Essencial Summer Idioms, Phrases and Vocabulary

 

Summer is many people’s favorite season because it’s the season when you go outside, do fun things and enjoy the sunshine and endless summer activities.

And to get ready for this exciting season, you should learn some essential summer idioms and summer vocabulary words.

This handy summer vocabulary post includes summer idioms, summer phrases, summer verbs and more, all with example sentences and audio, so you can get the English pronunciation just perfect.

So, put on your sunscreen and let’s go!

Spicy Summer Idioms

Summer is hot. Prepare yourself to talk about the heat with these common English sayings.

1. Indian summer

Sometimes the weather stays nice and warm during the autumn when it’s supposed to be colder. This is called an Indian summer. An Indian summer can also mean happiness or success that happens late in someone’s life.

2. It’s a scorcher!

A scorcher is a very hot day. Hopefully the summer won’t have too many of those!

3. Dog days

Dog days come during the hottest time of the year. Since heat makes you want to just sit around and do nothing, you can also use dog days to refer to periods of time when nothing seems to happen.

4. Summer fling

A summer fling is a brief romance that you have during the summer that isn’t meant to be serious, just fun.

5. Hot under the collar

If you’re hot under the collar you’re not just hot, you’re really angry about something.

6. Like a cat on a hot tin roof

Tin heats up quickly under the summer sun, which makes it pretty uncomfortable to sit on! This expression is used to say someone is restless and unable to sit still.

7. Full of hot air

Being full of hot air means being full of nonsense. You can use this phrase when someone is saying things that sound like nonsense or aren’t believable.

8. Catch some rays

To spend time in the sun, usually to get a tan. The rays refer to the sunshine hitting your skin.

9. Cool as a cucumber

This idiom means calm and composed, especially in hot weather. It’s based on the fact that cucumbers often stay cool.

10. Bask in the sun

This means to relax and enjoy the warmth of the sun. This idiom means to enjoy life.

11. All things under the sun

This popular idiom means that everything that exists or happens in the world, so there’s nothing you can’t find on earth.

12. Sweating buckets

When it’s super hot and humid, you may be sweating heavily.

13. Out of the frying pan and into the fire

This means moving from a bad situation to an even worse one.

14. In the heat of the moment

This idiom means acting impulsively without thinking due to strong emotions or passion.

15. Make hay while the sun shines

Take advantage of an opportunity while it lasts. This idiom is very helpful if you’re trying to get things done.

16. Chasing rainbows

Pursuing unrealistic or unattainable goals, often associated with summer showers, this idiom is generally used negatively.

17. Sunshine and roses

A situation characterized by happiness and positivity is described by this popular idiom.

18. The long hot summer

A period of time, often marked by difficulties or challenges, this idiom describes a hard time.

19. A day at the beach

An easy or enjoyable task or activity. Reading or surfing the web are a day at the beach.

You can check more summer vocabulary and situations at:

https://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/summer-idioms-vocabulary/