➲ A chip of the old block - Having the characteristics of the ancestors.
➲ Threw up the sponge - Quit the competition.
➲ To save her face - To avoid being embarrassed or disgraced.
➲ Flew off the handle - To get very angry.
➲ Lost in cloud - To day dream and be unfocused on reality.
➲ Hush money - Bribe paid to keep someone quiet.
➲ Food for thought - Something worth thinking about.
➲ Rub salt in the wounds - To deliberately make someone suffer.
➲ Not my cup of tea - Not to my liking.
➲ Living a lie - Being dishonest or pretending.
➲ Like the back of hand - Very familiar with something.
➲ Back room boys - People who do important work but have no contact with the public.
➲ Ball is in his court - Leave the next step upto the other person.
➲ An arm and a leg - Very expensive.
➲ Added an insult to injury - To worsen an already unfavourable situation.
➲ The best of both worlds - to get varied advantages at the same time.
➲ Glad to see the back of - To feel happy when someone leaves.
➲ Barking up the wrong tree - Accusing the wrong person.
➲ Whole nine yards - Everything
➲ Straight from the horse's mouth - From a reliable source.
➲ Stole the thunder - Took attention away from others' efforts.
➲ Steal the limelight - To get more attention than anyone or anything else in a situation.
➲ Steal the show - To attract the most attention and praise.
➲ To pound the pavement - Walk the streets looking for a job.
➲ To shape up or ship out - To either improve one's performances or quit.
➲ To tar another with the same brush - To believe that someone of a particular group has the same bad qualities as others in that group.
➲ Cut the ground from under the feet - Weakened the position.
➲ Deliver - Do as expected.
➲ Acid test - Test used to prove efficiency of a person.
➲ Oily tongue - To be good at flattery.
➲ Have bad blood - To have ill feeling.
➲ Achilles heel - A characteristic weakness.
➲ To burn the midnight oil - To work till late night.
➲ The devils advocate - A person who gives counter arguments.
➲ Elvis has gone out of the building - The show is over.
➲ Not to give up your day job - A mild way of saying 'you cannot do anything professionally, as your are not good enough'
➲ Speak of the devil - When the person you have just been talking about arrives.
➲ Sit on the fence - When someone does not want to choose or decide.
➲ To be a bit out of something - To be mentally lost and confused.
➲ A bare faced lie - An obvious lie.
➲ A ball park figure - An approximate number.
➲ To kill two birds with one stone - Accomplish two different things with a single move.
➲ Keep at bay - Keep something away.
➲ Jump on the bandwagon - Join a popular trend or activity.
➲ Near to impossible - Something almost impossible.
➲ A near miss - Something did not quite reach the desired level.
➲ A narrow squeak - An escape or victory that is narrowly achieved.
➲ A clip over the ear - To give a smack on the ear.
➲ A case in point - An actual example to illustrate a point.
➲ A bum-steer - Purposely give someone the wrong directions.
➲ To taste one's own medicine - What you did to others is done to you.
➲ To take something with a grain of salt - To not take what someone says too seriously.
➲ To steal someone's thunder - To take the credit for something someone else did.
➲ A fly on the wall - A person who discretely watches a situation without being noticed.
➲ Name was in the mud - Unpopular.
➲ Letting the cat out of the bag - Unintentionally revealing a secret.
➲ Hollow leg - An ability to drink large quantities of alcoholic beverages.
➲ A greenhorn - A novice.
➲ A crying shame - Something unfair.
➲ Robbed the cradle - Have romantic relationship with someone much younger.
➲ Silver surfers - An old aged internet user.
➲ Ambulance chaser - A lawyer who exclusively deals in cases that involve accidents and claims rising from such.
➲ Cross the bridge when you come to it - Deal with the problem when you face it and not think about it before.
➲ An arm and a leg - A great cost.
➲ Hot potato - A disputed topic on which people would talk endlessly.
➲ To run riot - To get out of control.
➲ To go through fire and water - Face any difficulty.
➲ To talk through one's hat - Talk nonsense.
➲ Sailed through - Being successful in doing something without difficulty.
➲ Drop of a hat - Very quickly.
➲ A penny for your thoughts - What are you thinking?
➲ Golden hand shake - A good amount of money.
➲ Dead woods - Unnecessary things.
➲ Tricks of the trade - Being expert in something.
➲ Come to a bad end - A disaster that is deserved or expected.
➲ Dead in the water - At standstill.
➲ Deaf ear - Unwilling to listen.
➲ Beat the air - To make useless efforts.
➲ To take to task - Reprimanded him
➲ Bring to light - Revealed.
➲ Stand by - Support.
➲ Stave off - Prevent.
➲ Making hay while the Sun shines - Taking advantage of a favourable opportunity.
➲ On the same page - Having similar opinions or thoughts.
➲ At the drop of a hat - Instantly and without hesitation.
➲ With a high hand - Oppressively.
➲ The stars have aligned - The right moment.
➲ Out of nowhere - Unexpected event.
➲ Threw up the sponge - Quit the competition.
➲ To save her face - To avoid being embarrassed or disgraced.
➲ Flew off the handle - To get very angry.
➲ Lost in cloud - To day dream and be unfocused on reality.
➲ Hush money - Bribe paid to keep someone quiet.
➲ Food for thought - Something worth thinking about.
➲ Rub salt in the wounds - To deliberately make someone suffer.
➲ Not my cup of tea - Not to my liking.
➲ Living a lie - Being dishonest or pretending.
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| Idioms & Phrases |
➲ Like the back of hand - Very familiar with something.
➲ Back room boys - People who do important work but have no contact with the public.
➲ Ball is in his court - Leave the next step upto the other person.
➲ An arm and a leg - Very expensive.
➲ Added an insult to injury - To worsen an already unfavourable situation.
➲ The best of both worlds - to get varied advantages at the same time.
➲ Glad to see the back of - To feel happy when someone leaves.
➲ Barking up the wrong tree - Accusing the wrong person.
➲ Whole nine yards - Everything
➲ Straight from the horse's mouth - From a reliable source.
➲ Stole the thunder - Took attention away from others' efforts.
➲ Steal the limelight - To get more attention than anyone or anything else in a situation.
➲ Steal the show - To attract the most attention and praise.
➲ To pound the pavement - Walk the streets looking for a job.
➲ To shape up or ship out - To either improve one's performances or quit.
➲ To tar another with the same brush - To believe that someone of a particular group has the same bad qualities as others in that group.
➲ Cut the ground from under the feet - Weakened the position.
➲ Deliver - Do as expected.
➲ Acid test - Test used to prove efficiency of a person.
➲ Oily tongue - To be good at flattery.
➲ Have bad blood - To have ill feeling.
➲ Achilles heel - A characteristic weakness.
➲ To burn the midnight oil - To work till late night.
➲ The devils advocate - A person who gives counter arguments.
➲ Elvis has gone out of the building - The show is over.
➲ Not to give up your day job - A mild way of saying 'you cannot do anything professionally, as your are not good enough'
➲ Speak of the devil - When the person you have just been talking about arrives.
➲ Sit on the fence - When someone does not want to choose or decide.
➲ To be a bit out of something - To be mentally lost and confused.
➲ A bare faced lie - An obvious lie.
➲ A ball park figure - An approximate number.
➲ To kill two birds with one stone - Accomplish two different things with a single move.
➲ Keep at bay - Keep something away.
➲ Jump on the bandwagon - Join a popular trend or activity.
➲ Near to impossible - Something almost impossible.
➲ A near miss - Something did not quite reach the desired level.
➲ A narrow squeak - An escape or victory that is narrowly achieved.
➲ A clip over the ear - To give a smack on the ear.
➲ A case in point - An actual example to illustrate a point.
➲ A bum-steer - Purposely give someone the wrong directions.
➲ To taste one's own medicine - What you did to others is done to you.
➲ To take something with a grain of salt - To not take what someone says too seriously.
➲ To steal someone's thunder - To take the credit for something someone else did.
➲ A fly on the wall - A person who discretely watches a situation without being noticed.
➲ Name was in the mud - Unpopular.
➲ Letting the cat out of the bag - Unintentionally revealing a secret.
➲ Hollow leg - An ability to drink large quantities of alcoholic beverages.
➲ A greenhorn - A novice.
➲ A crying shame - Something unfair.
➲ Robbed the cradle - Have romantic relationship with someone much younger.
➲ Silver surfers - An old aged internet user.
➲ Ambulance chaser - A lawyer who exclusively deals in cases that involve accidents and claims rising from such.
➲ Cross the bridge when you come to it - Deal with the problem when you face it and not think about it before.
➲ An arm and a leg - A great cost.
➲ Hot potato - A disputed topic on which people would talk endlessly.
➲ To run riot - To get out of control.
➲ To go through fire and water - Face any difficulty.
➲ To talk through one's hat - Talk nonsense.
➲ Sailed through - Being successful in doing something without difficulty.
➲ Drop of a hat - Very quickly.
➲ A penny for your thoughts - What are you thinking?
➲ Golden hand shake - A good amount of money.
➲ Dead woods - Unnecessary things.
➲ Tricks of the trade - Being expert in something.
➲ Come to a bad end - A disaster that is deserved or expected.
➲ Dead in the water - At standstill.
➲ Deaf ear - Unwilling to listen.
➲ Beat the air - To make useless efforts.
➲ To take to task - Reprimanded him
➲ Bring to light - Revealed.
➲ Stand by - Support.
➲ Stave off - Prevent.
➲ Making hay while the Sun shines - Taking advantage of a favourable opportunity.
➲ On the same page - Having similar opinions or thoughts.
➲ At the drop of a hat - Instantly and without hesitation.
➲ With a high hand - Oppressively.
➲ The stars have aligned - The right moment.
➲ Out of nowhere - Unexpected event.
