Improve IELTS Writing Skills, English Idioms

[b]Saved by the bell[/b]
when someone has just been saved from a difficult
or dangerous situation just in time.

Example:
I was saved by the bell, didn't have to answer the hard question.

[b]Going Green[/b]
becoming enviromentally aware; recycling; using green energy; organically produced food and products...

Example:
Are you going green?

[b]Finding a needle in a haystack[/b]
something is very hard to find.

Example:
Finding that book, is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

[b]Til the cows come home[/b]
means to expect to wait a very long time

Example:
I am going to wait here 'til the cows come home.

[b]make sb sick[/b]
to make sb angry or disgusted:
His hyprocrisy makes me sick

[b](as) sick as a dog[/b]
feeling very ill; VOMITING a lot (informal)

[b](as) sick as a parrot[/b]
(BrE, humorous) very disappointed

[b]sick at heart[/b]
(formal) very unhappy or disappointed

[b]sick to your stomach[/b]
1. feeling very angry or worried
Nora turned sick to her stomach on hearing this news
2. (AmE) = feeling that you want to VOMIT

[b]fall sick (also take sick)[/b]
(formal) to become ill
A week later he fell sick and died

[b]call in sick[/b]
If you called in sick, you telephone to say that you will not be coming to work because you are ill

[b]been off sick[/b]
If you have been off sick, you are away from work because you are ill

seasick * airsick * carsick * travel-sick
feeling sick (wanting to vomit) as a result of travelling on a ship, plane, etc:

sick of sb/sth | Sick of doing sth (informal)
bored with or annoyed about sth that has been happening for a long time, and wanting it to stop
I'm sick of the way you've treated me