70 idioms and phrases for students
1) above board - honest and straightforward
2) Adam's ale - pure water
3) add new feather in one's cap- to acquire new honour .
4) add insult to injury - to harm as well as humiliate
5) after one's own heart - similar to you
6) a hair breadth escape- very narrow escape
7) an old flame- long time love
8) an old head on young shoulder- to be more mature than one's own age
9) as fit as fiddle- strong and healthy.
10) assume airs - to pretend superiority
11) at a stone's throw - at a little distance.
12) at the nick of the time- at the last possible moment.
13) at odds- Indus agreement.
14) blue stocking- an educated intellectual lady.
15) bed of roses- an easy and comfortable situation
16) beside oneself- to feel extremely nervous or worried
17) bring to light- to disclose.
18) clinch the issue- to clear the controversy
19) caste a slur- to bring disgrace
20) days of reckoning- a time when the effect of one's past mistake or misdeed catch up with one.
21) dog's life- very miserable life
22) dump Squib- complete failure though earlier thought to be exciting.
23) cut throat- tough
24) curry favour- to win favour by flattery
25) double edged sword- acted will harm oneself as well as the others
26) drop in the ocean- very insignificant amount
27) double dealing- deceitful actions
28) eye wash - ineffective remedy which is just for show
29) flog a dead horse- to waste one's energy
30) fly into a passion- to be enraged.
31) fly in the face- to defy
32) gentie man at large- wealthy man with time on his hands
33) get into a scrape- find oneself in a difficult or awkward situation.
34) give cold shoulder- pay no attention to
35) go back on one's word- to change one's mind about
36) hang over one's head- to have something boring
37) golden opportunity- very favourable opportunity
38) heart and soul- with complete faith and dedication
39) hold one's jaw- to stop talking
40) Hindi family way- pregnant
41) in the LimeLight- at the centre of attention
42) in the red- in debt
43) in embryo- immature
44) keep abreast of- not to fall behind
45) keep up appearance- to keep one's prestige
46) kiss the dust- to be humiliated
47) led by the nose- to let someone's by coercion.
48) leave no stone unturned- to make all possible efforts
49) lose the day- to be defeated
50) make up the leeway- struggle out of a bad position
51) man in the street- common man
52) milk of human kindness- human compassion
53) on and on- to continue
54) oil someone's hands- to bribe
55) pell mell- very fast and not organised
56) pinprick- trouble that are for short time
57) play fast and loose- be unreliable
58) past master- an expert
59) rank and file -lower middle class people
60) roll up one's sleeve- to be prepared for hard work
61) scratch one's head- to be perplexed
62) seal of love- kiss
63) slip of the pen- small an intentional mistake in writing
64) square meal- full meal
65) take a leaf out of another man's book- to imitate another person
66) tall talk- boasting.
67) throw mud at- try to make a lower pinion of someone's by saying unpleasant things about him .
68) under the rose- secretly
69) vaxed questions- much debated and discussed
70) without rhyme or reason- without any justification.
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