| Idioms for February |
1.By all means |
Meaning:
You use by all means as a way of emphasizing your willingness to allow someone to do something.
Example:
By all means borrow the book, if you'd like to. |
2.By accident |
Meaning:
If something happens by accident, it happens without anyone planning it. If you do something by accident, you do not intend to do it.
Example:
We met by accident. We weren't planning to meet. |
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3.Be up to |
Meaning:
If you ask someone, informally, what they are up to, you want to know what they are doing. Up to is followed by a word for some kind of bad behavior, for example up to mischief or up to no good.
Example:
That man's been standing there all morning watching the house next door. I'm sure he's up to no good. |
4.Beside the point |
Meaning:
If something is beside the point, it is not relevant to the discussion.
Example:
John's reasons for giving me this information are beside the point. |
5.Be off to |
Meaning:
If you ask someone, informally, where they are off to, you want to know where they are going. If yhey tell you that they are off to somewhere, they mean that they are going to that place.
Example:
I'm off to the shops to buy some milk. |
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