IDIOMS Flashcards
A fair crack of whip
Period of importantance
To hold something in leash
To restrain
To wrangle over an ass shadow
Quarrel over trifles
To play fast and loose
To hurt someone’s feelings
All agog
Restless
To give up the ghost
To die
To snap one’s finger
To be anxious
A pipe dream
Impractical plan
To loose one’s head
Confused and over excited
By the skin of one’s teeth
Only just
To throw one’s glow
Give challenge
To be in abeyance
In suspense
A chip off old block
Characteristics from ancestors
To take people by storm
To captive term unexpectedly
To throw up a sponge
To give up
Harp on
Keep talking
To catch somebody on the hop to
Catch somebody of guard
To spell the beans
To reveal the secret
To bring one’s egg to bad market
To fail in one’s plan bcz one goes to the wrong ppl for help
To get cold feet
To be afraid
To take leap in the dark
To do hazardous things without any idea of the result
To give get/ give the bird
To send away
To be at draggers drawn
To be bitter enemy
To save one’s face
To evade disgrace
