People love cars and they love cruising, and in the past hundred years we’ve developed numerous idioms for driving. We use many in the car, and some have moved beyond driving to other subjects.

What does it mean if I’m a backseat driver? Do I have really long arms that can reach the steering wheel? And how can we say someone is asleep at the wheel if the person is not even in a car?

Let’s look at some common idioms and phrasal verbs that you might use in the car—or at work or school, or on the golf course …

The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, known locally as just the Bay Bridge, is one of two major bridges that cross the bay into San Francisco.

Animals have always given people colorful ways to describe things. In English, this has ranged from simple similes such as sly as a fox and blind as a bat to slang terms and political jargon.

What does it mean if a cat’s got your tongue? And if you face a tough situation, will you take the bull by the horns, or will you chicken out?

From the farm, from the jungle, and from pets in the home, animals are used to describe personality traits, moods, and more.

Check out some of these animal idioms here and even more in the Quick Targets Idioms series.

What does it mean if you have butterflies in your stomach? Have you been eating insects? Why would you say a stock market report is like music to your ears?

These are idioms for emotions. Let’s look at some common ones. How many of these have you learned?