{"id":490,"date":"2015-08-03T07:12:27","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T07:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/97.74.134.56\/?p=490"},"modified":"2015-10-17T11:11:52","modified_gmt":"2015-10-17T05:41:52","slug":"idioms-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/idioms-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Idioms List"},"content":{"rendered":"

Idioms List
\n<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

1. Add fuel to the fire<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: When something is done to make a bad situation even worse.
\nExample <\/b>: In the world of politics it is a common observance for the opposition to Add Fuel To The Fire when any crisis occurs.<\/p>\n

2. To beggar description<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: Highly indescribable
\nExample <\/b>: The beauty of the Lotus Temple beggars describable.<\/p>\n

3. Beat about the bush<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: Irrelevant talking.
\nExample <\/b>: Do not beat about the bush, come to the point.<\/p>\n

4. To blow one’s own trumpet<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: Boast himself.
\nExample <\/b>: He always bore us by blowing his trumpet.<\/p>\n

5. Break the ice<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To find solution.
\nExample <\/b>:\u00a0 <\/b>Everybody was tense after the fight between the husband and wife then a common friend broke the ice by starting the dialogue between the two.<\/p>\n

6. To Build castle in the air.<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: Day dreaming.
\nExample <\/b>:\u00a0 He is always building castles in the air and does nothing in reality.<\/p>\n

7. To break the news<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To tell.
\nExample <\/b>:\u00a0 <\/b>It was Ravi who broke the news of your progress.<\/p>\n

8. To burn the candle at both ends<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To waste money and health quickly.
\nExample <\/b>: If he burns the candle at both ends, he will soon be ruined.<\/p>\n

9. To burn the midnight oil<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To work hard.
\nExample <\/b>: One has to burn the midnight oil in order to do well in the I.A.S. examination.<\/p>\n

10. To carry the day<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To win.
\nExample <\/b>: Sabina carried the day in the inter- school debate competition.<\/p>\n

11. To come of age<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To reach the age of twenty-one.
\nExample <\/b>: My sister comes of age next year.<\/p>\n

12. To cut a sorry figure<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To be ashamed.
\nExample <\/b>: She cut a sorry figure in his maiden speech.<\/p>\n

13. To die in harness<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To die while still at work.
\nExample <\/b>: Lal Bahadur Shastri died in harness in Tashkent.<\/p>\n

14. To eat humble pie<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To apologize humbly, to yield under humiliating circumstances.
\nExample <\/b>: In spite of all her brag she had to eat humble pie.<\/p>\n

15. To end in smoke<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To come to nothing.
\nExample <\/b>: All the\u00a0 efforts of the principal to bring him round ended in smoke.<\/p>\n

16. To find fault with<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To claim.
\nExample <\/b>: You should not find fault wit others.<\/p>\n

17. To follow suit<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To fallow example of.
\nExample <\/b>: The leader left the meeting: others followed suit.<\/p>\n

18. To get into hot water<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To get into trouble.
\nExample <\/b>:\u00a0 Ritu defied her boss and got into hot water.<\/p>\n

19. Go to the dogs<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To say that a company, organization or country is going to the dogs means that it is becoming less successful or efficient than before.
\nExample <\/b>: Some think the company will go to the dogs if it is nationalized.<\/p>\n

20. At one’s finger tips or ends<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To be expert in.
\nExample <\/b>: All the important topics of history are at my finger tops.<\/p>\n

21. To keep pace with<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To remain equivalent.
\nExample <\/b>:\u00a0 You should keep pace with your classmates and teachers in the school trip.<\/p>\n

22. Keep someone at arm’s length<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: If you keep someone at arm’s length, you do not allow yourself to become too friendly with them.
\nExample <\/b>: <\/b>It’s not easy to become friends with Sophie; she tends to keep
\neveryone at arm’s length.<\/p>\n

23. To keep in the dark<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To keep away from the truth.
\nExample <\/b>: My brother kept me in the dark about this matter.<\/p>\n

24. To kill two birds with one stone<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To get double benefit with one task.
\nExample <\/b>: To deposit money in this scheme is to kill two birds with one stone.<\/p>\n

25. Leave no stone unturned<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: Do full efforts.
\nExample <\/b>: Delhi government left no stone unturned to make common wealth games a success.<\/p>\n

26. To lose heart<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To lose courage.
\nExample <\/b>: You should be brave; brave men do not lose heart in difficulties.<\/p>\n

27. To make both ends meet<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To earn daily living.
\nExample <\/b>:\u00a0 <\/b>It is not easy for a middle class family to make both ends meet these days.<\/p>\n

28. To make good the loss<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: Recover.
\nExample <\/b>: I have made good the loss he had done me.<\/p>\n

29. To mind one’s own business<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: Avoid interruption.
\nExample <\/b>: You should mind your own business.<\/p>\n

30. To nip in the bud<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To check the growth of.
\nExample <\/b>: We should always nip the evil in the bud or it will overcome you in the end.<\/p>\n

31. To play false<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To cheat.
\nExample <\/b>: Do not play false with your parents.<\/p>\n

32. To pay in the same coin<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: Behave in the same manner.
\nExample <\/b>: Gandhiji didn’t believe in paying people in the same coin.<\/p>\n

33. To pocket an insult<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To bear insult.
\nExample <\/b>: When her friend insulted her she pocket this insult.<\/p>\n

34. To rain cats and dogs<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: Heavy rain.
\nExample <\/b>: It rained cats and dogs yesterday.<\/p>\n

35. To see eye to eye with<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To be agree.
\nExample <\/b>: You do not see eye to eye with me in this matter.<\/p>\n

36. To take to task<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To scold.
\nExample <\/b>:\u00a0 <\/b>His father took him to task for not coming at time.<\/p>\n

37. To take heart<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To dare.
\nExample <\/b>: Take heart and try again.<\/p>\n

38. To take to heart<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To take on heart.
\nExample <\/b>: The old man took his daughter’s death to heart.<\/p>\n

39. To turn one’s head<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To change the mind.
\nExample <\/b>: Riches have turned his head.<\/p>\n

40. To turn a deaf ear to<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: to be unperterbed.
\nExample <\/b>: Turn a deaf ear to all the nonsense she speaks.<\/p>\n

41. At one\u2019s beck and call<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: Ready to serve.
\nExample <\/b>: Governor of a state has hundreds of officers at his beck and call.<\/p>\n

42. To be at large<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To be free.
\nExample <\/b>: The police have not been able to trace the thief who is still at large.<\/p>\n

43. At sixes and sevens<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: Scattered.
\nExample <\/b>: In kids room things are always lying at sixes and sevens.<\/p>\n

44. Red-handed<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: In the very act of committing the theft.
\nExample <\/b>: The thief was caught red-handed.<\/p>\n

45. To be wide of the mark<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To have no relation with the matter.
\nExample <\/b>: Your remark is wide of the mark.<\/p>\n

46. Hand and glove<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: Closed relationship.
\nExample <\/b>:\u00a0 <\/b>Vivek and me are hand and glove with each other.<\/p>\n

47. To be out of pocket<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: No money.
\nExample <\/b>: She is out of pocket these days; we should help her with money.<\/p>\n

48. To be out of sorts<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: Sick.
\nExample <\/b>: He is out of sorts today.<\/p>\n

49. To be in a fix<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: Confused.
\nExample <\/b>: I am in a fix and do not know what to do.<\/p>\n

50. <\/b>To be in good books<\/b><\/span>
\nMeaning <\/b>: To be in favour.
\nExample <\/b>: We should be in\u00a0 the good books\u00a0 of our elders.<\/p>\n

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