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mimau
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idioms related to danger and adventure
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Hi!I need your help once more!!!I have been racking my brain for quite a long time now but I can �t find any interesting idioms referring to adventure....Do you know any I could use ? Thanks for reading.Hope you can help...
Sylvie |
19 Feb 2010
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fergsire
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Here �s a few idioms - not sure if they are what you want but anyway here they are.....
over my dead body
get one �s danger up - lose your temper
a wolf in sheep �s clothing - friendly person who could be dangerous
out of the woods - safe
a wild - goose chase - a pointless task
up against it - facing dangerous / difficult situation
on top of the world - feeling great
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19 Feb 2010
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mimau
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Thanks a lot . In fact , I need expressions such as have guts...risk one �s neck etc... |
19 Feb 2010
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kmtr
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http://www.learn-english-today.com/idioms/idiom-categories/safety-danger.htm has a good list.
a couple not on there:
a red herring: a deliberate attempt to trick or fool someone--like a false clue in a mystery
skeletons in the closet: you have something to hide from your past |
19 Feb 2010
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priorita
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to be frightened: to have one �s heart in one �s boots, heart leaped out of my mouth
to terrify: to curl smb �s hair, to make smb �s flesh creep
to risk, court danger: to put one �s head into the lion �s mouth, to put one �s head into a noose, to ask for trouble, to show a red cloth to a bull
to avoid risk: no guts, no glory; no cross, no crown; nothing ventured, nothing gained |
19 Feb 2010
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mimau
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Thanks for your help!
sylvie |
19 Feb 2010
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priorita
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i �ve remebered one more - to take the bull by the horns.
my pleasure |
19 Feb 2010
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colibrita
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skate on thin ice
play with fire
be on dangerous ground
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19 Feb 2010
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colibrita
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a narrow escape
a close shave
a recipe for disaster
to tempt fate
stick your neck out (for sb)
risk life and limb
risk your neck
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19 Feb 2010
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colibrita
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fortune favours the brave
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19 Feb 2010
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colibrita
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live dangerously
ride for a fall
danger idioms are easy to find, the adventure ones not so much!
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19 Feb 2010
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