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Habit idioms in English

19 phrases from the lesson “Creature of Habit”.

• a creature of habitsomeone who likes to do the same things in the same way
• fall into a routineto gradually start doing things in a regular, habitual pattern
• break a habitto stop doing something you usually do
• second naturesomething you can do automatically, without thinking, because you've done it so often
• on autopilotdoing something automatically, without paying full attention
• kick a habitto successfully stop a habit, especially a bad one
• get used to (something)to become familiar or comfortable with something over time
• be stuck in a rutto be in a boring, repetitive pattern you feel unable to change
• change things upto do something differently for variety
• out of habitbecause it's a habit, not because you've thought about it
• old habits die hardsaid when someone finds it very difficult to change a long-standing habit
• break the moldto do something differently from the usual or expected way
• get out of a rutto escape a boring, unproductive pattern of behavior
• a force of habitsomething you do automatically, without really thinking about it
• turn over a new leafto start behaving in a better or different way
• go through the motionsto do something without real effort, interest or enthusiasm
• set in your waysunwilling or unable to change your habits or opinions
• fall back into old waysto return to a previous, usually less desirable, pattern of behavior
• an ingrained habita habit so deeply established that it's hard to notice or change