701-800 Flashcards
1
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Go down like a lead balloon
A
To be recieved badly by an audience
2
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Go dutch
A
Divide the costs
3
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Go easy on something
A
Use only a small amount of
4
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Go for a song
A
To be sold cheaply
5
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Go for the jugular
A
Attack in the most aggressive way
6
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Go getter
A
someone who is very energetic, determined to be successful
7
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Go haywire
A
Became out of control
8
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Go off
A
Stop working
9
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Go over
A
Review
10
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Go the extra mile
A
to make an extra effort
11
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Go through a rough patch
A
To experience problems
12
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Go through fire and water
A
To experience many dangers in order to achieve something
13
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Go through the roof
A
Rise very high
14
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Go to rack and ruin
A
Destroyed
15
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Go to the dogs
A
To be ruined
16
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Go to the wall
A
To fail
17
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Go with the flow
A
Do what others are doing
18
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Go/start with a bang
A
To start in a very exciting and noticeable way
19
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God’s acre
A
A cemetry beside a church
कब्रिस्तान
20
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God’s ape
A
A born fool
21
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Goes about
A
Goes around
22
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Going over one’s head
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Beyond one’s capacity to understand
23
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Got down to business
A
Began to work seriously
24
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Got on well
A
Had a friendly relation
25
Got the green light
Got permission to go ahead with something
26
Grasp at straws
Desperate attempt to success
सफलता के लिए हाथ पैर मारना
27
Grease the palm
To bribe someone
28
Great minds think alike
Said when two people have the same opinion or make the same choice
29
Green thumb
To have a natural interest in gardening
30
Green eyed
To be jealous
31
Grin/beam from ear to ear
To smile a lot because of happiness
32
Grist to the mill
Useful to somebody
33
Hadn't a leg to stand on
Did not have much hope of getting it
34
Halcyon days
Peaceful/happy days
35
Hale and hearty
Strong and healthy
36
Half a loaf is better than no bread
It's better to get less than what you want than getting nothing
37
Hand in glove / hand and glove
In close association
घनिष्ठ सम्बन्ध
38
Hand in hand
Together
39
Hand over fist
Quickly and continuously
40
Handle with kid gloves
To treat someone with extreme care
41
Hands down
Easily and without doubt
42
Hang in the balance
Remains undecided
43
Hang in there
Don't give up
44
Hang on every word
Listen very carefully
45
Hang one's head
To be ashamed
46
Hang up one's boots
To take retirement from a sport
47
Hanging by a thread/hair
Be in a dangerous situation
48
Hard and fast
Fixed (cannot be altered)
49
Hard cash
Notes and coins as opposed to cheques and ATM cards
50
Hard of hearing
To be deaf/ partially deaf
51
Hard to swallow
Difficult to believe
52
Has a face like thunder
Very angry
53
Haste makes waste
Doing things in a hurry does not give fruitful resuts
54
Haul over the coals
To scold someone severely for an error
55
Have a bash
To make an attempt
56
Have a bee in her bonnet
To be obsessed with something and can't stop thinking about it
57
Have a bone to pick with somebody
Disagree or be annoyed with someone
58
Have a chip on one's shoulder
To be upset for something that happened in the past
59
Have a finger in every pie
To be involved in large and varied number of activites
60
Have a foot in the grave
Be close to death
61
Have a good run
to get a lot of success or pleasure from something that was never going to last forever
62
Have a long face
Look unhappy or disappointed
63
Have a narrow escape
Just manage to avoid danger or trouble
64
Have a whale of a time
Have an exceptionally fun or exciting experience
65
Have an axe to grind
To have a private reason for doing or being involved in something
66
Have an ox on the tongue
Bribed to remain silent
67
Have ants in one's pants
to not be able to keep still because you are very excited or worried about something
68
Have bigger/other fish to fry
Some more important work to attend
69
Have green fingers
To be good at gardening
70
Have one's hands full
To be very busy
71
Have one's heart in one's mouth
To be extremely frightened and nervous
72
Have the ball at your feet
To be in the best position to do something
73
Have the last laugh
To be victorious at the end of the argument
74
Have them rolling in the aisles
Make an audience laugh uncontrollably
75
Have your back to/against the wall
Be in a difficult situation from where escape is difficult
76
Have your heart set on something
To want something very much
77
Having a soft spot
To like someone a lot
78
He who laughs last laugh lodest
He who focused on winning in the long term is successful
79
Head in the clouds
To daydream
80
Head over heels
Madly in love
81
Heads with roll
Dismissed or forced to resign
82
Hear someone out
Let someone complete what they are saying
83
Hear something through the grapevine
to learn information about someone through gossip or rumors
84
Heart and soul
With all the efforts you can put
85
Heart in the right place
someone has good intentions and cares about others
अच्छी नीयत होना
86
Heart to heart talk
a serious conversation between two people, in which they talk honestly about their feelings
87
Hearts go out to
To feel sympathy for someone when they are distressed
88
Held up
Delayed
89
Helter skelter
In disorderly haste
90
Herculean task
Very difficult task
91
High and dry
Neglected
92
High and low
Everywhere
93
High and mighty
Arrogant
94
High handed
Using power or authority in an arrogant or excessive way
95
High on the hog
To live in luxurious or costly way
96
High time
Past the appropriate time
97
Himalayan blunder
Grave error
98
His blood ran cold
He was frightened
99
Hit a bad patch
Experienced difficulty
100
Hit a brick wall
Not able to make any progress
