AMERICAN IDIOMS (E)
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Idioms starting with E
Here is our list of popular "E" idioms that are used in American English:
(To give someone) an earful:
(To give someone) a strong verbal scolding.
Example: "Katie's father really gave her an earful when she came home at 4 AM."
Easy! (command):
Not so fast! Calm down!
Example: "Easy! Don't eat so fast!"
Ease off (v.) (also "ease up"): To start doing something less intensely.
Example: "Don't criticize him so much. Ease off a little bit!"
Easy come, easy go:
PROVERB. Said to explain the loss of something that was very easily obtained in the first place.
Easy-going:
Tolerant; laid-back; relaxed.
Example: "Bill is one the most easy-going guys that I know. He never gets upset about anything."
(To) eat one's heart out:
To be envious or jealous (used mostly as a command).
Example: "Eat your heart out Frank, I'm going to Paris!"
(To) eat one's words:
To admit that what one said was wrong.
Example: "You think I won't be able to find work in one week? I'm going to make you eat your words."
(To) eat up:
1) To enjoy thoroughly.
Example: "He eats up the publicity."; 2) To use up.
Example: "Playing video games will eat up your cell phone battery."; 3) To believe (without questioning).
Example: "She's so gullible. She'll eat up anything you tell her.
Eating: Bothering.
Example: "What's eating him?" (What's bothering him?)
Elbow room:
Enough space (room) to feel comfortable.
Enough is enough:
That is enough and there should be no more; usually said when one has had enough of a certain situation.
(To) enter one's mind:
To cross one's mind; to start thinking about something.
Example: "You want me to become a doctor? The thought never even entered my mind."
Every so often:
Once in while; occasionally.
Example: "I think about her every so often."
Every other:
Every second. Alternate.
Example: "In Los Angeles, every other person is an actor."
Expecting:
Pregnant.
Example: "She is expecting."
Eye-opener (n.): Something that makes you realize something.
Example: "That video was a real eye-opener. I had no idea things were that bad."
