idioms 100-150 Flashcards

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1
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Reading between the lines

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– Understanding the hidden meaning.

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2
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Get the sack

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– dismissed from

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3
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Pros and cons

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– Considering all the facts.

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By leaps and bounds

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– Very Quickly.

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5
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In the good books

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–In favour with boss.

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In the long run

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– Ultimately.

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To be always one’s beck and call

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– At one’s disposal (ready to serve one’s master) .

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Turn a deaf year

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– Disregard/ignore/refuse.

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At one’s wit’s end

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– Puzzled/confused/perplexed.

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10
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To fight tooth and nail

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– To fight in a determined way for what you want.

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11
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The green-eyed monster

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– Used as a way of talking about jealousy.

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Set the record straight

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– Give a correct account

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13
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Good Samaritan

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– Helpful person .

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14
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Bad blood

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– Angry feeling .

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15
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To go to the whole hog

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– To do it completely .

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16
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Lay out

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– Spend .

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17
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Laying off

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– Dismissal from jobs .

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Leaps and bound

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– At rapid pace .

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Spilling the beans

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– Revealing the information indiscreetly .

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20
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Carry out

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– Execute .

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21
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Went to the winds

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– Dissipated/ To be utterly lost

22
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Ins and outs

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– Full details .

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A white elephant

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– A costly but useless possession .

24
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Fed up

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– Annoyed .

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25
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In the good books

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– In favour with .

26
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Sharp practices

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– Dishonest means .

27
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In high spirits

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– Full of hope and enthusiasm .

28
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Shake in shoes

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– Tremble with fear .

29
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Fits and starts

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– Not regularly .

30
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Close shave

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– Narrow shave

31
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Take with a grain of salt

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– To listen to something with considerable doubt

32
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Hobson’s choice

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– No real choice at all

33
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To eat a humble pie

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– To apologize .

34
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To give the devil his due

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– to give encouragement even to the enemy .

35
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Reading between the lines

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– looking for meanings that are not actually expressed .

36
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An open book

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– One that hold no secrets .

37
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An axe to grind

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– A private interest to serve .

38
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To blow one’s own trumpet

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– Praise one’s own abilities and achievements .

39
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Stand-offish

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– Indifferent .

40
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Sowing wild oats

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– Irresponsible pleasure seeking in young age .

41
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A bolt from the blue

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– Something unexpected and unpleasant

42
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By leaps and bounds

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– Rapidly.

43
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Of no avail

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– Useless.

44
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On the verge of

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– On the brink of.

45
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A sore point

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– Something which hurts.

46
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Like a phoenix

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– With a new life/rebirth/reincarnation.

47
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To keep under wraps

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– Secret.

48
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Die in harness

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– To die at one’s work.

49
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Fair- weather friend

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– A friend that deserts in difficulties.

50
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Emerge out of thin air

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– Appear Suddenly.