rule of thumb
Meaning: A rough guide; an unwritten or customary rule based on experience or practice.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Body & Senses
More idioms — Body & Senses
- save face — To maintain/not maintain a degree of pride in a shameful situation.
- see eye to eye — To agree.
- set someone's teeth on edge — To irritate.
- shake a leg — To hurry.
- shot in the arm — Something that stimulates, boosts, or renews people's interest.
- stand on one's own two feet — To be independent and self-supporting.
More English idioms
- stick one's neck out — To take a risk.
- stick one's nose in — To try to find out about someone else's private business.
- stick out like a sore thumb — Not to blend in; to be obvious and prominent or easily seen.
- sweat blood — To put out a great deal of effort; to work very, very hard.
- sweep someone off his feet — To overwhelm someone, often causing him or her to fall in love.
- talk someone's ear off — To bore someone with one's unending talk.
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