Idioms - 2 Flashcards
Off and On
Occasionally
Took to heels
Run away in fear
To stave off
Postpone an unwanted situation
To give a piece of mind
To reprimand
Pay through nose
Pay an extremely high price
Draw on fancy
Use imagination
Go through fire and water
Undergo any risk
Put up with
Tolerate
By fits and starts
Irregularly
Reading between the lines
Understand the hidden thing
Pros and Cons
Considering all the facts
By leaps and bounds
Very quickly
At one’s wit’s end
Puzzled/Confused
The green eyed monster
Used as a way of talking about jealousy
Set the record straight
Give a correct account
Laying off
Dismissal from job
Spilling the beans
Revealing the info indirectly
Carry out
Execute
Ins and Outs
Full details
In the good books
In favour with
Shake in shoes
Tremble with fear
Harbor’s choice
No real choice at all
An axe to grind
A private interest to serve
To blow one’s own trumphet
To praise one’s own abilities and achievements
A sore point
Something which hurts
Like a phoenix
With a new life/rebirth
To keep under wraps
Secret
Cut no ice
Had no influence
Brought up
Introduce for discussion
Can’t hold a candle to
Cannot be compared with
Burn one’s boat
Leaves no means of return
Make one’s flesh creep
To horrify
To take into account
To consider
Blue eyed boys
Favourites
Dropping names
Flaunting high connections
A red letter day
An important day
At stone’s throw
Very near
Turn up one’s nose at
To reject
Turn one’s head up
To feel proud
High and Dry
Neglected/Leave someone helpless
Take for granted
To accept readily
The man in the street
An ordinary man
To catch up with
To compete with
Fight to the bitter end
To fight a losing battle
Throw down a glove
To give a challenge
Let the cat out of the bag
To utter a secret by mistake
To have too many iron in the fire
To get engaged in multiple works at the same time
Fall through
To fail
To smell a rat
To suspect a trick
To steer clear of
Avoid
To get one’s own back
To get one’s revenge
To run across
A meet by chance
A dark horse
An unforeseen competition
A man of letters
A literary person
Keep the wolf away from the door
To keep off starvation
Out of sorts
Upset
Gut feeling
A strong instinct
A close fisted man
Miser
Play ducks and drakes
Spend lavishly/To waste
Be taken aback
Shocked or surprised
Lay it on thick
An exaggeration
Bird’s eye view
An overview
To win laurels
To earn great prestige
In the soup
To be in trouble
Draw the line
To set limits
A beehive
A busy place
To cut the guardian knot
To perform a difficult task
Sit on the fence
To avoid being a part of deciding
Fight tooth and nail
To fight with all strength
Cock and Bull story
A concerted or absurd story
Under a cloud
Under suspicion
To pull a long face
Look sad
Beat around the bush
To say everything except the main topic
To add fuel to the fire
Making things worse
To take to heart
To be greatly affected
All moon shine
Far from reality
At a snail’s pace
Slowly
Abide By
Respect or obey
Close down
Stopped operating
Figure out
Understand to find out the answer
Get rid of
Remove/give away
Hang up
End phone call
Agree with
Say/Same opinion
Keep on
Continuous
Get off
Leave
Make fun off
Laugh at someone
Hurry up
Be quick
Once in a blue moon
Something that happens rarely
Spin a yarn
Tell a long story
Asleep at the wheels
Not paying attention
No pain, no gain
Suffering in order to achieve
An ace up one’s sleeve
A secret advantage
A piece of cake
Very easy
Look into
To investigate
Knock out
Hit someone very hard
A brick short of a load; as thick as two short planks
Stupid or mad
Wet behind the ears
Lacking experience, immature
