It is finally the spring season! Get out of that winter coat and celebrate the new season with some of these wonderful springtime idioms and add them to your vocabulary and daily conversations.
1. Spring into Action
This English idiom is used when something or someone is quiet and calm then suddenly becomes active and starts moving or working. It’s done quickly and with energy or force.
For example: She had her coffee in the morning and sprung into action when she felt the caffeine kick in.
2. No Spring Chicken
When we say someone is a spring chicken it means they are young, youthful, and full of energy. However, when we say someone is, “no spring chicken.” means that they are not young anymore and there is evidence that shows this.
The history of this idiom is from when chickens are harvested for food on the farm. Farmers tended to like spring or young chickens to eat rather than older chickens because of the flavor and texture of the meat.
For example: She looks pretty good considering she’s no spring chicken.
3. A Spring in Someone’s Step
This English idiom describes the way someone walks when they are full of energy and happy. Instead of referring to the season of spring, this idiom refers to the mechanism of a spring, because the walker is bouncing off the ground. It usually shows that someone is feeling good about someone or something.
For example: He walked away from the interview with a spring in his step.
4. Spring Cleaning
This English idiom refers to when people take the time to thoroughly clean a place, especially in springtime. We use this phrase in other seasons other than spring, but it comes from when people would get rid of things they needed for winter and would get ready for spring.
For example: She got rid of so many sweaters while she was spring cleaning!
5. Spring Fever
Spring fever is any change in mood or behavior which is experienced with the start or spring. Usually a feeling of restlessness and excitement because spring is coming, and the weather is getting warmer.
This comes from a time when people used to be stuck in their houses due to the winter season and were finally allowed to leave during the spring season!
For example: She was experiencing spring fever after being stuck in her room all day!
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Published on April 4, 2022
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