Some Idioms and Definitions

Here Are Some Idiom Definitions for you

1. 'From your lips to God's ears'

When you say this to someone, it means that you hope what they are saying will come true.

2. 'Live and let live'

If you live and let live, you accept other people as they are, although they may have a different way of life.

3. 'Get your skates on'

It means ' Hurry up.'

4. 'On the up and up'

Meaning 1:

If you are on the up and up, you are making very good progress in life and doing well.

Meaning 2:

To say that something or someone is on the up and up means that the thing or person is legitimate, honest, respectable.

5. 'Hush-hush'

If something is hush-hush, it is confidential.

6. 'All ages and stripes'

A shorthand for expressing a diversity of folks in a group

7.'There's a dead cat on the line'

A way of telling people that something suspicious is happening.

8. 'Never say die'

When someone says "Never Say Die", it means that you shouldn't give up hope.

9.  'Stake a claim'

If you stake a claim to something, you announce that it belongs to you.

10. 'Like green corn through the new maid'

If something is very fast, it is like green corn through the new

By the Time and Future Perfect tense and Future Perfect Continuous Tense

You can use “future perfect tense” (will have V3 or am/is/are going to+have+V3) with “by the time”

Examples:

(I am in London to improve my English. I will come back.)

I will have improved my English by the time I come back from England.

I am going to have improved my English by the time I come back from England.

By the time he gets home, they are going to have cleaned the entire house.


The Future Perfect expresses the idea that something will occur before another action in the future. It can also show that something will happen before a specific time in the future.

Duration Before Something in the Future (Non-continuous Verbs)

With Non-continuous Verbs, we use the Future Perfect to show that something will continue up until another action in the future.(Examples are with verbs of state)

I will have been in London for six months by the time I leave
By Friday, Andy is going to have had my book for a week.

Future perfect tense is used with the verbs such as  “complete, finish, graduate, retire, etc ”

Examples:

(I will graduate from the university in May. I will see you in September.)

By the time I see you in September, I will have graduated from the university.

I will have finished the project by the time you arrive at the office tomorrow morning.
She will have prepared the dinner by the time we get home.
The scientists will have found the cure for cancer by 2030.

The Future Perfect Continuous tense is used with the verbs “learn, lie, live rain, sit, wait and work “which express continuous actions and show that the action will continue in the future.

Examples:

I will start working at 9 a.m. Bill will get to the office at 1 pm. (by the time..)

I will have been working for four hours by the time Bill gets to the office.

They will have been watching the film for 30 minutes by the time we arrive at the cinema.

 I was born in 1975 and it’s 2011 now. By 2040, I will have been living for 65 years.

You can use either future perfect or future perfect continuous to complete the sentence to show that continuous actions will be over in the future.

By the time my dad retires next month, he will have worked  for 40 years.

By the time he retires next March, he will have been working for our company for 30 years.