LIST EXAMPLES OF IN FORMAL IDIOMS SLANG IN ENGLISH [J - N]

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Jaw drop
Very amazing with something

Jekyll and Hyde
Describe person who has totally two different characters.
Jet lag
The symptom when you travel by air across time zone.

Jet set
Rich person who live luxurious life.

Jewel in the crown
he best part of something already very good.

Jockey the position
Try to train or someone to be best in their job/position

Joint forces
Strongly cooperate
Jump all over someone
Aggressively criticize on someone
Jump down someone's throat
Angry with someone

Jump ship
Abandon or escape from some situation

Jump start
Force to start
Jump to the conclusion
Come to the conclusion

Jump the queue
Move in front of other people in the queue.

Jump the gun
Do something before the right timing

Jungle out there
Something are dangerous outside

Just now
A moment ago

Just off the boat
Very innocent

Kangaroo court
Unauthorized court / unofficial court.

Keep at bay
Keep a safe distance.

Keep a low profile
Maintain self-privacy.

Keep in touch
Continue to be in contact

Keep mum
Keep quiet.

Keep one's ear to the ground
Focus on something to find out what is going on.

Keep one's feet to the ground
Be realistic. Accept the current situation.

Keep posted
Keep updated

Keep the finger cross
Hope bad things will not happen
Keep the chin up
Be brave / don't be discourage
Keep the shirt on
Calm down

Keep it for a rainy day
Keep something for the future when it might be needed

Keep the ball rolling
Continue doing something
Kick body and soul together
Work just enough to stay alive.
Kick away someone's the ladder
Eliminate someone's support

Kick the bucket
Die

Kick up someone's heel
Celebrate with someone

Keep your eye on the ball
Keep focus on something

Keep your nose clean
Stay away from any trouble

Kick the der
Take out something that support them

Kill to birds with one stone
Do two things at the same time.



Labor of love
When you love to do something from your heart.

Lame duck
Very ineffectieve products/ business

Land of nod
Very sleepy.

Landslide victory
A big win, usually use with political election.

Larger than life
Unique, much better than normal

Last laugh
If you have the last laugh, you win at last.

Last legs
Exhausted

Late in the day
Too late to change/ adjust

Laugh a minute
Very funny

Lay by
Save something for future use

Lay down the law
Tell people to do something exactly and instructively.

Lay off
Terminate the employment
Leave someone's high and dry
Leave someone completely alone
Lemon
Defective

Left in the dark
Really don't know what to do. Not given a any information.

Left handed compliment
Unsincere compliment
Let the cat out of the bag
Accidentally expose the secret
Live from hand to mouth
Live with only little money. Just enough to survive

Long in the tooth
Too old to perform work

Lose the head
Can not control the temper anymore

Lost train of thought
Forgot what you were talking about


Mad as a cute sneak
Very mad. Go crazy and out of control

Made as a wet hen
Very mad, Very angry.

Made of money
Very rich

Make a better fist
Make something better

Make a clean breast of
Confess/ Admit the truth

Make a meal of something
Put extra effort to do something

Make a pig's ear
Mess up something

Make someone's blood boil
Make someone very angry

Make up one's mind
Make the decision
Make up with
Recover close relationship
Man of means
Rich man

Made of straw
Weak person. A person who is not fight for anything

Man upstairs
Refer to god

Master of
Expert of

Meet a half way
Both parties accept to lose something to complete agreement

Memory like an elephant
Very good memory

Miss the bus / Miss the boat
Miss / lost some opportunities

Money for jam
Easy earned money.

Money to burn
Has a lot of money to spend with no worry.

Monkey business
Illigal business/ activity.

Month of Sunday
A very long month/ very long period of time.

Mountain to climb
Hard work to do ahead

My heart bleeds
Feel very sad or sympathy on something




Neck of the woods
The place where speakers live

Nerves of steel
A person who is not frightened by something easily
Nest egg
Money saved for emergency
New blood
New people / generation

New York minute
Something that happen very fast

Never do things by halves
Put much effort when doing something to finish it

Never never land
The ideal perfect place where people dream to go.

Night owl
A person who goes to bed very late

Nineteen to the dozen
Talk loud and annoying

No dice
No luck

No go
Something that is not going to work

New skin off my nose
Feel not impacted at all
No sweat
Very close competition / No Problem
No quarter
Finish with no compromise

None the less / Nonetheless
However

None too
Not at all

Nose in the air
Act superiors than the rest

Not a Chance
Not at all
Not my cup of tea
Not my type / favorite
Not the end of the world
Not the worst. Use to comfort people

Nuts and bolt
The most important parts of something
Nuts
Crazy ----/