IV – 5
IDIOMS
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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
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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
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