Love movies and music? Learn fun, everyday idioms that’ll help you talk about films, songs, and performances.

Idioms & Sayings for Talking About Films & Music

To be appropriate or successful; to be well received

Literally or figuratively not in harmony; awkward or off

A way to say “good luck” to performers

A performance or moment that’s so impressive it stops everything

Getting attention or focus (positive or negative)

To be the main focus or most important part

To improvise or make decisions as things happen

An artist who had only one popular song or success

A song that is easy to remember and hard to forget

A film that is very successful and popular

Not singing in tune, or sounding wrong figuratively

To overreact or make a big fuss about something