Idioms Flashcards
Abide by
Adhere to, follow,
Above board
Honest, fair, upright, frank
Account for
Provide an explanation for
All Agog
In a state of excitement
All and sundry
Everyone without exception
All Intents and purposes
Practically, In practice
An axe to grind
Selfish Motive
Animal Spirit
natural cheerfulness born of good health
Answer a purpose
to serve a purpose
Answer for
Take the responsibility for
Apple of discord
Cause of quarrel
Apple of one’s eye
An object of love, one’s most valuable possession
Apple pie order
In perfect order
Ask after
Inquire about one’s condition or healt
Ask for
Asked to be given
Ask Out
Invite to a function or an outing or a party
At all events
Positively, without failure
At all hazards
In spite of risks
At a loss
to be puzzled
At a low ebb
In a state of decline
At a pinch
In a difficulty
At a stone’s throw
Very near
At a stretch
Continuosly without a break
At an arm’s length
To keep aloof, to avoid, to keep at a distance
At any rate
In any event, under any circumstance
At home in
To be strong, to be comfortable with a subject
Eg: She was at home in Economics
At one’s beck and call
At one’s disposal or command
Eg: He always has plenty of people at his beck and call
At one’s fingertips or ends
to be an expert at something
Eg: She has the firm’s history at her fingertips
At par
On level with, at a smiliar quality
Eg: He enjoys cooking but his results are not in par with mine
At random
Aimlessly, without goals
Eg: The police were stopping bikes at random and cheking their licenses
At sea
Weak, perplexed
Eg: Can I help you? You seem all at sea
At sixes and sevens
In disorder, pel-mel
Eg: 2 weeks before the event, the entire house was in sixes and sevens
At stake
In danger, risk
Eg: A great deal of money is at stake
At the bottom
The real cause
Eg: I am going to get to the bottom of this
At the eleventh hour
At the last moment
Eg: The girl was saved from the kidnappers at the eleventh hour
At the mercy of
In the power of
Eg: A sailor is at the mercy of the weather
At the outset
right in the beginning
Eg: It is always good to clarify the rules at the outset
At the risk of
Incurring danger
Eg: He is advancing credit to me at the risk of my credibility
To be at daggers drawn with
to be enemies, to be on bad terms
Eg: They’ve been at daggers drawn for years
To be at one’s wits end
To be in a fix or confusion, to be perplexed
Eg: He was at his wits end with that complicated situation
To be at large
To be free and not under any control
Eg: The criminal is still at large
To add fuel to the fire
To increase anger, to make even more worse something that is already bad
Eg: Prachi added fuel to the fire by saying that people should speak only about the things they understand
Back out
To withdraw, to break a promise
Eg: The company decided to back out of the construction work due to political pressure
Bad blood
Enmity, bad feelings
Eg: There has been bad blood between the two countries for years
