religion

• Bear Fruit

  To produce positive results or successful outcomes from effort or a process.

• A labour of love

  Work or effort undertaken with great personal enjoyment and dedication, often without expectation of material reward.

• Fall from Grace

  To experience a sudden loss of status, respect, or favor, often due to a scandal or moral failing.

• A red letter day

  A red letter day is a day that is memorable, significant, or joyous.

• A wolf in sheep's clothing

  Someone who appears harmless or friendly but is actually dangerous or malicious.

• An eye for an eye

  The principle that a person who has injured another should be punished in a similar degree, often literally, as a form of retributive justice.

• By the skin of your teeth

  To succeed or escape a difficult situation by the narrowest possible margin.

• Count your blessings

  To be grateful for the good things in one's life, especially when facing difficulties or feeling down.

• Devil's advocate

  Someone who takes an opposing viewpoint for the sake of argument, often to test the validity or strength of an idea rather than out of genuine disagreement.

• Going the extra mile

  To make a special effort, exceed expectations, or do more than what is strictly required.

• Leap of faith

  An act of believing in or attempting something whose outcome is uncertain but is undertaken with conviction, often despite rational doubt or lack of empirical evidence.

• Move mountains

  To accomplish an extremely difficult or seemingly impossible task through great determination and effort.

• On the straight and narrow

  Living a morally upright and law-abiding life, avoiding temptations and misbehavior.

• Pay lip service

  To express insincere loyalty, respect, or support for something without genuine commitment or action.

• Salt of the earth

  Someone described as the salt of the earth is a very good, honest, and admirable person.

• See eye to eye

  To agree completely with someone on a particular topic or point of view.

• Saving grace

  A single good quality or redeeming feature that compensates for a person's faults or an otherwise bad situation.

• Separate the wheat from the chaff

  To distinguish valuable or worthwhile elements from those that are worthless or irrelevant.

• Singing from the same hymn sheet

  To be in complete agreement and have the same understanding and objectives as others in a group or project.

• Speak of the devil

  This phrase is used when a person who was just being discussed suddenly appears.

• The scales fell from my eyes

  To suddenly gain understanding or clarity about a situation after previously being unaware, deceived, or misunderstanding.

• The writing on the wall

  An obvious sign or warning that something bad is likely to happen in the near future.

• Wash your hands of

  To disclaim all responsibility for something, often by withdrawing involvement or refusing to take part.

• To find your Zen

  To achieve a state of profound calm, mental clarity, and inner peace, often through meditation or an activity that promotes focus and tranquility.

• Go the extra mile

  To make a special additional effort; to do more than what is required or expected.

• Drink the Kool-Aid

  To uncritically accept and enthusiastically embrace a particular belief or ideology, often with a dangerous or ill-advised outcome.

• Scarlet woman

  A scarlet woman is a derogatory term for a promiscuous or immoral woman, often implying a prostitute or an adulteress.

• Den of iniquity

  A "den of iniquity" is a place notorious for immoral, corrupt, or wicked behavior and activities.

• A blessing in disguise

  An apparent misfortune or bad event that ultimately has a positive and beneficial outcome.

• A sacred cow

  Something or someone that is exempt from criticism, questioning, or change, often due to tradition, sentiment, or perceived inviolability.

• Separate the sheep from the goats

  To distinguish between people or things that are good or valuable and those that are bad or worthless.

• Pearl before swine

  To offer something precious or valuable to someone incapable of appreciating its worth.

• Set one's face against

  To firmly resolve to oppose or show strong disapproval towards something or someone.

• Fix your eyes on

  To concentrate one's gaze and attention intently and steadily on a specific person or object.

• A snowball's chance in hell

  This phrase describes an extremely slim or non-existent possibility of something happening.

• As white as snow

  Extremely white, often implying purity or cleanliness.

• Beyond the heavens

  Referring to something of immeasurable extent, profound magnitude, or ultimate transcendence.

• Born under a lucky star

  To be destined for good fortune and success from birth.

• Apocalyptic vision

  A powerful, often disturbing mental image or prophecy of a future cataclysm or the end of the world.

• Cross your fingers

  To hope strongly for good luck or a favorable outcome.

• Spread the word

  To tell a lot of people about something, often to encourage participation or awareness.

• Reap what you sow

  You will eventually experience the consequences, good or bad, of your actions.

• Lead a lamb to slaughter

  To deceptively guide an innocent or vulnerable person into a perilous or ruinous situation.

• Sow discord

  To intentionally create conflict, disagreement, or animosity among people or groups.

• Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind

  To initiate minor trouble or wrongdoing will inevitably lead to much greater, uncontrollable, and destructive repercussions.

• Forbidden fruit

  Something that is desired precisely because it is prohibited or considered off-limits.

• Cast the first stone

  To be the first to criticize or condemn someone, especially when one is not without fault oneself.

• Casting pearls before swine

  To offer something valuable or profound to those who are unable to appreciate or understand its worth.

• The root of all evil

  The fundamental cause or primary source from which all bad things, problems, or suffering originate.

• Turn the other cheek

  To respond to an insult or injury with passive forbearance and forgiveness rather than retaliation.

• Good Samaritan

  A Good Samaritan is someone who helps another person, especially a stranger, in a time of need, typically with no expectation of reward.

• Road to Damascus

  A sudden, profound, and often life-altering realization or conversion, typically one that changes a person's fundamental beliefs or direction.

• A mess of pottage

  A trivial or insignificant thing for which one trades something of much greater worth.

• Doubting Thomas

  A Doubting Thomas is someone who refuses to believe something without direct, irrefutable personal evidence.

• Prodigal son

  A person who leaves home to lead a wild or wasteful life but later returns repentant to their family.

• Lamb to the slaughter

  Someone walking into a dangerous, unpleasant, or difficult situation without awareness or resistance, making them vulnerable to harm.

• Filthy lucre

  Money or profit, especially when gained dishonestly, corruptly, or through immoral means.

• Beat swords into plowshares

  To transform instruments of war into tools for peaceful, productive labor, symbolizing a transition from conflict to peace and prosperity.

• Render unto Caesar

  This phrase advises one to fulfill their civic obligations, especially paying taxes to the government, while still maintaining their spiritual duties.

• Cross to bear

  A difficult problem, burden, or enduring personal hardship that one must endure.

• Washed my hands of it

  To disclaim all responsibility or involvement in a situation or matter.

• Voice in the wilderness

  A person or idea that is ignored or isolated, despite offering important truth or wisdom.

• Feet of clay

  A fundamental character flaw or hidden weakness in an otherwise respected or powerful person or institution.

• Man does not live by bread alone

  This phrase signifies that human well-being requires more than just physical necessities like food; people also need spiritual, intellectual, or emotional nourishment to thrive.

• Holier than thou

  Displaying an attitude of moral superiority or self-righteousness that often comes across as judgmental.

• Out of the mouths of babes

  Children can often speak profound truths or make surprisingly insightful observations, often without fully grasping the significance of what they've said.

• Sign of the times

  An event, trend, or characteristic that exemplifies the current state of society or a particular period.

• By the skin of my teeth

  To succeed by the skin of one's teeth means to barely succeed, often by a very narrow margin or with great difficulty.

• No rest for the wicked

  This phrase is often used humorously by someone who is busy, implying that they cannot rest because their nature (or the task at hand) demands constant activity, often in a self-deprecating or ironic way.

• Eat, drink, and be merry

  It encourages enjoying the simple pleasures of life, especially food and celebration, without worrying about the future.

• Flesh and blood

  One's own family or close relatives, or the physical human body and nature.

• Strain at a gnat and swallow a camel

  To meticulously focus on minor faults or insignificant details while ignoring much larger and more serious problems.

• Let there be light

  A dramatic declaration often used to introduce a new idea, solution, or the beginning of a significant creation, particularly when referring to illumination or understanding.

• Forty days and forty nights

  This phrase describes a long, unspecified period, often implying a time of trial, waiting, or significant duration, directly referencing periods found in biblical narratives.

• Mark of Cain

  A distinguishing characteristic that identifies someone as an outcast, cursed, or bearing a burden of guilt.

• Witch hunt

  A campaign directed against a particular group of people, often those holding unorthodox views, who are accused of subversion or disloyalty, with insufficient evidence.

• A sign from above

  An unexpected event or occurrence that is interpreted as a supernatural message or guidance from a higher power or divine source.

• Ward off evil

  To protect oneself or something from harm, negative influences, or malevolent forces.

• Cross my heart and hope to die

  This phrase is an emphatic declaration used to promise the absolute truthfulness of a statement or intention.

• Sing someone's praises

  To express strong admiration and approval for someone's achievements or qualities.

• To be in the lion's den

  To be in a dangerous, hostile, or intimidating situation where one is vulnerable and unwelcome.

• To mend one's ways

  To improve one's behavior or habits, especially after having behaved badly.

• In one's Sunday best

  To be dressed in one's finest clothes, typically reserved for special occasions or formal gatherings.

• Take to the cloth

  To take to the cloth means to become a member of the clergy or to enter into religious orders.

• A land of milk and honey

  A place of great abundance, prosperity, and ease, often idealized as a desirable destination or state.

• A scapegoat

  A person or group made to bear the blame for others' mistakes or failures.

• Alpha and Omega

  The Alpha and Omega signifies the beginning and the end, or the totality of something.

• Pillar of salt

  Someone who becomes a pillar of salt is punished for looking back at what they were told to leave behind, often implying a regrettable, sudden transformation or immobilization.

• Four horsemen of the apocalypse

  The four horsemen of the apocalypse are symbolic figures representing major calamities that precede or accompany a catastrophic end to the world or an era.

• To wash one's hands of something

  To disclaim responsibility or involvement in a difficult or morally compromising situation.

• Kiss of death

  An action or event that, despite appearing innocuous or even beneficial, inevitably leads to the downfall, failure, or demise of a person, project, or situation.

• Voice crying in the wilderness

  A person or idea that expresses a message or warning that is largely unheeded or ignored by the majority.

• Blind leading the blind

  A situation where inexperienced or ignorant people attempt to guide others who are equally or more clueless, often resulting in collective failure.

• Under the sun

  Referring to everything that exists or can happen in the world.

• In seventh heaven

  To be extremely happy, blissful, or in a state of perfect joy.

• Move heaven and earth

  To make every possible effort or go to extreme lengths to achieve a goal.

• Heaven forbid

  Used to express a fervent wish that a particular undesirable event should not occur.

• Mend your ways

  To improve one's behavior, actions, or moral conduct, especially after having behaved badly or made poor choices.

• Like a lamb to the slaughter

  To go somewhere or do something without resistance, unaware of the danger or harm awaiting.

• The lion's den

  A lion's den refers to a dangerous, hostile, or intimidating place or situation where one feels vulnerable and surrounded by potential adversaries.

• Wash your hands of something

  To completely disassociate oneself from responsibility, involvement, or blame for a particular situation or outcome.

• Keep your fingers crossed

  To hope intensely for a positive outcome or good luck.

• Have a change of heart

  To alter one's opinion, attitude, or decision, often becoming more sympathetic or compassionate.

• Cross my heart

  To solemnly promise or swear that one is telling the truth or will fulfill a commitment.

• Heart and soul

  To do something with heart and soul means to apply complete dedication, passion, and enthusiasm to an endeavor.

• A heavy heart

  A feeling of deep sadness, sorrow, or grief.

• Thirty pieces of silver

  A payment, often paltry, received for an act of betrayal or disloyalty.

• The eleventh hour

  The last possible moment or nearly too late to take action.

• The scales fall from one's eyes

  To suddenly realize the truth about a situation or person, often after a period of misunderstanding or delusion.

• To see the light

  To understand something clearly after a period of confusion, or to finally accept a new, often better, way of thinking.

• To read the writing on the wall

  To recognize the obvious signs of a future event, especially an impending disaster or failure.

• To lift the veil

  To reveal a previously hidden truth or to gain a deeper understanding of something that was obscure.

• To give up the ghost

  To die or cease to function, often implying a final, definitive end.

• The truth will set you free

  This phrase means that confronting and accepting reality, especially about oneself or a difficult situation, leads to liberation from burden, deception, or false beliefs.

• Manifest Destiny

  The 19th-century belief that the United States was divinely ordained to expand its dominion across the North American continent.

• Keep body and soul together

  To earn just enough money or acquire barely sufficient resources to provide for one's basic needs and continue to live.

• the heavens opening

  To begin raining very heavily and suddenly, often with great intensity.

• straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel

  To meticulously address a minor, often trivial issue or fault while completely overlooking a much larger, more significant one, often implying hypocrisy.

• blessing in disguise

  Something that initially appears to be a misfortune or a problem, but eventually turns out to have a beneficial or positive outcome.

• You reap what you sow

  The consequences of your actions, whether positive or negative, will eventually return to you.

• black magic

  Magic that is used for malicious or selfish purposes, often invoking evil forces or spirits.

• You can't serve two masters

  It is impossible to simultaneously dedicate oneself fully and faithfully to two conflicting obligations, loyalties, or goals.

• Like a thief in the night

  To occur suddenly, secretly, and without any prior warning or expectation.

• Grand design

  A comprehensive, overarching, and often ambitious plan or purpose, frequently implying an intelligent creator or a master strategy.

• A litany of woes

  A long, repetitive, and often tiresome list of complaints, troubles, or misfortunes.

• Blessed with good fortune

  To experience a significant amount of positive luck, favorable circumstances, or advantageous outcomes in life.

• By the skin of one's teeth

  To succeed or escape by the narrowest possible margin, almost failing completely.

• Take a leap of faith

  To commit to an action or decision based purely on trust or belief, despite a lack of complete proof or certainty about the outcome.

• A sinecure

  A position that requires little or no work but still provides the holder with a salary or other benefits.

• Karma's a bitch

  This phrase asserts that negative actions will inevitably result in unpleasant consequences for the person who performed them.

• An epiphany

  A sudden, profound, and often life-changing realization or insight.

• A thorn in the flesh

  Something or someone that causes constant annoyance, pain, or trouble.

• The serpent in the garden

  An insidious or hidden source of danger, temptation, or betrayal within an otherwise peaceful and idyllic setting.

• A bed of nails

  A bed of nails refers to an extremely difficult, uncomfortable, or agonizing situation.

• A work of devotion

  A task or creation undertaken with immense dedication, profound care, and a deep, often personal or spiritual, commitment.

• A true calling

  A profession, vocation, or life's work that a person feels deeply destined for and inherently passionate about, often suggesting a sense of purpose.

• The Promised Land

  A longed-for place or situation where one expects to find ultimate happiness, success, or fulfillment.

• Paradise

  A place or state of perfect happiness and bliss, often conceived as a garden or heaven.

• The Garden of Eden

  The Garden of Eden refers to an idyllic, perfect, and often unspoiled place or a state of perfect happiness and innocence.

• Heaven on Earth

  A state or place of absolute joy, beauty, and perfection experienced in the present life.

• A hermit

  A person who chooses to live in solitude, often apart from society and sometimes for religious or philosophical reasons.

• A nonconformist

  A person who refuses to conform to an established or standard practice, belief, or conduct, especially in religious or social matters.

• Selling one's soul

  To compromise one's deeply held moral or ethical principles in exchange for material wealth, power, or personal gain.

• Selling one's birthright

  To foolishly give up something of significant, lasting value for an immediate, often trivial, gain.

• To gain the world and lose one's soul

  To achieve great material success, wealth, or power at the expense of one's moral integrity, spiritual well-being, or true self.

• Godforsaken place

  A Godforsaken place is a remote, desolate, unpleasant, or neglected location that appears to be utterly abandoned or forgotten.

• a fount of knowledge

  A person or thing that provides a vast and continuous supply of information, wisdom, or expertise.

• An article of faith

  A core belief or principle that is accepted without question or proof.

• A hallowed tradition

  A practice or custom that is deeply respected and considered sacred or inviolable due to its age, significance, or moral importance.

• A golden calf

  An object, especially wealth or material possessions, that is worshipped or valued excessively, often instead of more profound or spiritual values.

• Sacrificial lamb

  A person or thing unfairly made to suffer or be destroyed for the sake of others or to prevent a larger problem.

• A godsend

  Something that is extremely helpful and arrives exactly when it is needed, often providing a solution to a difficult situation.

• Divine intervention

  An event or action attributed to the direct involvement of a god or supernatural power.

• Miracle

  An extraordinary and welcome event that is inexplicable by natural or scientific laws and is often attributed to a divine or supernatural cause.

• An omen

  A sign or event believed to predict a future good or evil occurrence.

• A revelation

  A surprising and enlightening disclosure or discovery that significantly changes understanding.

• Godsend

  Something extremely helpful or valuable that arrives unexpectedly and at a perfect time, often as if sent by divine providence.

• A calling

  A strong inner urge or conviction towards a particular profession, duty, or way of life, often implying a sense of profound purpose.

• Providence

  The benevolent guidance and protection believed to be provided by God or nature, often implying timely divine intervention.

• Not a hope in hell

  This phrase signifies that there is absolutely no possibility or chance of something happening.

• No chance in hell

  This phrase is an emphatic way of stating that something is utterly impossible or extremely unlikely to happen.

• The body is the temple of the soul

  The human body is a sacred vessel that houses the spiritual essence of a person and should therefore be treated with reverence and care.

• Karma

  The principle that every action, good or bad, intentionally performed by a person will inevitably result in corresponding consequences for them, often in the future.

• Give up the ghost

  To die or cease to function.

• Practice what you preach

  To act in accordance with the advice or principles one publicly advocates, ensuring one's actions align with their words.

• Hocus pocus

  A nonsensical phrase used as a magical incantation or to describe something that appears to be magic or trickery.

• Man proposes, God disposes

  While humans can make plans and set goals, the ultimate outcome and resolution of events are subject to a higher power or fate.

• Bow down

  To show extreme respect, submission, or worship, often by physically bending at the waist or kneeling.

• Everything under the sun

  This phrase refers to absolutely everything that exists or is imaginable in the world.

• A saving grace

  An attribute, event, or person that redeems an otherwise negative, difficult, or undesirable situation or character.

• Vengeance is mine

  This phrase asserts the speaker's exclusive right or intention to seek retribution, often implying it is a matter of divine prerogative or personal justice.

• A guru

  A guru is an influential teacher or expert, especially in a particular field, who offers guidance or wisdom.

• End-of-the-world prophecy

  A prediction or forecast that the world or human civilization will be destroyed, often attributed to supernatural forces or ancient texts.

• Prophecy of doom

  A prediction or warning that a terrible or disastrous event will happen in the future.

• End-times prophecy

  End-times prophecy refers to predictions, found in various religious texts and traditions, concerning a future period of dramatic, often catastrophic, global events culminating in the ultimate fate of humanity and the world.

• Armageddon prophecy

  A prediction or belief in a final, catastrophic battle or series of events that will bring about the end of the world.

• Worship the ground one walks on

  To adore someone so completely that even their presence, and everything associated with them, is considered sacred and perfect.

• Without a blemish

  Perfectly clean, flawless, or free from any imperfection or defect.

• Immaculate

  Something that is perfectly clean, faultless, and without any imperfections or blemishes.

• Gentle as a dove

  Extremely mild, kind, and peaceful in nature or demeanor, exhibiting a quiet and harmless disposition.

• Harmless as a dove

  Extremely gentle, innocent, and unlikely to cause any harm.

• Cunning as a serpent

  Possessing a highly developed and often deceptive intelligence, used to manipulate situations or people to one's advantage.

• A tower of strength

  Someone who provides steadfast emotional or practical support and stability, especially during times of crisis.

• Come back to the fold

  To return to a group, organization, or belief system that one had previously left.

• End of the world

  A catastrophic event or series of events leading to the complete destruction of human civilization or the planet itself.

• Writing on the wall

  An obvious sign or indication that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen in the near future.

• Good omen

  Something that is believed to be a sign of future success or good fortune.

• Trial by fire

  A difficult or challenging experience that tests one's ability, resilience, or character under pressure.

• The faithful

  A group of people who are steadfastly loyal to a belief, organization, or cause, most commonly referring to adherents of a particular religion.