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Description: What is the meaning behind English idioms, and where do they come from?

Join Professor Potts to discover the secret history of more than 160 beautifully illustrated English idioms, from "Achilles' heel" to "Wrong side of bed".

★ What is an idiom? ★

An idiom is an expression or term that is unique to a language, whose meaning can not be understood by reading the words. The origins of these unusual phrases are astonishing, poetic, bizarre and sometime mysterious.

★ Who is this app for? ★

English Idioms Illustrated will be enjoyed by English students, teachers and enthusiasts alike. The origin and meaning of each idiom is masterfully illustrated by Professor Potts. Download now to see for yourself!

★ What idioms are available? ★

The first 23 idioms are free and the rest are available through in-app purchases.

Achilles' heel
Acid test
An axe to grind
Apple of one's eye
At the drop of a hat
At loggerheads
At sixes and sevens
Barking up the wrong tree
Bated breath
Beat about the bush
Bee's knees
Berserk
Beyond the pale
Bite the bullet
Bitter end
Black dog
Blockbuster
Blue chip
Blue ribbon/riband
Blue stocking
Bob's your uncle
Bone up
Bootlegger
Brand new
Bring home the bacon
Build castles in Spain
Bury the hatchet
By a long chalk
By and large
By the skin of one's teeth
Chauvinism
Chestnut
Chock a block
Claptrap
Close but no cigar
Cloud cuckoo land
Cock-a-hoop
Cold shoulder
Cool as a cucumber
Cross the Rubicon
Curate's egg
Curry favour
Cut and dried
Cut the mustard
Dark horse
Different kettle of fish
Dog days
Doldrums
Donkey's years
Doolally
Draconian
Dressed to the nines
Ears are burning
Eating humble pie
Feather in one's cap
Feet of clay
Field day
Fifth column
Fine fettle
First rate
Fit as a fiddle
Flash in the pan
Fly off the handle
Forlorn hope
Gerrymander
Get down to brass tacks
Gibberish
Gild the lily
Goody two shoes
Gordon Bennett
Grapevine
Gravy train
Gringo
Groggy
Guinea pig
Gung-ho
Halcyon days
Hanky-panky
Happy as Larry
Haywire
Heebie-jeebies
Higgledy-piggledy
Hobson's choice
Hunky-dory
In a nutshell
In the limelight
In the offing
Ivory tower
Jump on the bandwagon
Knuckle down
Kowtow
Lame duck
Led up the garden path
Lick into shape
Lily-livered
Lion's share
Loose cannon
Lucky break
Mad as a hatter
Maverick
Moment of truth
Moot point
Mumbo jumbo
No holds barred
Nose to the grindstone
On cloud nine
On tenterhooks
Once in a blue moon
Over a barrel
Paper tiger
Parting shot
Pay on the nail
Pay through the nose
Pell mell
Pie in the sky
Po-faced
Point blank
Pull out all the stops
Put the dampers on
Read the riot act
Real McCoy
Red herring
Red letter day
Red tape
Ring the changes
Run amok/amuck
Run the gauntlet
Salad days
Salt of the earth
Saved by the bell
Scot-free
Sea Change
Sent to Coventry
Ships that pass in the night
Short shrift
Skid row
Slough of despond
Slush fund
Sour grapes
Spick and span
Spike someone's guns
Spruced up
Steal one's thunder
Storm in a teacup
Sub rosa
Svengali
Sword Of Damocles
Taken aback
Talk turkey
Throw in the towel
To a T
Turn over a new leaf
Up to scratch
Watershed
Wet one's whistle
White elephant
Wild goose chase
Win hands down
With a grain of salt
With flying colours
Work cut out
Writing's on the wall
Wrong side of bed

★ About the author ★

Professor Potts is a dashing investigator who loves nothing more than jet-setting around the world exploring scientific mysteries. His butler has a PhD in nuclear science and his dog will only eat bones from the Jurassic period.

Aidan Potts -his alter ego- has a slightly more tedious biography. Aidan was born in London 1963 and 6 months later he moved to Nigeria, followed by Bogota, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Tripoli, Libya and the Turks and Caicos. He studied History of Art at University College London, then began working as an illustrator for the British press. Among his books are "Uneversaurus" and "The Smash Smash Truck".