50 IMPORTANT IDIOMS AND PHRASES

 

1. ABOVE BOARD - HONEST AND STRAIGHT FORWARD 
2. ADAM'S ALE - PURE WATER 
3. ADD A NEW FEATHER IN ONE'S CAP - TO ACQUIRE A NEW HONOUR OR DISTINCTION 
4. ADD INSULT TO INJURY - TO HARM AS WELL AS HUMILIATE 
5. AFTER ONE'S OWN HEART - SIMILAR TO YOU 
6. AN EYE WASH - A PRETENCE 
7. A HAIR BREADTH ESCAPE - VERY NARROW ESCAPE 
8. AN OLD FLAME - LONG TIME LOVE 
9. AN OLD HEAD ON YOUNG SHOULDERS - TO BE MORE MATURED THAN ONE'S OWN AGE 
10. AS FIT AS A FIDDLE - STRONG AND HEALTHY 
11. ASSUME AIRS - TO PRETEND SUPERIORITY 
12. AT A STONE'S THROW - AT A LITTLE DISTANCE 
13. AT LARGE - ABSCONDING 
14. AT LOGGERHEADS - TO BE AT STRIFE 
15. AT NAUGHT - TO DISREGARD OR TREAT AS OF NO IMPORTANCE 
16. AT ODDS - IN DISAGREEMENT 
17. AT SEA - TO BE CONFUSED 
18. AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL - AT SERVICE 
19. BACKSTAIRS INFLUENCE - IMPROPER AND PRIVATE INFLUENCE 
20. BAD EGG - A WORTHLESS PERSON 
21. BANDY WORDS - TO ARGUE 
22. BANK UPON - DEPEND ON COUNT ON 
23. BATED BREATH - HOLDING YOUR BREATH , IN ANXIETY 
24. CAUGHT RED HANDED - TO BE CAUGHT WHILE COMMITTING A CRIME 
25. BE IN THE BAD BOOKS OF - OUT OF FAVOUR 
26. BE IN THE BAD ODUOUR OF - TO BE OUT OF FAVOUR 
27. BE INE GOOD BOOKS OF - TO BE IN KIND FAVOUR 
28. BE IN THE DRIVING SEAT - TO TAKE THE WHOLE RESPONSIBILITY
29. BEAR THE PALM - TO BE VICTORIOUS 
30. BEAT THE AIR - TO MAKE USELESS EFFORTS 
31. BED OF ROSES - AN EASY AND COMFORTABLE SITUATION 
32. BEE IN ONE'S BONNET - GO ON TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING WHICH OTHER PEOPLE THINK IS NOT IMPORTANT
33. BEHIND THE SCENE - SECRETLY 
34. BELOW THE BELT - TO STRIKE UNFAIRLY 
35. BESIDE ONESELF - TO FEEL EXTREMELY NERVOUS OR WORRIED 
36. BESIDE THE MARK - IRRELEVANT 
37. BETWEEN SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS - BETWEEN TWO GREAT DANGERS 
38. BID DEFIANCE - TO DEFY 
39. BITE THE DUST - TO BE DEFEATED 
40. BIAZE THE TRAIL - TO BE A PIONEER AND MAKE PATH FOR OTHERS 
41. BLESSING IN DISGUISE - SOMETHING INTRINSICALLY GOOD BUT HAVING A BAD APPEARANCE 
42. BLOW ONE'S OWN TRUMPET - TO PRAISE ONE'S OWNSELF 
43. BLUE STOCKING - AN EDUCATED INTELLECTUAL LADY 
44. BOOK WORM - A BIBLIOPHILIC PERSON
45. BREAK THE ICE - TO BREAK SILENCE BY SPEAKING FIRST
46. BRING DOWN THE HOUSE - RECEIVE GREAT APPLAUSE 
47. BRING HOME - TO EXPLAIN 
48. BRING TO BOOK - TO PUNISH 
49. BRING TO LIGHT - TO DISCLOSE 
50. BROW BEAT - TO INTIMIDAT 
51.