Top 30 Idioms And Phrase For Daily Life with Meaning
Idioms or Phrase Meaning
01)Give the game away :- reveal your own or another person's
secret plan.
02)Black sheep :- a rogue
03)Crocodile tears :- not real service
04)Yeoman's service :- excellent service
05)With zest and zeal :- with great fervour
06)Take to task :- to rebuke, to punish
07)Tit for tat :- blow for blow
08)Summer friends :- friends of happy days
09)Sword of Damocles :- a danger that continuously
threatens a person
10)Sum and substance :- gist
11)Split hairs :- to go into minute details
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| Split hairs(go into minute details) |
12)Storm in a tea pot :- a quarrel for nothing
13)Rolling stone :- a person who does not stick to any
14)Career and changes :- frequently to other career
15)Red rag to a bull :- something that provokes
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| Red rag to a bull |
16)Rank and file :- common people
17)Palmy days :- days of prosperity and happiness
18)Play the truant :- run away from school without leave
19)Petticoat government :- female rule
20)Pay lip service :- to show insincere respect
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| Pay lip service |
21)On the eve of :- just before an event
21)Make a mountain
of a molehill small :- to attach undue importance to a
matter
22)Move heaven and earth :- to do everything possible
23)Man of letters :- a literary person, a scholar
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| Man of letters |
24)Make both ends meet :- to meet one's expenses with difficulty
25)Lame excuse :- fake plea
26)Laugh in one's sleeves :- to laugh secretly
27)Loaves and fishes :- material gains
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| Loaves and fishes |
28)Keep the wolf away from
the door :- to keep away starvation
29)Kith and kin :- realtives
30)Himalayan blunder :- a serious mistake
31)Hit below the belt :- to use base means
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| Hit below the belt |
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| A Gala day |
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