901-1000 Flashcards by Sagar Dalal

Keep a straight face

Not laugh or change your expression even though you want to laugh

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Keep abreast of

Keep oneself updated

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Keep an ear to the ground

Staying informed and updated about everything

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Keep at arm’s length

Avoid being friendly with someone

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Keep count of

To remember a total
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Keep in check

To control something

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Keep in touch

To maintain contact with another person

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Keep one’s head

Remain calm

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Keep one’s word

To uphold one’s promise

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Keep someone in the loop

Give them all the information

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Keep someone posted

Keep sharing the latest information

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Keep the ball rolling

To maintain progress

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Keep under one’s hat

To keep something a secret

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Keep up appearances

To pretend to be happier or richer so as to conceal the real situation

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Keep up with the joneses

to compare oneself to others and try to match their lifestyle

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Keep your chin up

Remain cheerful and hopeful in difficult circumstances

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Keep your shirt on

To remain cool

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Keep your wig on

To calm down

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Keep/hold something at bay

Prevent someone from moving closer

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Keeps an open house

Welcome all members

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Kept a level head

to remain calm and composed, especially in difficult situations

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Kept a stiff upper lip

Remained expressionless

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Kick someone when they are down

To cause further trouble to someone already in a difficult situation

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Kick the bucket

To die

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Kicked up a row

Cause a disturbance

Kicking his heels

Wasting time

Kill two birds with one stone

To achieve two results with a single effort

Kith and kin

Blood relatives

Kitty corner

Things located diagonally opposite to each other

Knock down

To demolish

Know like the back of one's hand

To have detailed knowledge of something

Know something inside out

To know everything about something

Knows how many beans makes five

Well informed and intelligent

Laid down their arms

Surrendered

Lap up

Accept eagerly

Large hearted

Generous

Last but not least

Last in order of mention or occurrence but not last in importance

Latched on to something

To become firmly attached

Late in the day

Too delayed to be of any use

Latin and Greek

Unable to understand

Laughs like a drain

Laugh loudly

Laurels

To earn great prestige

Lay hands on

to harm someone

Lay out

Spend

Laying it on thick

An exaggeration

Laying off

Dismissal from jobs of

Lead someone by the nose

To completely control or dominate someone

Lean and mean

Ready and efficient

Learn by heart

To memorize something

Learn/know the ropes

To know how to do a job or task properly

Leave no stones unturned

Try every possible course of action in order to achieve something

Leaves you in the lurch

Leave someone in a helpless condition

Left out in cold

To be ignored

Left, right and centre

Happening in a lot of places or to a lot of people

Lend me your ear

To politely ask for someone's full attention

Lend someone a hand

To help or assist

Let bygones be bygones

To forgive and forget

Let down

To fail

Let off steam

to do or say something that helps you to get rid of strong feelings or energy गुस्सा उतारना (शांत होना)

Let sleeping dogs lie

said to warn someone that they should not talk about a bad situation that most people have forgotten about

Let something slip through one's fingers

To waste an opportunity to achieve something

Let the cat out of the bag

Reveal a secret carelessly or by mistake

Let the chips fall where they may

Let something happen without bothering about the consequences

Let the grass grow under one's feet

To remain idle

Let your hair down

Behave freely and uninhibitedly

Level playing field

A fair competition where no side has an advantage

Lie in the bed one has made

Face the unpleasant consequences of your own acts

Lie low

Try not to be noticed

Light at the end of the tunnel

Something that signals the end of a difficult situation

Like a cat on a hot tin roof

Being in a state of agitation बेचैनी या घबराहट की स्थिति

Like a dying duck in a thunderstorm

to feel hopeless, dejected, or sad घबराया हुआ

Like a phoenix

With a new life

Like a shag on the rock

Completely alone

Like oil and water

Two people who are different form each other

Like pulling teeth

Extremely difficult

Like talking to a brick wall

Inattentive

Like two peas in a pod

Look very similar in appearance or character

Lily livered

Not brave

Lion's mouth

A dangerous situation

Little by little

Gradually

Live from hand to mouth

To have enough money to live and nothing extra

Loaded words

Words that carry more significance than their literal meaning

Loaves and fishes

Materialist wealth

Lock horns

Fight with someone

Lock, stock and barrel

Including all or every part of something

Long in the tooth

Too old to do something

Look after

Take care of

Look before you leap

Think carefully of the consequences

Look down upon

Regard with contempt

Look into

To investigate

Look out

Be careful

Look sharp

Pay attention

Look to

rely on

Looking for greener pastures

Exploring nie opportunities

Looking forward to

Expecting with pleasure

Loosen the purse strings

To increase the money available for expenditure

Lose by a neck

Loose by small margin

Lose count of

Forget the accurate total

Lose face

Become less respected by others

Lose one's head

To lose self control