ISSUE NO 6: Hello Idioms

Hello Idioms!
1. Sell like hotcakes = [for something] to be sold very fast. Example: The fancy new cars were selling like hotcakes.
2. Swan song = the last work or performance of a playwright, musician, actor, etc., before death or retirement. Example: His portrayal of Lear was the actor's swan song.
3. A latchkey child/kid = a child who is often in the house alone because both parents are at work.
4. Drop like a hot brick = to suddenly get rid of someone or something that you have been involved with because you do not want them anymore or you are worried they may cause problems. Example: The government dropped the plan like a hot brick when they realized the bad feeling it was causing.
5. It’s ill waiting for dead men's shoes = You should not be eager for someone to die so that you inherit something. Example: Phil: Why should I bother to learn some kind of trade? I'll be rich when Grandpa dies and leaves me all his money. Alan: It's ill waiting for dead men's shoes.

6. Sport of kings = horse racing. Example: The sport of kings has sure impoverished a lot of commoners.
7. turn king's/queen's evidence also turn state's evidence
If someone who has been accused of a crime turns king's evidence, they give information in a court of law about other people involved in the crime in order to have their own punishment reduced. Example: She was given a lenient sentence in exchange for turning king's evidence.
8. Show a clean pair of heels = to go faster than someone else in a race. Example: Butler showed them all a clean pair of heels as he raced for the finishing line.
9. First in, best dressed = something that you say which means that the first people to do something will get something first or will have an advantage. Example: I've got ten free tickets to the movies to hand out, so it's first in, best dressed.
10. Comfortable as an old shoe = very comfortable; very comforting and familiar. Example: My old house may seem small to you, but I think it's cozy. It's as comfortable as an old shoe.
11. Common as an old shoe and Common as dirt = low class; uncouth. Example: That ill-mannered girl is just as common as an old shoe. Example:Despite Mamie's efforts to appear to be upper class, most folks considered her common as dirt.


Prepared by:
Israa A. Ameen