American English Idiomatic Expressions in 52 Weeks :
An Easy Way to Understand English Expressions and Improve Speaking


Free American English Online Idiom Lessons




Using a systematic, week-by-week methodology to learn English Idioms, a practical and simple way is presented for ESL learners wanting to improve their English speaking skills. This book is a practical and simple approach to helping English language students learn the meaning and use of American English idioms and thereby develop confidence in the real-world use of English.

Language experts suggest the use of idioms in English conversations contributes to a speaker's confidence in their overall communicative proficiency in spoken English. The book, American English Idiomatic Expressions in 52 Weeks: An Easy Way to Understand English Expressions and Improve Speaking is a helpful tool to learn idioms through the unique method of placing idioms into functional and direct categories.



All Idiom Categories

Health Idioms: Referring to the condition of wellness for someone's body or mind
a bun in the oven catch a cold catch one's breath
clean bill of health come down with come to
dead as a doornail dead to the world down the hatch
feeling his oats glassy eyed grub
hale and hearty hard as nails in a family way
keep (someone) up keep body and soul together knock the living daylights out of someone
knocked up laid up lap up
on one’s feet on the wagon out cold
out like a light out of breath morning after
over the hill pass away pass on
pass out pick-me-up pooped out
put on weight rough up run ragged
second wind see stars shake off (an illness)
shoot up sick as a dog skin and bones
sleep a wink sleep around run down
sponged sweet tooth take a leak
take ill / sick throw up tire out
toss off turn in turn one’s stomach
under one’s belt under the weather up and about
wet one’s whistle with child within an inch of one’s life
work out