Sakshi Education
A dead letter - a matter that is no longer important
Afraid of her own shadow - to be extremely nervous and easily frightened
To be fair and square - in an honest way and without any doubt
Forty winks - a nap; some sleep.
Pink slip - a letter from your employer which tells you that you do not have a job any more
Always in the swim - alert to or actively engaged in events
Barking up the wrong tree - to make the wrong choice
Know the ropes - Be informed about the details of a situation or task
Added fuel to the fire - to say or do something that makes a bad situation worse
Rubbed him up the wrong way - to irritate someone
Rings a bell - to stir something in someone’s memory
Stood her ground - Maintained his position
Cut someone dead - to ignore someone totally
At daggers drawn - angry and ready to fight
Go through the hoops - to do a lot of difficult things before you do something you want
Playing ducks and drakes - to carelessly misuse one’s wealth, to behave recklessly
Curtain lecture - Wife's tough talk
Ended in smoke - To come to nothing
Going places - to become very successful.
Pulls no punches - to deal with something honestly without hiding anything
On the same page - thinking in a similar way
Back to the drawing board - time to start from the start
A red letter day - A special occasion
All moonshine - Total lies
Showed a clean pair of heels - to run faster than someone who is trying to catch you
Fight tooth and nail - Engage in vigorous combat or make a strenuous effort, using all one's resources
Piece of his mind - to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong, scolding
Black and white - a very clear choice that causes no confusion
A hard nut to crack - a problem difficult to solve
Egged you - to encourage
Not fit to hold a candle - not as good as that other person
Paying through the nose - To pay excessively.
Putting the cart before the horse - doing things in the wrong order
Casting pearls before swine - to waste something good on someone who doesn't care about it.
On the wane - in a state of decline
In doldrums - feeling sad and lacking the energy to do anything
Drops a bombshell - Make an unexpected or shattering announcement
Dots one’s I’s and cross one’s t’s - to do something very carefully and in a lot of detail
Down in the dumps - In a gloomy or depressed mood
Turned up his nose at my offer - a sign of rejection
Strained every nerve - to make the greatest possible effort
Salt of the earth - a very good or worthy person
The alpha and omega - the beginning and the ending
Pin money - Small amounts of money for incidental expenses
Gerrymandering way - the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible.
Brought the house down - to entertain people very successfully, so that they laugh or clap for a long time
Picking holes - to find mistakes in something someone has done or said
To flog a dead horse - to insist on talking about something that no one is interested in, or that has already been thoroughly discussed
A gentleman at large - Has no serious occupation
To be in two minds - unable to decide about something
Full of hot air - Talking a lot
Run into rough weather - to run into difficulties or experience problems
Off the top of his head - without giving it too much thought
Put her foot down - to assert something strongly
Halcyon days - a very happy or successful period in the past
Fell on stony ground - be ignored or badly received
All ducks in a row - to organize things well
Damocles’ sword - a situation where something bad is likely to happen very soon
To the letter - exactly as instructed
Gives himself the airs - behaving arrogantly
Cut and dried method - final and easy to understand
Carve out a niche - to successfully create or get something
To cut the Gordian knot - to act quickly and decisively in a difficult situation, solve a problem boldly.
A man of letters - a man, who knows a lot about literature
Caused some tongues to wag - to cause people to start gossiping
Put two and two together - Draw the proper inference from existing evidence
Carried off his feet - Was wild with excitement
Stopped short - to decide not to do something
A can of worms - a very difficult issue or set of problems
Green horn - a person who is not experienced
Showed the white flag - a symbol of surrender or truce.
To throw dust in one’s eyes - to confuse or mislead somebody to deceive
Feet of clay - a weakness or hidden flaw in the character of a greatly admired or respected person
Dragging its feet - to do something slowly because you do not want to do it
Stormed out - to burst out of some place angrily
Led by the nose - Dominate or control someone
Afraid of her own shadow - to be extremely nervous and easily frightened
To be fair and square - in an honest way and without any doubt
Forty winks - a nap; some sleep.
Pink slip - a letter from your employer which tells you that you do not have a job any more
Always in the swim - alert to or actively engaged in events
Barking up the wrong tree - to make the wrong choice
Know the ropes - Be informed about the details of a situation or task
Added fuel to the fire - to say or do something that makes a bad situation worse
Rubbed him up the wrong way - to irritate someone
Rings a bell - to stir something in someone’s memory
Stood her ground - Maintained his position
Cut someone dead - to ignore someone totally
At daggers drawn - angry and ready to fight
Go through the hoops - to do a lot of difficult things before you do something you want
Playing ducks and drakes - to carelessly misuse one’s wealth, to behave recklessly
Curtain lecture - Wife's tough talk
Ended in smoke - To come to nothing
Going places - to become very successful.
Pulls no punches - to deal with something honestly without hiding anything
On the same page - thinking in a similar way
Back to the drawing board - time to start from the start
A red letter day - A special occasion
All moonshine - Total lies
Showed a clean pair of heels - to run faster than someone who is trying to catch you
Fight tooth and nail - Engage in vigorous combat or make a strenuous effort, using all one's resources
Piece of his mind - to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong, scolding
Black and white - a very clear choice that causes no confusion
A hard nut to crack - a problem difficult to solve
Egged you - to encourage
Not fit to hold a candle - not as good as that other person
Paying through the nose - To pay excessively.
Putting the cart before the horse - doing things in the wrong order
Casting pearls before swine - to waste something good on someone who doesn't care about it.
On the wane - in a state of decline
In doldrums - feeling sad and lacking the energy to do anything
Drops a bombshell - Make an unexpected or shattering announcement
Dots one’s I’s and cross one’s t’s - to do something very carefully and in a lot of detail
Down in the dumps - In a gloomy or depressed mood
Turned up his nose at my offer - a sign of rejection
Strained every nerve - to make the greatest possible effort
Salt of the earth - a very good or worthy person
The alpha and omega - the beginning and the ending
Pin money - Small amounts of money for incidental expenses
Gerrymandering way - the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible.
Brought the house down - to entertain people very successfully, so that they laugh or clap for a long time
Picking holes - to find mistakes in something someone has done or said
To flog a dead horse - to insist on talking about something that no one is interested in, or that has already been thoroughly discussed
A gentleman at large - Has no serious occupation
To be in two minds - unable to decide about something
Full of hot air - Talking a lot
Run into rough weather - to run into difficulties or experience problems
Off the top of his head - without giving it too much thought
Put her foot down - to assert something strongly
Halcyon days - a very happy or successful period in the past
Fell on stony ground - be ignored or badly received
All ducks in a row - to organize things well
Damocles’ sword - a situation where something bad is likely to happen very soon
To the letter - exactly as instructed
Gives himself the airs - behaving arrogantly
Cut and dried method - final and easy to understand
Carve out a niche - to successfully create or get something
To cut the Gordian knot - to act quickly and decisively in a difficult situation, solve a problem boldly.
A man of letters - a man, who knows a lot about literature
Caused some tongues to wag - to cause people to start gossiping
Put two and two together - Draw the proper inference from existing evidence
Carried off his feet - Was wild with excitement
Stopped short - to decide not to do something
A can of worms - a very difficult issue or set of problems
Green horn - a person who is not experienced
Showed the white flag - a symbol of surrender or truce.
To throw dust in one’s eyes - to confuse or mislead somebody to deceive
Feet of clay - a weakness or hidden flaw in the character of a greatly admired or respected person
Dragging its feet - to do something slowly because you do not want to do it
Stormed out - to burst out of some place angrily
Led by the nose - Dominate or control someone
Published date : 24 Jul 2015 03:59PM
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