beans, you have too much energy and enthusiasm. You feel very active. Ami won't sleep tonight. She slept many hours during lunchtime and now she's full of beans.

Put a sock in it

Used to tell people to be quiet. (impolite) Put a sock on it. I'm trying to get some sleep here.

Everything but the kitchen sink

Everything we can think of. When he went to Paris, he took everything but the kitchen sink.

Pig out

To eat a lot and quickly. My brother loves to pig out on ice cream.

Cast iron stomach

Having no problem eating or drinking everything, although it might be of a bad quality. If I didn't have a cast-iron stomach, I couldn't eat this stuff.

Drink like a fish

To drink alcohol heavily. Her father drinks like a fish and makes her feel so embarrassed.

To have Van Gogh’s ear for music

Van Gogh, the famous painter, while having mental problems, cut his own ear. If you say this idiom to somebody, it means they sing off key. Ha! She sings very badly. She has “Van Gogh’s ear for... Read more →

Use your loaf

Loaf refers to head. Used to tell someone in a kind of angry way that they should think more carefully about their actions. The printer doesn't work because you haven't plugged it in, Redi. Come on,... Read more →

When pigs fly

Used when something is never going to happen. - Dad, can I go to my graduation party this weekend? - Yeah, when pigs fly.

Finger licking good

Very delicios/tasty. My bestie makes the best lasagna in the world. It's finger licking good.