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