Most Important Idioms and Phrases Set 1 (1-100)
1.Sweeping Statement – Thoughtless statement
2. All at sea – Puzzled
3. Enough rope – Enough freedom for action
4. By fits and start – Irregularly
5. Fell foul of – Got into trouble with
6. Token strike – Short strike held as warning -
7. Face the music – Get reprimanded
8. Look down upon – Hate intensely
9. Flogging a dead horse – Wasting time in useless effort
10. Under a cloud – Under suspicion
11. Green thumb – To have a natural interest
12. Played havoc – Caused destruction
13. No love lost between – Not on good terms
14. Fair and square – Honest
15. A white elephant – Costly or troublesome possession
16. Out and out – Totally
17. On the cuff – On credit
18. Does not hold water – Cannot be believed
19. A wild goose chase – Futile search
20. In a tight corner – In a difficult situation
21. Going places – Talented and successful
22. In cold blood – A murder done with intention
23. Off and on – Occasionally
24. Hard and fast – Strict
25. Took to heels – Run away in fear
26. To keep up – To keep in touch
27. Make a clean breast – Confess without reserve
28. Heads will roll – Transfers will take place
29. Make no bones about – Do not have any hesitation in anything
30. Take after – Resembles
31. To stave off – Postpone
32. To give a piece of mind – To reprimand
33. Rest on laurels – To be complacent
34. Pay through nose – Pay an extremely high price
35. Draw on fancy – Use imagination
36. Turn an honest living – Make an legitimate living
37. Give the game away – Give out the secret
38. Cheek by jowl – Very near
39. Give in – Yield
40. Run riot – Act without restraint
41. Go through fire and water – Undergo any risk
42. Talking through hat – Talking nonsense
43. Put up with – Tolerate
44. By fits and starts – Irregularly
45. Reading between the lines – Understanding the hidden meaning
46. Get the sack – Dismissed from
47. Pros and cons – Considering all the facts
48. By leaps and bounds – Very Quickly
49. In the good books –In favour with boss
50. In the long run – Ultimately
51. To be always one’s beck and call – At one’s disposal (ready to serve one’s master)
52. Turn a deaf ear – Disregard / Ignore / Refuse
53. At one’s wit’s end – Puzzled / Confused / Perplexed
54. To fight tooth and nail – To fight in a determined way for what you want
55. The green-eyed monster – Used as a way of talking about jealousy
56. Set the record straight – Give a correct account
57. Good Samaritan – Helpful person
58. Bad blood – Angry feeling
59. To go to the whole hog – To do it completely
60. Lay out – Spend / खचय करना
61. Laying off – Dismissal from jobs
62. By Leaps and bounds – At rapid pace
63. Spilling the beans – Revealing the information indiscreetly
64. Carry out – Execute
65. Went to the winds – Dissipated/ To be utterly lost
66. Ins and outs – Full details
67. A white elephant – A costly but useless possession
68. Fed up – Annoyed
69. In the good books – In favour with
70. Sharp practices – Dishonest means
71. In high spirits – Full of hope and enthusiasm /
72. Shake in shoes – Tremble with fear
73. Fits and starts – Not regularly
74. Close shave – Narrow escape
75. Take with a grain of salt – To listen to something with considerable doubt
76. Hobson’s choice – No real choice at all
77. To eat a humble pie – To apologize
78. To give the devil his due – To give encouragement even to the enemy
79. Reading between the lines – Looking for meanings that are not actually expressed
80. An open book – One that hold no secrets
81. An axe to grind – A private interest to serve
82. To blow one’s own trumpet – Praise one’s own abilities and achievements
83. Stand-offish – Indifferent
84. Sowing wild oats – Irresponsible pleasure seeking in young age
85. A bolt from the blue – Something unexpected and unpleasant
86. By leaps and bounds – Rapidly
87. Of no avail – Useless
88. On the verge of – On the brink of
89. A sore point – Something which hurts
90. Rise like a phoenix from the ashes – With a new life/rebirth/reincarnation
91. To keep under wraps – Secret /
92. Die in harness – To die at one’s work /
93. Fair- weather friend – A friend that deserts in difficulties
94. Emerge out of thin air – Appear Suddenly
95. Cut no ice – Have no influence
96. Bring to light – Introduce for discussion
97. Cannot hold a candle to – Cannot be compared to
98. Burn one’s boat – Leave no means of return
99. Make one’s flesh creep – Horrify /
100. Pros and cons – For and against / Analysis of all the given facts
