Idioms starting with O
Each card gives the idiom's meaning and one example of it in use. Open one for the Vietnamese expression that comes closest.
17 idioms
Other times, other manners
Time and LifeCustoms and ways of behaving change from one age to the next.
Example: My grandparents never ate in restaurants, but other times, other manners.
Out of sight, out of mind
People and RelationshipsPeople or things are easily forgotten when they are not around.
Example: They stopped writing after he moved abroad — out of sight, out of mind.
Out of the blue
Time and LifeCompletely unexpectedly.
Example: He called out of the blue after fifteen years.
Out of the frying pan into the fire
Success and FailureTo escape one bad situation only to end up in a worse one.
Example: He quit that job and joined a failing startup — out of the frying pan into the fire.
Over the moon
Emotions and FeelingsDelighted.
Example: They were over the moon about the news.