Education is a massive part of many people’s lives. In English, there are many idioms and expressions we use to talk about school, education and learning.
Perhaps you’re at school or university. Maybe you’re a teacher, or you might wish to study in the future, then this page is for you.
Did you drop out of college?
Were you the teacher’s pet at school?
When was the last time you made a schoolboy error?
Do you own a state of the art mobile phone?
Do you cram before exams?
Are you a bookworm?
Not sure what these idioms mean? Look down to find out. Let’s start swotting up and turn you into an education idiom boffin!
book idioms
A book is lots of pages of paper bound together. The book can contain text and/or pictures or be blank for writing in.
Books are a great way to learn English.







