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If the coast is clear, then there are no enemy ships off your coast, waiting to bomb your city. Nowadays, people say the coast is clear to mean any situation where any person who would object to whatever you are doing is gone. You often hear this phrase when students are about to do something they are not supposed to do - they look around for a teacher or prefect, then someone says "The coast is clear" so they know they can go ahead and get up to their mischief.
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What is the meaning of the idiom 'throats full of frogs'?
This is not a recognized idiom in English, but it refers to one. The idiom is "to have a frog in one's throat," which means the tightening discomfort felt during an intense emotion, or just before weeping. It may also be used for the simple need to clear one's throat for speaking..It means somebody who is hoarse or needs to clear his throat
What is the idiom meaning of to be?
"To be" is not an idiom - it's a verb.
What is the meaning of the idiom 'pest'?
Pest is not an idiom. It's a word.
What is the meaning of the idiom apple shiner idiom?
The idiom "apple shiner" means the teacher's pet.
What is the meaning of the idiom in pink health?
The meaning of the idiom in the pink of health means being in good health.
Who invented the idiom as scarce as hens teeth?
An idiom is a rendition of a combination of words that have a figurative meaning. Most idioms have no clear "inventor".
You probably all know the saying but is it the 'the ghost is clear' or 'the coast is clear'?
The coast is clear, meaning that there is nothing in the speakers way to put them in danger.
What are not examples of idioms?
Anything that is NOT a phrase whose meaning is not clear is NOT an idiom. This is a confusing question, because a tortoise is not an idiom. I'm not sure exactly what you're wanting here.
What is the meaning of the idiom 'throats full of frogs'?
This is not a recognized idiom in English, but it refers to one. The idiom is "to have a frog in one's throat," which means the tightening discomfort felt during an intense emotion, or just before weeping. It may also be used for the simple need to clear one's throat for speaking..It means somebody who is hoarse or needs to clear his throat
What is the idiom Madagascar?
Madagascar is not an idiom, it is an island off the coast of Africa.
What is the idiom meaning of to be?
"To be" is not an idiom - it's a verb.
What is the meaning of the idiom 'pest'?
Pest is not an idiom. It's a word.
What is the meaning of the idiom apple shiner idiom?
The idiom "apple shiner" means the teacher's pet.
What is the meaning of the idiom in pink health?
The meaning of the idiom in the pink of health means being in good health.
What is the meaning of the idiom 'to go clear'?
To go clear is a term used in the Church of Scientology. It is a state achieved by using Dianetics to free the self of all subconscious negative or unwanted emotions and traumas.
What does the idiom clear as mud mean?
It's not an idiom because you can figure it out. It's a sarcastic way of saying something is not clear - it's as dark as mud.
Out of the blue is what type of figure of speech?
'Out of the blue' is a terse form of the expression 'out of a clear blue sky' (to mean 'unexpectedly, without foreshadowing'). It is not really a figure of speech, but an idiom. ('idiom':: an established expression in a language where the meaning is not necessarily what one would anticipate from the given meaning of the individual words).
