Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - "O" Idioms. What is the meaning of idioms? Words that come together and change the whole meaning of the statement like "it rains cats and dogs", did you ever seen cats and dogs falling off from the sky?! Of course not, but it simply mean "it is raining too hard". | O occur to someone - to come into someone s mind an idea or thought It occurred to me that I will not be able to meet my friend on Saturday because I have to go to the airport to meet someone else. ocean s of something - a very large amount of something There was oceans of food at the party. odd man out - an unusual person or thing I always feel that I am the odd man out when I go with my coworkers to a restaurant. the odd something - an extra or spare something one or two of something We saw the odd interesting bird on our hike through the mountains. an oddball - a person who does not act like other people The man is an oddball and nobody at his company likes to work with him. odds and ends - a variety of small items sometimes remnants of something We made games for the children from odds and ends that we found around the house. 579 Mr_doody2004@ an odor of sanctity - an atmosphere of excessive holiness or piety There was an odor of sanctity surrounding the chambers of the judge at the courthouse. of Idioms of age - to be old enough to be allowed to do something vote drink etc. When my cousin came of age we had a big party for him to celebrate. of age - to be fully developed to be mature Rapid transportation came of age when the first jets were built. of all the nerve - How shocking Of all the nerve for my friend to ask me for more money when she never repaid me what she had already borrowed. of all things - Imagine that Of all things the woman said when the post office worker told her that her package was too large for delivery. of benefit to someone - to be good for someone to be a benefit to someone Another meeting to solve the problem would be of no benefit to myself so I decided not to attend. 580 Mr_doody2004@ of course - certainly definitely naturally Of course you can use my car if you want to. of interest to someone - to be interesting to someone The man who works at the gas station is of interest to the police in their investigation of
