Idioms and Their Meanings

Building a House of Cards

A House of Cards, defined (Cambridge Idioms Dictionary): an organization or a plan that is very weak and can easily be destroyed.

Big Shoes To fill

Having Big Shoes to Fill, defined: having high expectations about something that came before, and feeling the need to meet the same level of expectation.

Raining Cats and Dogs

Raining Cats and Dogs, defined: To be raining excessively hard.

Putting all the Eggs in One Basket

Do not put all your eggs into one basket, defined: Do not put all of your resources into a single idea or location.  If the one location or idea fails, all resources will be lost.

Jumping through Hoops

Jumping through Hoops, defined: Originated from the concept of a circus, during which large cats (tigers etc.) were forced to perform, jumping through hoops to receive reward.  Modern terminology often reflects doing multiple tasks in order to achieve a certain goal, impress a potential employer or client, etc.

Monkey on Your Back

To have a Monkey on Your Back, defined: To have a serious problem which will not go away.  Also refers to beating an addiction such as drug, gambling, alcoholism etc.

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