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Archive for the ‘Idioms’ Category
- The apple of one’s eye
- at one’s fingertips
- at the eleventh hour
- bad egg
- beat about the bush
- bell the cat
- bread and butter
- bury the hatchet
- by hook or by crook
- carry weight
- catch red-handed
- chicken-hearted
- child’s play
- cock and bull story
- come to the point
- dead broke
- dog in manner
- cat humble pie
- an eye for an eye
- face the music
- foot the bill
- get into hot water
- hard and fast rule
- have a sweet tooth
- have green eyes
- hold one’s tongue
- in a twinkling of an eye
- keep in mind
- keep something quiet
- kill two birds with one stone
- lend a hand
- like cat and dog
- make both ends meet
- once in a blue moon
- pass the hat around
- pay through the nose
- pick and choose
- put one’s best foot forward
- put one’s foot down
- rain cats and dogs
- read between the lines
- read-letter day
- see eye to eye
- see red
- snake in the grass
- spread like wildfire
- take up arms
- talk behind one’s back
- turn over a new leaf
- a white elephant
- win the day
- up-to-date
- As a rule – Usually, generally
- Be on the safe side – Take no chances
- Be up to one’s ears – Have a lot of work / exams / reports
- By all means – Definitely / certainly
- Catch a cold – To get sick with a cold
- Come down with – Become sick / ill with
- Come up with – Find a solution / an idea
- Die of hunger – Be very hungry
- Every now and then – Occasionally, not often
- Every other – Alternate
- Got down to (work / business) – Start work without delaying
- Get the ball rolling – Start an activity / make a beginning
- Make a point of – Say or do something with a particular intent
- Once in a blue moon – Almost never
- Out of the question – impossible
- The ins and outs of – All the details
- Think nothing of it – That’s all right
- Under the weather – Not well
- To clear the air – To explain
- To keep up appearance – To make it look as if you are richer or better off
- To have an axe to grind – To have something to gain by an action
- To get out of bed on the wrong side – To get up in the morning in bad temper
- To face the music – to face the consequences
- To get into hot water – To get into trouble
- To make a mountain out of a molehill – To make a small matter appear much bigger
- To tell a white lie – To tell a lie for a good cause
- To turn over a new leaf – To become a good boy
- Judge a book by its cover – should not judge a person based on his / her outlook
As a rule – usually, generally
- As a rule I write a short essay before going to bed.
