iTapuih.com - Daftar Idiom Bahasa Inggris Lengkap Abjad B. Dalam mempelajari Idiom, hal yang harus dipahami adalah Apakah Idiom itu? Idiom merupakan satuan-satuan bahasa (bisa berupa kata, frase, maupun kalimat) yang maknanya sudah menyatu dan tidak dapat ditafsirkan dengan makna unsur yang membentuknya. Jadi, cara untuk dapat memahaminya adalah dengan mengenal dan menghapalkannya. Berikut ini saya jelaskan beberapa contoh Idiom yang dimulai dari abjad A.
| No. | Idiom dan Artinya | Examples | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bad mouth | ||
| Mengatakan hal yang buruk tentang seseorang | You should stop bad-mouthing your brother. | ||
| 2. | Be a piece of cake | ||
| Sangat mudah | The English test was a piece of cake. | ||
| 3. | Be about to | ||
| Hampir | Dony was about to hit his friend. | ||
| 4. | Be afraid of | ||
| Takut akan | Her daughter is afraid of the darkness and hustle. | ||
| 5. | Be all ears | ||
| Tertarik mendengar apa yang dikatakan orang | Please speak more slowly and clearly, I’m all ears. | ||
| 6. | Be at loss | ||
| Bingung, tak tahu apa yang harus dikerjakan | After he broke our relationship, I was at loss. | ||
| 7. | Be at large | ||
| Bebas berkeliaran | I wonder, Jack misses the time when he was still at large. | ||
| 8. | Be broke | ||
| Tak punya uang | I can’t join you to go to the movie because I’m broke. | ||
| 9. | Be called to order | ||
| Rapat dibuka | The party is called to order by the awesome host. | ||
| 10. | Be close up to | ||
| Berada dekat | Bella was close up to the inviligator during the exam. | ||
| 11. | Be fed up with | ||
| Tidak sabar, lelah pada seseorang atau sesuatu | I was fed up with her attitude. | ||
| 12. | Be on leave | ||
| Sedang cuti | If I were on leave, I would visit you in Bali. | ||
| 13. | Be out of work | ||
| Sedang menganggur | That's a pity, Her father is out of work. | ||
| 14. | Be short of | ||
| Kekurangan | Their village is short of the clean water supply food storage. | ||
| 15. | Be worn-out | ||
| Sangat lelah | I’m worn-out after a week training. | ||
| 16. | Bite off more than one can chew | ||
| Mengambil tanggungjawab melebihi kesanggupan | Working for ten hours per day, Rendy is bitting off more than he can chew. | ||
| 17. | Break a leg! | ||
| Semoga beruntung! | You have an exam tomorrow? Break a leg! | ||
| 18. | Bring home to | ||
| Menyadarkan seseorang | The incident has brought home to Rendy about the meaning of friendship. | ||
| 19. | Bring up | ||
| Mendidik | A teacher has a duty to bring up students both intellectual and moral. | ||
| 20. | Bull-headed | ||
| Keras kepala | He was bull-headed before married. | ||
| 21. | But for | ||
| Kalau tidak karenanya | Ovi wouldn’t pass the exam but for her efforts. | ||
| 22. | By all means | ||
| Tentu saja | By all means, I will support you during the contest. | ||
| 23. | By and by | ||
| Pada akhirnya, nantinya | He’ll forget his bitter experience by and by. | ||
| 24. | By degrees | ||
| Lambat laun, nantinya | By degrees, he can realize the true goodness of his partner. | ||
| 25. | By hook or by crook | ||
| Tak peduli halal atau haram | I decided that I was going to get that job by hook or by crook. | ||
| 26. | By means of | ||
| Dengan memakai | She always goes to anywhere by means of hair extention. | ||
| 27. | By no means | ||
| Sama sekali tidak, jangan | I'm by no means angry with you. | ||
| 28. | By the way | ||
| Omong-omong | By the way, do you know the latest type of Samsung? | ||
| 29. | Bad blood | ||
| Perasaan tidak menyenangkan terhadap orang lain | There is bad blood between Rose and Jane. | ||
| 30. | Be a weight off your shoulders | ||
| Ketika ada sesuatu yang berat dan bertanggung jawab untuk itu | It is a huge weight off my shoulders for me. | ||
| 31. | Bend your ears | ||
| Pembicaraan yang membosankan | Sorry to bend your ear with the whole story, but I think you ought to know. | ||
| 32. | Bite your tongue | ||
| Memaksa diri untuk tidak mengatakan itu | I know you want to yell at him, but you’ll just have to bite your tongue. | ||
| 33. | Black and blue | ||
| Penuh memar | He was beaten black and blue at boarding school. | ||
| 34. | Blue blood | ||
| Keturunan bangsawan | She often tell her friends that she has blue blood. | ||
| 35. | Be above board | ||
| Jujur dan adil | The deal was completely above board. | ||
| 36. | Be bouncing off the walls | ||
| Kondisi gugup dan bingung | The students are bouncing off the walls. | ||
| 37. | Bow and scrap | ||
| Sangat rendah hati | Please don't bow and scrape. We are all equal here. | ||
| 38. | Brass monkey weather | ||
| Cuaca sangat dingin | It's brass monkey weather today, isn't it! | ||
| 39. | Be tailor made | ||
| Cocok untuk seseorang | She is tailor made with him, I guess. | ||
| 40. | Break the ice | ||
| Berusaha untuk menjadi teman | He tried to break the ice, but she was a little cold. | ||
| 41. | Be as clear as mud | ||
| Mustahil untuk dimengerti | His statement is as clear as mud. | ||
| 42. | Be on cloud nine | ||
| Sangat bahagia | She’s been on cloud nine since she heard the news. | ||
| 43. | Between the devil and deep blue sea | ||
| Situasi dimana harus memilih antara dua situasi yang sama-sama tidak menyenangkan | Trying to please both his boss and his wife puts him between the devil and the deep blue sea. | ||
| 44. | Be in the doldrums | ||
| Menjadi tidak aktif, sangat tenang dan membosankan. | She has been in the doldrums these past couple of days | ||
| 45. | Beat the drum | ||
| Untuk berbicara dengan penuh semangat | The president said he will beat the drum to build public support for his education program. | ||
| 46. | Be on the edge | ||
| Menjadi gugup atau khawatir tentang sesuatu | When my name is called, I'm on the edge. | ||
| 47. | Be in seventh heaven | ||
| Sangat senang | Since they got married they've been in seventh heaven. | ||
| 48. | Be at each other's throat | ||
| Dua orang yang berdebat dengan marah | The neighbors are at each other's throats over who should repair the fence. | ||
| 49. | Batten down the hatches | ||
| Untuk mempersiapkan masa-masa sulit | Here comes that contentious Mrs. Jones. Batten down the hatches! | ||
| 50. | Back the wrong horse | ||
| Mendukung seseorang yang tidak bisa menang | I don't want to back the wrong horse. | ||
| 51. | Back to square one | ||
| Kembali ke awal | Discussions have broken down, and it's back to square one. | ||
| 52. | Back to the salt mines | ||
| Kembali kepada sesuatu yang tidak menyenangkan | It's one o'clock and lunch break is over. Back to the salt mines. | ||
| 53. | Ball of fire | ||
| Orang yang penuh ambisi dan bersemangat | That boy is a real ball of fire when it faces to test. | ||
| 54. | Beat one's head against the wall | ||
| Mencoba melakukan sesuatu dengan putus asa | I want to stop smoking, but I'm beating my head against a brick wall. | ||
| 55. | Bark up the wrong tree | ||
| Membuat pilihan yang salah | I believe that you are barking up the wrong tree. | ||
| 56. | Beat brains out | ||
| Berusaha keras melakukan sesuatu | If you think I'm going to beat my brains out to do this, you are crazy. | ||
| 57. | Begin to see the light | ||
| Mulai memahami sesuatu | My life screwed, I want to begin to see the light. | ||
| 58. | Behind closed doors | ||
| Dilakukan secara rahasia | They held the meeting behind closed doors. | ||
| 59. | Bet on the wrong horse | ||
| Salah membaca masa depan | I think that he bet on the wrong horse by investing all of his money into the new stock. | ||
| 60. | Bent on doing | ||
| Memutuskan untuk melakukan sesuatu | I believe you are bent on doing the entire school. | ||
| 61. | Bite off more than one can chew | ||
| Melakukan sesuatu diluar kemampuan | She's always biting off more than she can chew. | ||
| 62. | Bite the bullet | ||
| Menghadapi situasi yang sulit | Jack bit the bullet and accepted what he knew had to be. | ||
| 63. | Bitter pill to swallow | ||
| Fakta yang harus diterima | It was a bitter pill to swallow when she knew the reality. | ||
| 64. | Black sheep of the family | ||
| Anggota keluarga terburuk | John is the black sheep of the family, he always in trouble. | ||
| 65. | Blessing in disguise | ||
| Membawa hikmah tersendiri | Tony's motorcycle accident was a blessing in disguise. | ||
| 67. | Blind leading the blind | ||
| Minim pengetahuan tapi mencoba menjelaskan | I think, that's a seminar of the blind leading the blind. | ||
| 68. | Blow one's own horn | ||
| Memberi pujian | Bill meets with a new boss, Bill was blowing his own horn. | ||