IDIOMS AND PHRASES Flashcards
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Losse canon
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Someone who is unpredictable and can cause damage if not kept in check
2
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Method to my madness
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Strange or crazy actions that appears meaningless but in the end are done for a good reason
3
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New York minute
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Very short time /a moment
4
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Off the record
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Something said in confidence that one speaking doesn’t want to attribute to him or her
5
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Out on the town
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To enjoy yourself by going out
6
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Over the top
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Very excessive
7
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Pedal to the metal
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To go full speed
8
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Pick up your ears
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To listen very carefully
9
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Pig out
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To to eat alot and eat quickly
10
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Long in the tooth
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Old people (or horses)
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Make no bones about
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Have no hesitation to state a fact no matter Kitna bhi awkward
12
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Nest egg
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Saving set aside for future use
13
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No dice
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To not agree
14
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Not playing with a full deck
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Someone who lacks intelligent
15
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Off the hook
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No longer have to deal with the tough situation
16
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On pins and needles
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Anxious or nervous specially in anticipation of something
17
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Out on a limb
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When someone put themselves in a risky situation in order to support another person
18
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Pass the buck
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Avoid responsibility by given it to someone else
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Pig in a poke
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Deal that is made without first examining it
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Pipe down
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To shut up or be quiet
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Pulling your leg
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Tricking someone as a joke
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Queer the pitch
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Destroy or ruin a plan
23
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Raining cats and dogs
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A heavy rainfall
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A rule of thumb
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Rough estimate
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Saved by the bell
Saved at the last possible moment
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Pull the plug
To stop something or to bring something at an end
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Put a shock in it
To tell a noisy person or a group to be quite
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Raincheck
It offer or deal that is decline right now but willing to accept later
29
Ring fencing
guarantee that (funds allocated for a particular purpose) will not be spent on anything else.
30
Rome was not built in one day
If you want something to be completely properly then it's going to take time
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Run out of steam
To be completely out of energy
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Your guess is as good as mine
I have no idea
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X marks the spot
If phrase that is said when someone finds the something he or she been looking for.
34
You are what you eat
In order to stay healthy you must eat healthy food
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You can't take it with you
should enjoy life today because you can't take your money or possessions with you when you die.
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Zero tolerance
No crime or law breaking
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Wag the dog
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Water under the bridge
Anything from past that isn't significant or important anymore
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Wear your heart on your sleeve
To openly and freely express your emotion
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When it rains IT pours
Since it really rains when it does it will be used tomb
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When pigs fly
Something that will never ever
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Wild and woolly
Uncultured and without laws
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Wine and dine
When somebody is treated to an expensive meal
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Without a doubt
For certain
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Skid row
Run down area of a city where homeless or drug user live
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Space goat
A person who is blamed for something that someone else has done
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Scottfree
To escape and not have to pay
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Sick as a dog
To be very sick ( with the flu or a cold)
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Sitting shotgun
Sitting in the front passenger seat of a car with driver
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Smell a rat
To detect someone in the group is betraying the other
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Smell something fishy
Detecting that something isn't right and their might be a reason for it
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Son of a gun
Affection wave addressing someone
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Southpaw
someone who is left handed
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Spitting image
The exact double duplicate
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The best of both worlds
There are two choices a new have them both
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The bigger they are the harder they fall
Jo jitna Bada hota hai vah itni buri tarike se girta hai
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The ball is in your court
It is your decision this time
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The last straw
Yah aakhri musibat hai iske bad nahin jhel Sakta
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The whole 9 yards
Everything. All of it
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Third times a charm
After no success the first two times the third try is a lucky one
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Tie a note
To get married
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Till the cow comes home
A long time
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To make a long story short
used when you are explaining what happened in a few words, without giving all the details
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To steal someone's thunder
To take credit for something someone else did it
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Turn a blind eye
Refuse to acknowledge something you know is real or legit
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Tongue and cheek
Humour not to be taken seriously
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23 skidoo
To be turned away or leave quickly
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Under the weather
Feeling sick or ill
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Up blind alley
Going down a course of action that leads to a bad outcome
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Use your loaf
Think smart.
Use your brain
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Van gogh's year for music
Tone deaf mtlb tone ki pahchan nahin hai unhen
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Variety is the spice of life
The more experience is you try the more exciting life can be
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At one's wit's end
Confused person
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At one's fingertips
Complete knowledge
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At the spur of the moment
Without delay
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All in all
Most important
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At close quarters
Very close examination
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Apple pie order
In perfect order
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Above board
Honest and straight forward
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Above all
Before everything else
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As fit as a fiddle
Strong and healthy
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At random
Aimlessly
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At a loose end
Unoccupied idle
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At loggerheads
About to fight (takrana)
85
At odds
In dispute
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An apple of discord
Cause of quarrel (jhagda)
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At cross purpose
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After one's own heart
One's own liking
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At the bottom of
Mainly responsible for
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At a loss
Unable to decide
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At dagger's drawn
To have enimity
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At large
Unchained, abscond
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At sea
To be confused
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At sixes and sevens
In disorder
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Assume airs
Pretentious
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Argued eyed
Careful and observant
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At a stone's throw
Very close
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By hook or by crook
By one means or another
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Bear the brunt of
Bear the main shock
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Bell the cat
To take the first step at personal risk
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Bid defiance
To ignore
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Blow one's trumpet
Praise oneself
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Above board
Honest and straight forward
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Above all
Before everything else
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As fit as fiddle
Strong and healthy
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At random
Random aimlessly
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At a loose end
Unoccupied,idle
108
At loggerheads
To be strife at (takrana)
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At odds
In dispute
110
Apple pie order
In perfect order
Anto( sixes and sevens)
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An apple of discord
Cause of quarrel
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At cross purpose
misunderstanding or having different aims from one another.
113
After one's own heart
To one's liking (apko psnd ho)
114
At the bottom of
To be mainly responsible for
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At a loss
To be unable to decide
116
At dagger's drawn,
Dagger,(khanjar)
To have bitter(rancour) enmity
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At large
To keep unchained ( khulle mein chodh dena)
