Idiom Category: Religion, Page 2

Practise what you preach

If you practise what you preach, you do what you say other people should do.(In American English, the verb is 'practice')

Preaching to the choir

If someone preaches to the choir, they talking about a subject or issue with which their audience already agrees. ('Preaching to the converted' is an alternative form.)

Prodigal son

A prodigal son is a young man who wastes a lot on money on a lavish lifestyle. If the prodigal son returns, they return to a better way of living.

Right church, wrong pew

Right church, wrong pew means that someone is very nearly right,  but someting is wrong.

Road to hell is paved with good intentions

When people say that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, they mean that positive intentions may have negative outcomes.

Saving grace

If someone has some character defects, but has a characteristic that compensate for their failings and shortcomings, this is their saving grace.

Sell your soul

If someone sells their soul, their betray the most precious beliefs.

Seventh heaven

If you are in seventh heaven, you are extremely happy.

Sing from the same hymn sheet

If people are singing from the same hymn sheet, they are expressing the same opinions in public.

Slough of despond

If someone is very depressed or in despair, they're in a slough of despond.

Speak of the devil!

If you are talking about someone and they happen to walk in, you can use this idiom as a way of letting them know you were talking about them.

Tempt providence

If you tempt providence, you take a risk that may well have unpleasant consequences. ('Tempt fate' is also used.)

To err is human, to forgive divine

This idiom is used when someone has done something wrong, suggesting that they should be forgiven.

Vale of tears

This vale of tears is the world and the suffering that life brings.

When hell freezes over

An impossible or very unlikely situation or event

Wing and a prayer

If you do something on a wing and a prayer, you try to do something and hope you'll succeed even though you have very little chance of success.

Your sins will find you out

This idiom means that things you do wrong will become known.

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