6 Music Idioms
Music idioms use ideas from music to describe everyday situations. Here are six common music idioms, what they mean, and examples of how you might use them.
Face the Music
This phrase means to accept the consequences of your actions.
It’s Music to My Ears
Music is pleasant, so „it’s like music to my ears” means hearing something that is very pleasant.
Blow Your Own Trumpet
To praise yourself or talk about your achievements. The idiom comes from the idea that at ceremonies, important people were announced by blowing a trumpet. Another phrase that means the same thing is the American phrase „to toot your own horn.”
Change Your Tune
To change your opinion or attitude.
March to the Beat of Your Own Drum
To do things in your own way, regardless of what others do. The idiom comes from soldiers marching – you were supposed to follow your own rhythm and not march like others.
Strike a Chord
To cause an emotional response or to relate with someone’s feelings.
