Meaning: to do something hurtful to someone who completely trusted you.Įxample: I can’t believe my colleague stabbed me in the back and told the boss I wasn’t really sick last week. Meaning: to persuade or coerce someone into doing something.Įxample: I really didn’t want to go out drinking after work, but my colleagues twisted my arm. They can choose if they want to accept my apology or not. Meaning: We use this to say that the other person should make the next move or decision.Įxample: I sent a letter of apology to the neighbors, so now the ball is in their court. I think it’s time for you to spill the tea! Meaning: We use this expression to say that something does not happen often.Įxample: I don’t see my brother very often, but every once in a blue moon he will drop by the house unexpectedly.Įxample: You haven’t told me about your sister’s new boyfriend yet.

Meaning: to try not to take something too seriously.Įxample: I’m not saying your aunt is lying about dating Elvis Presley when she was younger, I’m just saying to take what she says with a pinch of salt. To take it with a pinch (or grain) of salt Meaning: to completely agree with someone.Įxample: I see eye to eye with my boss on everything, except when it comes to working weekends.Ĥ. Meaning: When someone beats around the bush, it means they are speaking about unimportant or irrelevant things in order to stall time and not answer a question or address a topic directly.Įxample: He was beating around the bush and talking about the soccer game because he didn’t want to tell his children the cat had died.

Meaning: use this idiom to express that an opportunity was missed.Įxample: I didn’t buy any bitcoins while they were affordable.

Used idioms in swahili