ENGLISH - IDIOMS

-: IDIOMS :-

1.         turn  a deaf ear  =  neglect

2.         by hook or by crook  =  by doing anything

3.         flesh and blood   =   human

4.         once in a blue moon    =  rarely

5.         bring to light   =   disclose

6.         eleventh hour   =  very  late

7.         up to date   =   latest

8.         wash hands   =   refuse

9.         tooth and nail   =   very hard

10.       take to heels   =   run away

11.       in cold blood   =   without any mercy

12.       nip in the bud   =   remove early

13.       in full swing   =   active

14.       go to dogs   =   ruin

15.       go out of way   =   take risk

16.       storm in tea cup   =   a small fight

17.       fish in troubled waters   =   act miserly

18.       like a fish out of water   =   strange situation

19.       by fits and starts   =   without preparation

20.       not a bed of roses   =   not easy

21.       burn candle at both ends   =   over work

22.       birds of same feathers   =   like minded

23.       red handed   =   with proof

24.       bag and baggage   =   belongings

25.       take last breath   =   die

26.       move heaven and earth   =   try all ways

27        wild goose chase   =   foolish effort

28.       cats and dogs   =    heavy rain

29.       black and blue   =   very severely

30.       bolt from the blue   =   unexpected

31.       by leaps and bounds   =   fast

32.       beat around the bush   =   not straight

33.       cock and bull stories   =   wrong information

34.       live from hand to mouth   =   very poor

35.       make head and tail of   =  clear

36.       white elephant   =   very difficult to maintain

37.       at fingers’ tips   =   perfect

38.       black and white   =   in writing

39.       red tapism   =   delay

40.       hard and fast   = strict

41.       lion’s share   =   major share

42.       cement jungle   =   city

43.       out of one’s mind   =   mad

44.       be in the red   =   waste

45.       the yellow press   =   sensational

46.       double Dutch = cannot understand anything

47.       a drop in the ocean = negligible thing

48,       dyed in the wool = cannot change easily

49.       dig one’s own grave = destroy oneself

50.       do away with = abolish

51.       eagle eye = very careful

52.       eat humble pie = become obedient

53.       at the eleventh hour = very late

54.       faint hearted = weak persons

55.       fish in troubled waters = very mean minded

56.       fools paradise = imaginary world

57.       French leave = without intimation

58.       from pillar to post = meet every body

59.       from rags to riches = from low level

60.       give a big hand = praise

61.       get through = pass

62.       move heaven and earth = do what one can do

63.       high and dry = collapse

64.       hi-fi = with great pomp and show

65.       hustle- bustle = lot of noise

66.       iron curtain = not known what is inside