Idioms

Easy English Notes Easy Idioms By M.Mubeen(2017)Easy English Notes Easy Idioms By
M.Mubeen(2017)Easy English NotesEasy Idioms By M.Mubeen(2017)
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1.A bad egg:I feel his friend is a bad egg.
2.A bed of thorns:Life is a no more than a bed
of thorns.
3,A blind alley:You will not progress as this
proffession is a blind alley.
4.A blue stocking:In hiterary circles,She is
regarded as a blue stocking.
5.A close fisted man:He will spend nothing as
he is a close fisted man.
6.A cock and bull story:We must not believe
such a cock and bull story.
7.A dog's life: He is vary poor and leads a
dog's life.
8.A drawn match:No team won,so it was a
drawn match.
9.A green room:The stage actors wait for their
turn in the green room.
10.A maiden voyage:The ship sank on her
maiden voyage last year.
11.A necessary evil: War is a necessary evil.
12.A royal road:There is no royal road to
success.
13.A square meal:The poor cannot afford to
get a square meal.
14.A turn coat: Don't depend on him he is turn
coat.
15.Above board: You must keep the whole
affair above board.
16.An axe to grind: He will help you only when
he has an axe to grind.
17.An eye wash: His talk about his wealth is
just an eye wash.
18.An iron will: A good Leader should be a
man with an iron will.
19.A rolling stone: A rolling Stone never
leaders anything.
20.At cross purposes: They cannot agree as
they are at cross purposes.
21.At stake: Now his good reputation is at
stake.
22.At times: At times he comes to see me.
23.Behind the scene: There is some naughty
man behind the scene.
24.Better half: His better half is a good house
keeper.
25.By all means: We shall help him by all
means.
26.By and large: By and large,things are
going quite well.
27.Fair play: I always believe in fair play.
28.Fast living: Try to avoid indulging in fast
living.
29.French leave: He always enjoys the french
leave.
30.Hard and fast: There are no hard and fast
rules about this matter.
31.High and mighty: He is vary high and
mighty in his behaviour.
32.Hope against hope: Hoping against hope
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the doctors continued the treatment.
33.In a nut-shell: I have put my story in a nut-
shell.
34.In conseqence of: In consequence of my
illness,we could not go there.
35.In keeping with: Your talk is not in keeping
with you status.
36.In opposition to: In some matters, we will
be in opposition to you.
37.In so far as: In so far as he is concerned
we will not invite him.
38.In store: There is some trouble in store for
her.
39.Loaves and fishes: Everybody looks to his
loaves and fishes.
40.Man of war: Our man of war will defend our
coast.
41.Next to nothing: This small amount is next
to nothing.
42.Null and void:Now these rules are null and
void.
43.Off-day: Sunday is an off-day.
44.Off-hand:I cannot make a speech off hand
45.On the alert: We should be on the alert
against our enemy.
46.On the score of: He was rejected on the
score of ill heaalth.
47.Once in a blue moon:He comes to see me
once in a blue moon.
48.Out of the questions: He does not work; so
his success is out of the question.
49.Out-and-out: He is an out and out liar.
50.Over and above: The waiters get food tips
over and above their wages.
51.Over and over again: I asked him over and
over again to go there.
52.Rank and file: The rank and file are not
allowed to attend this meeting.
53.Small talk: It is just a small talk; don't
worry.
54.Sum and substance: Tell me the sum and
sunstance of this book.
55.Through and through: Shahid is a
gentleman through and through.
56.Time and tide: Time and tide wait for none.
57.Up to date: This is an up to date edition of
this book.
58.Upto the mark: This question paper is upto
the mark.
59.Ways and means: Find out ways and
means to do this.
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1.A bad debt: It is a bad debt; you cannot get
anything back.
2.A bee in the cap: He has a bee in the cap
about going abroad.
3.A bird's eye view: We had a bird's eye view
of the city from the aeroplane.
4.A bone of contention: This house is a bone
of contention between the two brothers.
5.A bosom friend: I fully trust him as he is my
bosom friend.
6.A busy bee: As he is a busy bee,he will
compelte the work in time.
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7.A dark horse: This weak candidate came out
to be a dark horse in the election.
8.A dead letter: That rule is now just a dead
letter.
9.A green hand: He is a green hand but he will
learn soon what to do.
10.A hard pill to swallow: For him,examination
proved a hard pill to swallow.
11.A learn excuse: I do not accept your learn
excuse for corning late.
12.A maiden speech: He impressed the
audience with this maiden speech.
13.A man of letters: Allama Iqbal was a man
of letters.
14.A man of parts:Our president is a man of
parts.
15.A man of straw: Don't depend on him;he is
a man of straw.
16.A narrow escape: We had a narrow escape
from the accident.
17.A red letter day: The 14th August is a red
letter day for us.
18.A rope of sand:Their marriage proved a
rope of sand.
19.A stroke of fortune:By a stroke of fortune
he got a good legacy.
20.A white elephant:A car is a white elephant
for a poor man.
21.A wild goose chase:Your attempt to pass
will prove a wild goose chase.
22.Against a rainy day:Save something
against a rainy day.
23.An apple of discord:This house is an apple
of discord between the two brothers.
24.As a matter of fact:As a matter of fact,he
was not present there.
25.At daggers drawn: They were friends but
now they are at daggers drawn.
26.At one's heels: The police are at the
robbers heels.
27.At sixes and savens: Everything in the
room was at sixes and savens.
28.At the risk of: He saved me at the risk of
his life.
29.Bad blood:The property created bad blood
between the two brothers.
30.Bag and baggage:He left the city bag and
baggage.
31.Beneath one's dignity:It is beneath your
dignity to indulge in such practices.
32.Bread and butter:Book writing is my bread
and butter.
33.Break down:The earthquake caused a
breakdown of electricity.
34.Broken health:He is an old man with
broken health.
35.By hook or by crook:He will pass the
examination by hook or by crook.
36.By leaps and bounds:Our busniness will
progress by leaps and bounds.
37.By virture of:She succeeded by virtue of
hard work.
38.Crocodile tears:After killing his friend,he
shed crocodile tears.
39.Down and out:He was defeated down and
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out in the election.
40.From scratch:The Quaid-e-Azam built up a
new state from scratch.
41.Give and take:I believe in the policy of give
and take.
42.High time:It is high time you should take
the examination.
43.Hobson's choice:He was offered only one
horse to choose;it was hobson's choice.
44.In the air:It is in the air that he is coming
back.
45.In the Pink of perfection:Everthing in her
house is always in the pink of perfection.
46.Long and short:The long and short of the
story is that he was killed.
47.Mid-summer madness:To talk like this is
just mid summer madness.
48.On all hands:It is ahe agree on all hands
that is a great man.
49.Out of sight:Soon the train was out of sight.
50.Over head and ears:He is over head and
cars in debt.
51.Shipshape:Everything in the room was
shipshsape.
52.Still waters run deep:He seems to be
shy,but remember still waters run deep.
53.The Arab's camel:Acting like theArab's
camel,he will turn you out.
54.The grapes are sour:When we fail to get
something, we say Grapes are sour.
55.Through thick and thin:I will help you
through thick and thin.
56.Tit for tat:He is vary revengeful and
believes in tit and tat.
57.To the backbone:He is a lair to the
backbone.
58.To the letter:You should follow the
instruction to the letter.
59.Tooth and nail:We will fight tooth and nail
to defend our country.
60.With a grain of salt:He is a lair, take this
stories with a grain of salt.
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1.A black sheep: Everyone avoids him as he
is a black sheep.
2.A gala day:The 14th august is a gala day for
the pakistans.
3.A jack of all trades:He is a jack of all trades
but master of none.
4.A luaghing stock:This fat boy is a laughing
stock in the class.
5.A snake in the grass :Beware of him;he is a
snak in the grass.
6.A wet blanket:He was such a wet blanket at
the party that they never invited him again.
7.After all :Respect him,after all he is your
teacher.
8.After one's heart:He married the girl after his
heart.
9.Again and again:You should not go there
again and again.
10.An oily tongue:He has an oily tongue and
can win everyone's favour.
11.An open secert:His going there and
meeting her is now an open secert.
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12.Apple of one's eye:Their only son is the
apple of their eyes.
13.At a pinch:He came to help me when i was
at a pinch.
14.At any rate:I will complete this project at
any rate.
15.At home in:You are at home in english.
16.At one's wits end:I am at my wits end
worrying about hoe to pay the bills.
17.At the beck and call:The sarvant is at the
beck and call his master.
18.Bed of roses:Life is not a bed of roses.
19.Before long:Before long all our friends will
be here.
20.At the eleventh hour:He came to help me
at the eleventh hour.
21.Briefly speaking:Briefly speaking,i am not
going to Murree.
22.Burning question:Dearness is the burning
question of today.
23.By heart:Try to learn this poem by heart.
24.By means of:He got first division by means
of hard work.
25.By way of:I said this by way of joke.
26.Few and far between:His visits are few and
far between.
27.For the sake of:Help me for the sake of
God.
28.For want of:He could not start business for
want of money.
29.Heart and soul:I am with you heart and
soul.
30.Hue and cry:The children raised a great
hue and cry.
31.In a bad way:When i met him,he was in a
bad way.
32.In a fix:Im in a fix and do not know what to
do.
33.In addition to:In addition to these books,he
also has some money with him.
34.In favour of:I am in favour of your scheme.
35.In full swing:When we reached there,the
match was in full swing.
36.In order to:We must work in order to pass
the examination.
37.In spite of:In spite of hard work,he failed.
38.In the long run:Do not lose heart,you will
win in the long run.
39.In the nick of time:He came to join the
function in the nick of time.
40.In the teeth of:The new policy was adopted
in the teeth of criticism.
41.Ins and outs:I know the ins and outs of this
matter.
42.Kith and kin:You should be kind to your kith
and kin.
43.More or less:More or less twenty men were
present in the meeting.
44.Now and then:I like to go outing now and
then.
45.Of no avail:This books is of no avail to me.
46.Off and on:Hamza comes to see me off
and on.
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47.On account of:On account of rain,I could
not go to college.
48.On the alert:We should be on the alert
against our enemy.
49.On the eve of:On the eve of the
election,there was a great activity.
50.On the point of:The patient was on the
point of his death
51.Once for all:He has broken with him once
for all.
52.Part and parcel:The television is a part and
parcel of a modern home.
53.Provided that:You will pass provided that
you work hard.
54.Redtape:His application fell a victim to red-
tape.
55.Safe and sound:We reached our home
sale and sound.
56.So far as:So far as i know,he is a good
man.
57.Spick and span:This girl always remains
spick and span.
58.The lion's share:His partner demanded the
lion's share in the profit.
59.Under a cloud:All his friends left him when
he was under a cloud.
60.Ups and downs:This experienced man has
seen many ups and downs of life.
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1.A bolt from the blue:He father's antimely
death was a bolt from the blue for him.
2.A mare's nest:Later on,the discovery of the
police proved a mare's nest.
3.A storm in the tea-cup:The whole complaint
is nothing but a strom in the tea-cup.
4.At one's fingers end:All these rules are at
my fingers end.
5.Between two fires:His mother is in favour of
his marriage while his father is against;So he
is between two fires.
6.By fits and starts:If you work by fits and
starts you will not get good marks.
7.Hand in glove with:The two friends are hand
in glove with each other.
8.In black and white:I want this contract in
black and white.
9.Of one's own accord:I have come here of
my own accord.
10.On the horns of dilemma:He was on the
horns of a dilemma and could not decide what
to do.
11.To the extent of:He is in debt to the extent
of fifty thousand rupees.
12.Whatever else:Show me whatever else
you have.
13.With a view to:With a view to meeting him,I
went to lahore.
14.Without fail:You should visit him this
evening without fail.
15.To abide by:You should abide by your
promise.
16.To be at a loss:He was at a loss for words
to express his feelings.
17.To be in hot water:He comes to help me
when i am in hot water.
18.To be short of:He is short of money now a
days.
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19.To be taken a back:At his sudden
appearance,we were taken a back.
20.To break the ice:Everybody in the meeting
was silent;I had to break the ice.
21.To bring to light:They brought some new
facts to light.
22.To burn the candle at both ends:After his
father's death,he burnt the candle at both
ends and was ruined.
23.To carry the day:Despite opposzition;he
carried the day in the election.
24.To break the news: He broke the news that
Ahmad had been killed.
25.To do away with:Many countries have done
away with the death penalty.
26.To fall back upon:After her husband's a
death,she had no one to fall back upon.
27.To get the better of:He worked hard and
got the better of others.
28.To give vent to:He could not give vent to
his feelings.
29.To have a hand in:I have no hand in this
matter.
30.To hit the mark:He hit the mark and got his
aim.
31.To hit upon:He hit upon a plan and was
ready to work accordingly.
32.To keep up appearances:He is very
33.To leave in the lurch:Fair weather friends
leave in the lurch.
34.To lose heart:Do not lose heart,go on
working.
35.To lose sight of:He walked away and soon
we lost sight of him.
36.To make headway:If you work hard,you are
sure to make headway.
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37.To make light of:Don't make light of this old
man's advice.
38.To make off with:The theif made off with
the ornaments.
39.To make a fun of:Do not make fun of your
elders.
40.To make amends for:You should make
amends for his loss.
41.To make one's mark:Work hard and make
your mark in the world.
42.To make the best of:Make the best of your
abilities.
43.The mark time:He has done nothing so
far,he is only marking time.
44.To mind one's own business:Do not
interfere in my affairs;mind your own
business.
45.To move heaven and earth:He moved
heaven and earth to get this job but in vain.
46.To play someone false:Do not play your
friends false.
47.To pocket insult:I could not pocket insult
and slapped him.
48.To rains cats and dogs:It rained cats and
dogs and we could not go out.
49.To run through:Plrase,run through these
documents.
50.To see eye to eye with:I cannot see eye to
eye with you in this matter.
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51.To smell a rat:I smelt a rat and gave him
no money.
52.To take heart:He took heart when he learnt
all his friends are with him.
53.To take ill:He took my remarks ill and went
away.
54.To take one to task:The principal took him
to task for his negligence.
55.To take the chair:The Government took the
chair in that meeting.
56.To take to heart:He took his wife's death to
heart.
57.To talk shop:He always talk shops,and is
this liked by others.
58.To tell upon:Over work will tell upon your
health.
59.To turn a deaf ear to:He always turns a
deaf ear to his parents advice.
60.To win laurels:He has won many laurels in
his life.
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1.To add fuel to fire:His insulting remarks
added fuel to fire.
2.To back out:He promised to help but backed
out now.
3.To back up:We should always back up our
friends.
4.To be at hand:Don't worry help is at hand.
5.To be castdown:After this tragedy,they are
castdown.
6.To be hard up:I cannot help you as i am
hard up these days.
7.To be ill-at-ease:I am ill at ease and do not
know what to do.
8.To bear down:The angry teacher before
down on the child.
9.To beat back:Our army beat back the
enemy.
10.To blow one's own trumpt:We dislike him
because he always blow his own trumpt.
11.To bring forth:Trees bring forth new leaves
in spring.
12.To bring to book:His offcier brought him to
book for late coming.
13.To burn one's boats:She burnt her boats
and married the man she killed.
14.To call names:His cruel father always calls
him names.
15.To carry off:She carried off all college
prizes.
16.To come to blows:After the exchange of
hot words they came to blows.
17.To come to grief:If you do this,you will
come to grief.
18.To cry for the moon:Don't cry for the
moon;you cannot get her.
19.To cry over spilt milk:It is useless to cry
over spilt milk.
20.To cry up:He cried that book up.
21.To cry wolf:If you cry wolf all the time,no
one believe you.
22.To eat one's words:One day,you will have
to eat your words.
23.To face the music:A politician should be
ready to face the music.
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24.To fall in with:We fall in with you in this
matter.
25.To flog a dead horse:Doing this work is
flogging a dead horse.
26.To give the devil hid due:Give the devil his
due,that rogue has some good qualities.
27.To go back upon one's words:A gentleman
never goes back upon his words.
28.To go down:Under these
circumstances,the prices will not go down.
29.To go to law:If you do not settle the matter,I
shall go to law.
30.To go the dogs:If you do not follow me you
will go to the dogs.
31.To have a gift of the gab:He has a gift of
the gab and can speak very well.
32.To hunt for:He is hunting for the lost
necklace.
33.To keep in the dark:We should not keep
our friends in the dark.
34.To keep one's head:When in a sudden
difficulty you must keep your head.
35.To kick the bucket:At last,the patient kicked
the bucket.
36.To knock about:Before he came here,he
spent six months knocking about.
37.To knock down:The car knocked down the
old beggar.
38.To lend a hand:Would you lend me a hand
in this matter?
39.To let down:We will never let you down.
40.To long for:She longed for happy days.
41.To look forward to:We are looking forward
to his arrival.
42.To lose temper:He loss his temper and
43.To make up one's mind:I have made up my
mind to go there.
44.To meet half way:At last;they met half way
and came to a settlement.
45.To miss the bus:If you hesitate to take
action you will miss the bus.
46.To part with:She is not ready to part with
her books.
47.To pass away:The patient passed away
last night.
48.To plough the sand:Advising him is to
plough the sand.
49.To pull one's leg:Don't pull your friend's leg
by talking like this.
50.To round up:The police rounded up the
crimunals.
51.To run a risk:By going there,you will run a
risk.
52.To set aside:He set aside my objection and
continued his speech.
53.To speak volumes:He can speak volumes
on his favourite subject.
54.To stand on ceremony:Please, don't stand
on ceremony with me; call me by my name.
55.To stop short at:Our enemy will not stop
short at war.
56.To take a fancy to:She bought the house
because she took a fancy to it.
57.To talk tall:He always talk tall about his job.
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58.To tide oneself over:He will tide himself
over difficulties.
59.To turn one's head:Wealth has turned his
dead.
60.To work wonders:Pasteur worked wonders
in the field of medicine.
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1.To act upto:You must act upto our
exectations.
2.To be at large:The criminal is still at large.
3.To be on one's guard:We should be on our
guard against our enemy.
4.To be out and about:After a long illness he
is out and about.
5.To be taken ill:He was suddenly taken ill and
could not come.
6.To beat about the bush:Don't beat about the
bush;come to the point.
7.To beat blue and black:The teacher beat the
student blue and black.
8.To blow hot and cold:We cannot depend on
him;he blows hot and cold in one breath.
9.To break the news:I had to break the news
of his daughter's death.
10.To break up:At last,they broke up the
alliance.
11.To burn one's fingers:If you do this,you will
burn your fingers.
12.To bury the hatchet:Let us bury the hatchet
and be friends again.
13.To call a spade a spade:I like him because
he always calls a spade a spade.
14.To call upon:I called upon him to keep his
promise.
15.To call in question:No one can call his
honesty in question.
16.To carry one's point:At last he carried his
point.
17.To carry through:Their courage will carry
them through.
18.To cast a spell:By his fiery speech,he cast
a spell on the audience.
19.To catch at a straw:A drowning man
catches at a straw.
20.To come short of:His marks came short of
his expectations.
21.To cut a poor figure:He could not speak
and thus cut a poor figure.
22.To cut short:You should cut your speech
short.
23.To cut to the quick:His insulting remarks
cut me to the quick.
24.To come to terms:At last the two parties
have come to terms.
25.To die in harness:The brave soldier died in
harness for his county.
26.To do the trick:He did the trick and got his
aim.
27.To end in smoke:All his efforts ended in
smoke.
28.To err is human:To err is human:to forgive
divine.
29.To fall a prey:The whole country has fallen
a prey to evils.
30.To fall flat:My advice fell flat upon him.
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31.To find fault with:He always finds fault with
others.
32.To get on with:We cannot get on with that
mean fellow.
33.To get rid of:You should get rid of this bad
habit.
34.To get wind of:He got wind of the plot and
ran away in time.
35.To give a false colouring to:You have given
a false colouring to my statement.
36.To give up the ghost:At last,the old man
gave up the ghost.
37.To go about:I do not know how to go about
the job.
38.To hang heavy:In summer,time hangs
heavy on us.
39.To hold one's ground:Our soldiers held
their ground bravely.
40.To keep at arm's length:Keep the gambler
at arm's length.
41.To keep one's temper:He keeps his temper
and is never angry.
42.To keep the ball rolling:Keep the ball rolling
,I am just coming.
43.To lay down:We are ready to lay down our
lives for our county.
44.To lick the dust:If you oppose him, you will
have to lick the dust.
45.To live from hand to mouth.His in come is
very low and he is living from hand to mouth.
46.To look sharp:Look sharp we are getting
late.
47.To make a clean breast of :You should
make a clean breast of your wrong-doing.
48.To make both ends meet:It is very difficult
for the poor to make both ends meet.
49.To pass muster:He was not very hopeful
but his performance passed muster.
50.To play a double game:Don't play a double
game with your friends.
51.To poison the ears:She poisoned his ears
against me.
52.To poke one's nose into:Don't poke your
nose into others affairs.
53.To pull a long face:He pulled a long face
when his father did not allow him to go there.
54.To run over the past:He ran over the past
and changed himself.
55.To run short of:We have run short of
money.
56.To sell like hot cakes:This interesting book
is selling like hot cakes.
57.To speak one's mind:Please,allow me to
speak my mind.
58.To talk back to:Don't talk back like that to
your elders.
59.To turn the table:He is very cunning and
will turn the table on us.
60.To work out:Don't worry;Our scheme will
work out in the end.
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MiScellaniouS new
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1.A broken reed:Do not tell him your secrets
because he is a broken reed.
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2.A walk over:The other team did not come
and we got a walk over.
3.A fool's paradise:If you think this is
possible,you are living in a fool's paredise.
4.A wild goose chase:Your attempt to win her
love is a wild goose chase.
5.In the teeth of:He succeeded in the teeth of
so many troubles.
6.Over head and ears:He is over head and
ears in love with her.
7.A fish out of water:Without his friends,he
feels like a fish out of water.
8.Apple of one's eyes:He is the apple of his
parent's eyes.
9.Hue and cry:When they saw the theif,they
raised hue and cry.
10.A wet blanket:We should encourage others
and not to be a wet blanket.
11.A white elephant:A car is a white elephant
for a poor man.
12.A red letter day:The 14th August is a red
letter day in th history of pakistan.
13.A maiden speech:He impressed the
audience by his maiden speech.
14.A black sheep:We should be aware of a
black sheep in our company.
15.Under a cloud:All his friends left him when
he was under a cloud.
16.A hair's breadth:We had a hair's breadth
escape from the accident.
17.A stumbling block:His shyness was a
stumbling block in his way to progress.
18.Hand to mouth:The poor live from hand to
mouth.
19.A hat trick:A hat trick of murders horrified
the citizens.
20.A bone of contention:This house is a bone
of contention between two brothers.
21.Above board:All his dealings are above
board.
22.A bolt from the blue:His father's death was
a bolt from the blue for him.
23.A fair-weather friend:A fair-weather friend
always leaves in adversity
24.At one's becks and call:We are at the beck
and call of our President.
25.A bed of roses:Life inthese days is not a
bed of roses.
26.In full swing:When we reached there the
match was in full swing.
27.On the anvil:Wait patiently; the master is
still on the anvil.
28.Royal road:There is no royal road to
success.
29.A laughing stock:He talked nonsense and
made himself the laughing stockof his
heaners.
30.A bird's eye view:We had a bird's eye view
of the town from the collegetower.
31.Call a spade a spade:I like him because he
calls a spade a spade.
32.Play one's trump card:In the end,he played
his trump card and succeeded.
33.Rest on one's laurels:Great men never rest
on their laurels.
34.Sow wild oats:He sowed wild oats in youth
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and now he is suffering.
35.Lick the dust: If you oppose me,you will
have to lick the dust.
36.To die in harness:Brave soldiers always die
in harness.
37.Be in the same boat:We shall die and live
together because we are in the same boat.
38.Rest on one's oars:After the examination,
we decided to rest on our oars.
39.Keep one's head above water:His
business and he could not keep his heead
above water
40.Face the music:A public leader should
have the courage to face the music.
41.Poke one's nose:Do not poke your nose in
my affairs.
42.Turn a deaf ear to:He turned a deaf ear to
my advice and was ruined.
43.Take the bull by the horns:Brave men
always take the bull by the horns.
44.Feather one's nest:Dishonest persons
always try to feather their own nest.
45.End in smoke :All his plans ended in
smoke.
46.Nip in the bud:We should nip the evil in the
bud.
47.To beat about the bush:Without beating
about the bush ,you should say what you like.
48.Win laurels:Work hard and you will win
laurels .
49.Break the ice:When all were hesitant ,I
broke the ice and advanced.
50.Show a clean pair of heels:Seeing me, he
showed a clean pair of heels.
51.Mind one's own business:Mind your own
business;don't interfere with mine.
52.Shed crocodile tears:He killed his friend
and now he is shedding crocodile tears.
53.To be taken a back:Hearing the news of his
failure,he was taken a back.
54.To abide by:You should abide by the laws
of your country.
55.To keep abreast of:We should keep
abreast of the recent developments.
56.To take into account:While giving a
judgement the judge should take into account
the circumstances of the guilty.
57.To take advantage of:Shahid should take
advantage of this opportunity.
58.To call in question:His honesty cannot be
called in question.
59.To carry the day:Babur carried the day in
the battle of Panipat.
60.To fall back upon:The widow had
no;relative to fall back upon.
61.To burry the hatchet:They buired the
hatchet and became friends again.
62.To turn over a new leaf:After his father's
death,he turned over a new leaf to life.
63.To leave no stone unturned:I will no stone
unturned to please my boss.
64.To leave in the lurch:His selfish friends left
him in the lurch.
65.T plough the sand:The attempt to bribe him
is to plough the sand.
66.To cut a sorry figure:When he could not
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speak in the meeting,he had to cut a sorry
figure.
67.To set aside:He set aside all my objections.
Best of LucK students…………….&&
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