Belajar Bahasa Inggris Tanpa Basa-Basi

50 Useful Idioms

Dibawah ini, gua akan memberikan 50 Idiom yang populer dan sering digunakan oleh native speaker. Kalimat disini sangat berguna untuk kalian ketahui karena sering sekali dipake di kehidupan sehari-hari dan untuk memahami Inggris sepenuhnya kalian harus mengerti artinya, barulah kalian bisa menjadi "insider".

1. Call it a day
= untuk berhenti melakukan sesuatu antara secara sementara/permanen

Contoh kalimat:
"I can't concentrate, let's call it a day."

2. Break a leg
= semoga berhasil/semoga beruntung

Contoh kalimat:
"You're on in five minutes. Break a leg!"

3. Get out of hand
= ketika kalian kehilangan kontrol

Contoh kalimat:
"The party get out of hand and everyone's starting to fight."

4. Get your head around it
= agar mengerti/memahami sesuatu

Contoh kalimat:
"I just can't get my head around the fact that Kate just killed herself."

5. Dig in your heels/Stick to your guns
= menolak untuk berkompromi/mengubah pikiran

Contoh kalimat:
"My parents wanted me to give up on writing, but I dug in my heels and went on to become a famous writer."

"My parents wanted me to give up on writing, but I stuck to my guns and went on to become a famous writer."

6. Pound the pavement
= keliling jalanan kota untuk mencari pekerjaan (mencari lowongan kerja yang sedang dibuka)

Contoh kalimat:
"I've been pounding the pavement for months to get a job at a restaurant."

7. Beat around the bush/Cut to the chase
= berbicara dengan menghindari isu/inti utama topik pembicaraan, bertele-tele

Contoh kalimat:
"She tried to talk me out of it but she kept beating around the bush."

"Cut the chase, and tell me what you did to him!"

8. Spill the tea
= memberitahu/mengungkapan kepada publik mengenai topik yang bersifat sensitif/tersembunyi terhadap sesuatu/seseorang

Contoh kalimat:
Person 1: "I've met Taylor Swift in real life, and she was so rude."
Person 2: "Oh, spill the tea, hun."

9. Get it out of your system
= melakukan sesuatu yang ingin kalian lakukan dari lama dan tidak ingin menundanya lagi

Contoh kalimat:
"I don't know what her reaction's gonna be but I had to get it out of my system and tell her that I already found another girl."

10. Step up your game
= menampilkan penampilan/performa yang lebih baik

Contoh kalimat:
"If you want to win this competition, you need to step up your game."

11. Pull yourself together
= supaya tenang dan bertingkah laku baik/normal

Contoh kalimat:
"Hey, I know you had a bad day, but please pull yourself together, man."

12. Work like a charm
= sukses/berhasil alias melakukan sesuatu dan mendapatkan hasil yang diinginkan

Contoh kalimat:
"See what I did with the vending machine? Work like a charm."