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Useful English Idioms

Idioms are phrases that usually feature a figurative meaning. We all use idioms in our essays to make them more beautiful.

In this article, I will list some useful English idioms with their definitions and examples of how to use them.

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No.	Idioms	Meaning	Example sentence
1	A penny saved is a penny earned	If you saved a penny, then you earned the penny. This idiom emphasizes us to save money.	As a saying goes, A penny saved is a penny earned, you should save the money for later use.
2.	How time flies	The time is gone. This idiom emphasizes us to use the time to do something useful.	How time flies, now it's one day before school reopen, and I haven't finish my homework!
3.	Crying over spilt milk	You cannot crying and pleaded for the milk to be back. This idiom means that what done cannot be undone.	There's no use crying over spilt milk as your project is already submitted and we can't fixed the error again.
4.	Blessing in disguise	It is a bad situation but turns out give you an advantage.	My sickness turns out to be blessing in disguise as there is an accident in the school bus I'm supposed to take.