{"id":1378,"date":"2017-02-03T05:40:46","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T05:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishielts.in\/blog\/?p=1378"},"modified":"2017-02-03T05:40:46","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T05:40:46","slug":"popular-idioms-and-meanings-describing-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/britishielts.in\/blog\/popular-idioms-and-meanings-describing-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Idioms And Meanings Describing People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By the use of idioms, we add color to our language and make it more interesting for the readers or listeners. We can present our data in a whole other way. We can use following popular idioms to refer to people:<\/p>\n<p><strong>#1. Barrel Of Laugh- Someone who is very funny<\/strong><br \/>\nExample: Aside from being a professor, he\u2019s a barrel of laughs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#2. Old As Hills- Someone who is very old<\/strong><br \/>\nExample: He may be as old as hills but he\u2019s not forgotten his memories.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#3. Class Clown- Who makes everyone laugh<\/strong><br \/>\nExample: He was always the class clown and always had a smile on his lips.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishielts.in\/blog\/popular-idioms-with-meanings-and-sentences\/\">Read Some More Idioms With Meanings.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>#4. Cheapskate- Someone who doesn&#8217;t like to spend money<\/strong><br \/>\nExample: John is know to be the class clown since he is always telling funny jokes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#5. Early Bird- One who gets up early<\/strong><br \/>\nExample: He\u2019s an early bird who reaches office sharp at 8.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#6. Jack Of All Trades- Someone who can do a lot of work and very well<\/strong><br \/>\nExample: Her passion to learn new things made her jack of all trades.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishielts.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/jack-of-all-trades.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1383 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishielts.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/jack-of-all-trades-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"jack of all trades\" width=\"640\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/britishielts.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/jack-of-all-trades-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/britishielts.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/jack-of-all-trades-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/britishielts.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/jack-of-all-trades-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/britishielts.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/jack-of-all-trades-390x205.jpg 390w, https:\/\/britishielts.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/jack-of-all-trades.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishielts.in\/blog\/discover-some-useful-idioms-for-ielts\/\">List Of Popular Idioms For IELTS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>#7. Fair-weather Friend- Someone who is good friend when everything is fine<\/strong><br \/>\nExample: Bad situations reveal fair-weather friends.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#8. Black Sheep- One who is odd one in the family and usually in trouble<\/strong><br \/>\nExample: Despite everyone\u2019s effort to teach Lilly how to behave, she is just the black sheep of the family.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#9. Oddball- Someone who is weird and strange<\/strong><br \/>\nExample: Because of her antisocial nature, she was somehow considered to be an oddball.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#10. Social Butterfly- Social person<\/strong><br \/>\nExample: Her career led her to become a social butterfly as opposed to her old introverted self.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishielts.in\/blog\/commonly-used-idioms-in-ielts-essay-writing\/\">Idioms With Meanings And Sentences For Essay Writing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By the use of idioms, we add color to our language and make it more interesting for the readers or<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7,10],"tags":[91,250],"class_list":["post-1378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ielts-online-coaching","category-ielts-prepration-tips","category-ielts-writing","tag-idioms-and-meanings","tag-popular-idioms"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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