idioms 100-150

Question 1

Reading between the lines

Answer 1

– Understanding the hidden meaning.

Question 2

Get the sack

Answer 2

– dismissed from

Question 3

Pros and cons

Answer 3

– Considering all the facts.

Question 4

By leaps and bounds

Answer 4

– Very Quickly.

Question 5

In the good books

Answer 5

–In favour with boss.

Question 6

In the long run

Answer 6

– Ultimately.

Question 7

To be always one’s beck and call

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Turn a deaf year

Answer 8

– Disregard/ignore/refuse.

Question 9

At one’s wit’s end

Answer 9

– Puzzled/confused/perplexed.

Question 10

To fight tooth and nail

Answer 10

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

Question 11

The green-eyed monster

Answer 11

– Used as a way of talking about jealousy.

Question 12

Set the record straight

Answer 12

– Give a correct account

Question 13

Good Samaritan

Answer 13

– Helpful person .

Question 14

Bad blood

Answer 14

– Angry feeling .

Question 15

To go to the whole hog

Answer 15

– To do it completely .

Question 16

Lay out

Answer 16

– Spend .

Question 17

Laying off

Answer 17

– Dismissal from jobs .

Question 18

Leaps and bound

Answer 18

– At rapid pace .

Question 19

Spilling the beans

Answer 19

– Revealing the information indiscreetly .

Question 20

Carry out

Answer 20

– Execute .

Question 21

Went to the winds

Answer 21

– Dissipated/ To be utterly lost

Question 22

Ins and outs

Answer 22

– Full details .

Question 23

A white elephant

Answer 23

– A costly but useless possession .

Question 24

Fed up

Answer 24

– Annoyed .

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Question 25

In the good books

Answer 25

– In favour with .

Question 26

Sharp practices

Answer 26

– Dishonest means .

Question 27

In high spirits

Answer 27

– Full of hope and enthusiasm .

Question 28

Shake in shoes

Answer 28

– Tremble with fear .

Question 29

Fits and starts

Answer 29

– Not regularly .

Question 30

Close shave

Answer 30

– Narrow shave

Question 31

Take with a grain of salt

Answer 31

– To listen to something with considerable doubt

Question 32

Hobson’s choice

Answer 32

– No real choice at all

Question 33

To eat a humble pie

Answer 33

– To apologize .

Question 34

To give the devil his due

Answer 34

– to give encouragement even to the enemy .

Question 35

Reading between the lines

Answer 35

– looking for meanings that are not actually expressed .

Question 36

An open book

Answer 36

– One that hold no secrets .

Question 37

An axe to grind

Answer 37

– A private interest to serve .

Question 38

To blow one’s own trumpet

Answer 38

– Praise one’s own abilities and achievements .

Question 39

Stand-offish

Answer 39

– Indifferent .

Question 40

Sowing wild oats

Answer 40

– Irresponsible pleasure seeking in young age .

Question 41

A bolt from the blue

Answer 41

– Something unexpected and unpleasant

Question 42

By leaps and bounds

Answer 42

– Rapidly.

Question 43

Of no avail

Answer 43

– Useless.

Question 44

On the verge of

Answer 44

– On the brink of.

Question 45

A sore point

Answer 45

– Something which hurts.

Question 46

Like a phoenix

Answer 46

– With a new life/rebirth/reincarnation.

Question 47

To keep under wraps

Answer 47

– Secret.

Question 48

Die in harness

Answer 48

– To die at one’s work.

Question 49

Fair- weather friend

Answer 49

– A friend that deserts in difficulties.

Question 50

Emerge out of thin air

Answer 50

– Appear Suddenly.