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PAIR - IDIOMS
1. Weal and woe Joy and sorrow
2. Ups and downs Success and failure
3. Pros and cons Advantages and disadvantages
4. Sum and substance Meaning, gist or summary
5. Flesh and blood A human being with his natural limitation.
6. Fishes and loaves Materialistic gains
7. Hard and fast Strict
8. To and fro Backward and forward
9. Cut and dried Readymade
10. Alpha and omega A to Z, the beginning and ending.
11. All and sundry Everyone without distinction.
12. Ins and outs Full detail
13. Fire and sword Anger, rage and rife /to go on a rampage.
14. Fire and brimstone The torments suffered by sinners in hell.
15. Far and wide In all directions
16. Far and near From distant places
17. Spic and span Neat and clean
18. On and on Continuously
19. Again and again Repeatedly
20. Now and then Often/ occasionally
21. Off and on Irregularly/sporadic/ intermittently
22. By Fits and starts Irregularly/sporadic/ intermittently
23. By hand and foot In all possible ways /by all means.
24. Be hand and glove Be very close
25. Heart and soul whole heartedly, with devotion.
26. Wear and tear Damage
27. Safe and sound Unhurt
28. Fair and square - Honest, just and proper
29. Hole and corner Being in a secret place or conducted secretly.
30. Under lock and key At a safe place
31. Move heaven and earth To do ones best , to leave no stone unturned.
32. Carrot and stick policy A reward and punishment policy
33. Part and parcel Inseparable part
34. Blow hot and cold Be unreliable
35. Play fast and loose To behave in a reckless or irresponsible manner.
36. Play ducks and drakes Waste or squander
37. By leaps and bounds Very rapidly
38. Null and void Ineffective
39. Rank and file Ordinary people
40. Out and out Completely
41. Far and away With much difference
42. Hunt high and low To look carefully in every possible place for someone or something
43. In every nook and corner Everywhere
44. Touch and go Dangerous and uncertain.
45. Dayin and dayout For an indefinite number of successive days.
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IDIOMS RELATED TO ANIMALS
1. A dog in the manger one who doesnt let others enjoy what he himself cannot.
2. Go to dogs be ruined.
3. Every dog has its day good fortune comes sooner or later.
4. Rain cats and dogs raining heavily.
5. A cat and dog life A quarrelsome life.
6. Let the cat out of the bag reveal the secret.
7. Bell the cat to take first step at personal risk.
9. Smell a rat to becomes suspicious.
10. From a horses mouth from a reliable source.
11. Flog a dead horse to waste ones efforts .
12. A dark horse A hidden genius.
13. Put the cart before the horse to do things in wrong order
14. Look a gift horse in the mouth criticize a gift
15. A stalking horse pretence/ something used to mask or to waste time trying.
to do something that will not succeed a purpose.
16. Flog a dead horse to revive interest in old matters.
17. A white elephant an expensive but useless possession.
18. A cock and bull story A false story
19. Take the bull by horns face challenges boldly.
20. A bull in the china shop a clumpy person in a delicate situation.
21. A fish out of water to be in difficulty/to feel uneasy.
22. To fish in troubled waters to take advantage of the troubles of others.
23. Queer fish strange person
24. Have another fish to fry have some more important work to do.
25. A birds eye view a general view.
26 Eagle eye keen eyesight /to pay attention to detail.
27. A bird of passage one who doesnt stay anywhere for long time.
28. Birds of same feather persons of same liking.
29. A wild goose chase An useless effort.
30. A snake in the grass A hidden enemy.
31. Keep the wolf from door Avoid starvation.
32. Cry wolf A false alarm.
33. Cock a snook to show contempt /disregard.
34. Cock of the walk one who dominates a group or situation.
35. Feather ones nest enrich oneself dishonestly.
36. A feather in ones cap An additional achievement.
37. A black ox misfortune
38. A black sheep A disgraceful person.
39. As a crow flies straight
40. A sitting duck An easy prey
41. Donkeys year After a long time.
42. A scape goat one who is punished to save others (a fallguy).
43. Lion's share large part
44. A wolf in sheeps clothing A dangerous person who looks unharmful or pretends to
be friendly.
45. Shed crocodile tears show false sorrow.
46. Small fry insignificant person.
47. Take under wings to provide protection /shelter.
48. Carry all eggs in one basket put everything at risk.
49. Bee in one's bonnet to be fussy.
50. Book worm a person in the habit of reading books and studying.
51. Fly in the face of to defy
52. Rule the roost to dominate
53. Swan song last creation
54. Wrangle over an ass' shadow to quarrel over trifles.
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IDIOMS RELATED TO BODY PARTS
1. Split hair quarrel over trivial matters
2. Let ones hair down to relax or enjoy leisurely
3. Turn a hair to give a sign of distress or disturbance
4. Wry face disappointed look
5. Lose ones face be humiliated
6. Put on a long face be sad and dejected
7. Cross one's mind to come into one's thought
8. An eye wash a pretence
9. To see eye to eye to agree
10. Have an eye for be a good judge of something
11. Keep an eye on keep watch
12. Have jaundiced eye be prejudiced/ influenced by envy and hostitity
13. Turn a blind eye pretend not to notice
14. To be all eyes to see carefully
15. Throw dust in ones eyes to deceive
16. Turn a deaf ear not to pay attention to, refuse to listen
17. To be all ears to listen carefully
18. Play by ear to be able to play a piece to music after just listening to it
a few times, without looking at the notes.
19. Hard nosed attitude agggressive
20. Pay through one's nose to pay dearly
21. Pay lip service pretend to express loyalty, respect or support
22. Cut new teeth gain experience
23. By the skin of the teeth narrowly
24. Rub shoulder with come into social contact
25. Give a cold shoulder treat indifferently
26. Have a hand in be involved in
27. With an iron hand strictly
28. Carry matters with a high hand to deal strictly
29. Win hands down win easily
30. Wash hands of to have nothing to do
31. With a high hand oppressively
32. Off hand without preparation or delay
33. Keep at arms length avoid
34. Be up in arms to revolt/ armed with weapons/ be very angry
35. A shot in the arm something that encourages
36. Take up arms to fight
37. Keep at an arm's length to keep at a distance
38. Burn ones finger suffer due to rash action.
39. To have on fingertips to have thorough knowledge
40. Have a finger in every pie to be involved in many different activities
41. Keep fingers crossed to hope anxiously
42. Cut a sorry figure to give a poor performance
43. Burn one's fingers to get into trouble
44. By the rule of thumb according to practical experience
45. Hit the nail on the head act exactly
46. Grease the palm to bribe
47. Bear the palm be victorious
48. Lose heart be hopeless /discouraged
49. Take heart muster courage / act boldly
50. Wear heart on sleeves be of expressive nature
51. Take to heart feel excessively
52. After one's own heart to one's liking
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53. Heart and soul devotedly
54. Put head together work together
55. Keep ones head be cool and not to lose temper (keep ones cool)
56. Lose ones head to lose presence of mind due to fear, anger or some other
emotion.
57. Head and shoulders superior
58. Lose one's head to be carried away
59. Over head and ears excessively
60. A cold blooded murder an intentional, deliberate or pre-meditated murder.
61. Bad blood bitter relations
62. Flesh and blood human nature
63. In cold blood to do something deliberately
64. Be on last leg near ones end
65. Have no leg to stand on unable to convince
66. On its last legs about to collapse
67. Achilles heel A weak point
68. Take to heels run away or escape
69. Show clean pair of heels to run away
70. To cool ones heels to wait
71. Let the grass grow under feet to delay the matters
72. To be on toes he ready / alert
73. Toe the line or toe the mark to conform rigorously to a rule or standard
74. Tread upon other's toes hurt ones feelings
75. Fight tooth and nail Fight heroically/ fiercely
76. Put the foot down be firm/ resolute
77. Have feet of clay have hidden weakness
78. Put the best foot forward start impressively
79. Come to hard reach crisis
80. Stick ones neck out to take a risk
81. Have an oily tongue be sychophant
82. Have butterflies in stomach be nervous
83. A bone of contention a cause of dispute
84. Bite the dust to be defeated
85. To give bit/piece of one's mind to scold
86. Clip one's wings to weaken the power
87. Cloven hoof evil intention
88. Cut throat tough
89. Cheek by jowl close together
90. Close shave a narrow escape
91. Egg on to urge somebody
92. Gird up the loins to prepare for hard work
93. Green horn inexperienced
94. Ivory tower imaginary world
95. Knit the brow to frown/ to show displeasure
96. Keep up appearanece to maintain outward show
97. Mealymouthed not plain or straight forward
98. Neck and crop completely
99. Neck and neck very close (as in a race)
100. Oily tongue flattering words
101. On the horns of dilemma in a fix
102. Hit below the belt use unfair means
103. Wear the trousers dominant
104. To the back bone thoroughly, entirely
105. Hue and cry Loud noise
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Blue
1. Feeling blue feeling unhappy
2. Out of the blue completely unexpected
3. To blue pencil something to censor something
4. Blue eyed boy favourite
5. Blue blood royal
6. Blue murder loud outcry
7. Blue in the face to make an enormous but futile effort
8. Once in a blue moon very rarely
9. To beat black and blue beat mercilessly
10. Blue ribbon /blue riband highest prize in a competition
11. True blue completely loyal
12. Talk a blue streak to talk quickly and without stopping
13. The blues A state of depression or sadness
14. Blue collar workers Unskilled workers
15. Between the devil and the deep blue sea to have two equally unpleasant choices
16. Bolt from the blue sudden or unexpected shock
17. Blue stocking A woman with strong scholarly or literary
interests.
Red
1. Red letter day a very important or memorable day
2. To paint the town red to celebrate
3. In the red Overdrawn / in financial danger
4. Like a red rag to a bull likely to make someone angry
5. Red tapism extreme formalities
6. Red carpet welcome to welcome with great respect
7. Red bait to denounce/to accuse
8. To catch someone red handed to catch someone while he was committing
the crime
9. To look through rose coloured /tinted glasses with an unduly, cheerful or optimistic view
10. Red herring that distract from the main issue
11. To see red get angry / violent
12. Paint the town red celebrate noisily
13. Red rag to a bull that makes someone very angry
Gray
1. Gray area lack of clarity
2. Gray matter intelligence
3. Gray market a market outside the authorized system of
distribution
4. Gray eminence one without an official position but who has
influence over people who take decisions.
Green
1. To be green immature /new at something
2. To have green thumb /fingers skill at growing plants
3. To go/look green to look palc or ill
4. To get green light to get approval to do something
5. Green with envy to be extremely jealous
6. Green eyed monster jealousy/envy
8. Have green eyes be jealous
9. A green horn a novice / beginner /inexperienced person
11. Grass is greener on the other side to think that others are in better
circumstances.
COLOURED IDIOMS
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White
1. White wash cover up the truth
2. Lily white innocent / pure
3. White glove inspection
4. White collar workers skilled workers
5. White magic magic used to do good things
6. White elephant useless but expensive possession
7. White lie a lie that is told in order not to upset
anyone.
8. White hope one who is expected to bring honour, glory
etc.
9. Show white feather show cowardice
Black
1. Black hand A lawless, secret society engaged in
criminal activities.
2. Black hearted Wicked.
3. Black look face full of anger and hatred.
4. Black future bleak future /future without hope.
5. Black and white to judge everything as either good or bad.
6. Black sheep a person who is a disgrace or
embarrassment for his family.
7. In the black to be successful or profitable.
8. Blacklisted banned.
9. In black and white in written form.
10. Black hole of Calcutta unpleasantly full and hot room.
11. To look as black as thunder extremely angry.
12. To beat black and blue to beat mercilessly
Purple
1. Purple heart bravery
2. Purple in the face / purple with rage extremely angry.
Pink
1. To be in pink to be cheerful/ be healthy and happy
Brown
1. To be in brown study be lost in imagination
Yellow
1. Yellow press newspaper publishing sensational news
Colour
1. In the limelight prominent
2. Off colour not in usual form
3. Sail under false colours a hypocrite
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Human and his nature
1. At ones wits end perplexed
2. At the spur of the moment at the exact time
3. Above board honest and straightforward
4. At fit as a fiddle strong and healthy
5. At cross purposes have conflicting
6. By hook or by crook- by one means or another
7. Bid defiance to ignore
8. Cry over silt milk repent
9. Call names to abuse
10. Dig the grave to tarnish , to destroy
11. Die harness die while working
12. Dare devil fearless person
13. Dead broke penniless
14. Eat humble pie- to apologize
15. Eat ones words take a statement back
16. Fools errand useless undertaking
17. Gentlemen at large an unreliable person
18. Good Samaritan one who helps strangers
19. Give the devil his due give credit to a worthless person for his good qualities
20. Give up the ghost pass away, die
21. Kith and kin blood relation
22. Man of letters literacy person
23. Midas touch a touch which turns anythings into gold
24. Man of parts a man of qualities
25. Man of straw a weak person
26. No love lost intense dislike
27. Rank and file- common man
28. Steal someones thunder make a better impression
29. Take people by storm to surprise unexpectedly
30. Yeomans service- excellent work
Fruits
1. Apple pie order - in perfect order
2. An apple of discord cause of quarrel
3. Under the rose secretly
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1. At daggers drawn to have bitter enmity
2. Add fuel to the flame or fire to make matter worse
3. At a stones throw very close
4. Blow ones trumpet to praise oneself
5. Burn a hole in ones pocket money spent quickly
6. Burn candle at both ends squander
7. Blow hot and cold- to speak in favour and against at the same time
8. Call a spade a spade to speak plainly
9. Carrot and stick policy reward and punishment
10. Get into hot waters get into trouble
11. Give one a rope to let someone commit mistakes
12. Have as axe to grind to have a selfish interest
13. Hit below the belt to strike unfairly
14. Haul over the coals to take to task
15. Hang fire remain unsolved Kashmir problem hanging fire for many years.
16. His the nail on the head to do the right thigh at the right time
17. Have too many irons in the fire doing many things at a time
18. Hold in leash to restrain
19. Keep the pot boiling earn hardly enough for living
20. Live-wire energetic
21. Last nail in the coffin causing ruin
22. Last straw the final trial of patience
23. Pour oil on troubled waters to pacify the matters
24. Put a spoke in a wheel to obstruct
25. Sword of Damocles facing imminent danger
26. To set Thames on fire to achieve something impossible
Instruments and Weapons