2 Flashcards
1
Q
The last nail in the coffin
A
To shorten life
2
Q
To make neither head nor tail
A
To fail to understand
3
Q
To nip in the bud
A
to stop something from developing
further
4
Q
To knit the brow
A
to frown
5
Q
To kick the bucket
A
to die
6
Q
To keep someone at arm’s length
A
To avoid
7
Q
Confusion worse confounded
A
a still worse state of disorder
or confusion
8
Q
To gild the pill
A
To make something unpleasant seem
appealing
9
Q
To stem the tide of
A
To resist
10
Q
Rhyme or reason
A
without meaning
11
Q
Cut and dried
A
fixed
12
Q
To keep abreast of
A
to have recent information
13
Q
Nook and corner
A
at every corner
14
Q
Stuff and nonsense
A
foolishness
15
Q
Sum and substance
A
summary
