20. A white elephant Expensive without Mobile phone is a white elephant these days.
benefit
21. At sixes and sevens Without order I arranged all things put at sixes and sevens.
22. An oily tongue Flatter Some people use an oily tongue to please their
bosses.
23. A laughing stock Subject to fun Ali became a laughing stock for his follies.
24. Bad blood Enmity Greed creates bad blood even among brothers.
25. Bag and baggage With everything He left the house bag and baggage.
26. Better half Wife One should respect one’s better half.
27. Bread and butter Livelihood Earning bread and butter has been tough these
days.
28. Break the ice To break silence I broke the ice during the meeting.
29. Break the news To tell It was difficult to break the news of my failure.
30. Bring to book To call for answer The servant was brought to book for his
dishonesty.
31. Broken reed Unreliable A selfish friend proved himself a broken reed.
32. Burn the midnight Work very hard We should burn midnight oil for our goals.
oil
33. By and by Gradually, slowly By and by we are all becoming lazy.
34. Bury the hatchet To end disputes We should bury the hatchet and live with love.
35. By fits and starts Irregularly Those who work by fits and starts don’t
succeed in life.
36. By hook or by crook In any way legally or Some people achieve their goals by hook or by
illegally crook.
37. By leaps and bounds Messily May Allah Pakistan prosper by leaps and
bounds.
38. By and large Over all By and large, it was a productive meeting.
39. Carry the day To get success James carried the day by winning the
competition.
40. Come to light Come to scene His corruption came to light after his trial.
41. Crocodile tears False weeping You cannot move me through crocodile tears.
42. Curry favor To flatter I cannot curry favor with you in this matter.
43. Cut a sorry figure In a poor condition The youth is cutting a sorry figure regarding
moralities.
44. Dark horse Very intelligent Some people prove dark horses by doing
undoable.
45. End in smoke To fail His effort ended in smoke.
46. For good Forever He left the village for good.
47. French leave Absent without telling French leave isn’t allowed in this office.
48. Feather the nest To get one’s own work He used his connections to feather his nest.
done
49. Few and far between Seldom He visits me few and far between.
50. Find fault with To point out flaws Don’t find faults in others’ work.
