Friends, Romans, countrymen.. I want to ask for some idioms that are commonly heard and used. Please post the meaning, and give at least an example. Gracias! (-_-) I’m using it for some purposes too!
Idiom of the day: give it your all - If you give (it) your all, you try as hard as you can to succeed in something.
example: We really gave our all, but the other team were just too big and strong for us and there was nothing we could do to stop them.
Idiom of the day: around the clock - If something occurs around the clock, it goes on all day and all night.
example: I have to finish this report by Tuesday, so I’ll be working around the clock until I get it done.
Idiom of the day: (your) bread and butter - Your bread and butter is your livelihood or the source of your income.
example: Bartending is my bread and butter at the moment, but I’m trying to get into acting.
gracias Virgo! Anyway, do you know that way back 16th century, that idiom has a literal meaning? I couldn’t imagine Philippines with that scenario. It’ll be raining a lot of strayed cats and dogs!
Again, thank you for the idiom. I’ll share it to my students.
[size=3]A nest egg—If you have a nest egg, you have money put away for the future.
When Indira inherited some money from her grandpa, she didn’t spend it. She decided it was time she had a nest egg so she put it into an investment fund.
Poor old Bill. He married a girl while he was in some foreign country and she got her hands on his nest egg, and now he’s back here - with nothing.
*Quick Quiz:
Kylie has decided she wants a nest egg, so she’s
a. gone to the shop to get one
b. saving as much as she can
c. learning how to grow one
Idiom of the day: hard to swallow - Something that someone has said is hard to swallow if it’s difficult to believe.
example: It’s hard to swallow that Macris’ cellphone was lost. She always take care of her belongings. (-_-)
perhaps you could use this idiom for him “Cool it!: calm down. maybe that guy is very excited! 
