Idioms And Phrases

Question 1

A bed of roses

Answer 1

An easy job

Question 2

A feather in one’s cap

Answer 2

Another achievement one can be proud of

Question 3

A hard nut to crack

Answer 3

A difficult person/problem

Question 4

A laughing stock

Answer 4

A person who is laughed at

Question 5

A man of letters

Answer 5

A scholarly person

Question 6

Beat around the bush

Answer 6

To avoid talking about what’s important

Question 7

Live from hand to mouth

Answer 7

To have just enough money to live on and nothing extra

Question 8

From pillar to post

Answer 8

Driven from one place to another without a clear purpose

Question 9

The gift of the gab

Answer 9

The ability to speak fluently and eloquently

Question 10

Food for thought

Answer 10

Something to think about seriously

Question 11

To get into hot water

Answer 11

Get into serious trouble

Question 12

A bitter pill to swallow

Answer 12

Unpleasant, but to be accepted

Question 13

Wave a magic wand

Answer 13

Find an easy solution

Question 14

To be on the receiving end

Answer 14

Be the one who suffers something unpleasant

Question 15

The acid test

Answer 15

Test that gives conclusive proof of something

Question 16

Throw out the baby with the bathwater

Answer 16

Foolishly rejecting/disregarding something essential with something non-essential

Question 17

Have a narrow escape

Answer 17

Escape from being harmed

Question 18

A penny for your thoughts

Answer 18

A way of asking for what someone is thinking

Question 19

Cast pearls before swine

Answer 19

Offering good things to undeserving people

Question 20

A clarion call

Answer 20

A clear request

Question 21

Play ducks and drakes with

Answer 21

Spend foolishly

Question 22

Cut someone dead

Answer 22

Refuse to recognise

Question 23

For good

Answer 23

Permanently

Question 24

Play fast and loose

Answer 24

Act in an unreliable way

Question 25

To bring one's eggs to a bad market

Answer 25

To fail in one's plan because one goes to the wrong people for help

Question 26

Above board

Answer 26

Honest in any activity

Question 27

Shrug one's shoulders

Answer 27

Show indifference

Question 28

To catch a Tartar

Answer 28

To deal with someone/something that proves to be unexpectedly troublesome/powerful

Question 29

The salt of the Earth

Answer 29

Very good and honest/kind

Question 30

Feel blue

Answer 30

Depressed

Question 31

Flip off a tangent

Answer 31

Start discussing something irrelevant

Question 32

Going places

Answer 32

Talented and successful

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Get the sack

Answer 33

Get dismissed from a job

Question 34

Of no avail

Answer 34

Useless

Question 35

Bone to pick

Answer 35

Cause of quarrel

Question 36

To call it a day

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To stop doing something

Question 37

Pull someone up on something

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To criticize

Question 38

Point blank

Answer 38

Very definite and direct

Question 39

A cut above

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Rather superior

Question 40

Balloon goes up

Answer 40

A situation turning unpleasant/serious

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Part and parcel

Answer 41

Important part

Question 42

Hang fire

Answer 42

To delay doing something

Question 43

As daft as a brush

Answer 43

Extremely silly

Question 44

Jump for joy

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To be very happy

Question 45

Move heaven and earth

Answer 45

Try everything possible

Question 46

Feel the pinch

Answer 46

To have problems due to shortage of money

Question 47

Be dead to the world

Answer 47

To be sleepy very deeply

Question 48

Rise from the dead

Answer 48

To become successful again

Question 49

Call somebody to heel

Answer 49

To force someone to obey you

Question 50

Neck and neck

Answer 50

Two competing people of equal power

Question 51

On your own

Answer 51

Alone

Question 52

Lie low

Answer 52

To remain hidden

Question 53

A grain of truth

Answer 53

A small amount of truth

Question 54

Play with fire

Answer 54

A dangerous activity

Question 55

To kick the bucket

Answer 55

To die

Question 56

Throw in the towel

Answer 56

Acknowledge defeat

Question 57

A mare's nest

Answer 57

A discovery having no value

Question 58

A storm in a teacup

Answer 58

Big fuss over a small matter

Question 59

Lose the plot

Answer 59

To become crazy

Question 60

Do a roaring trade

Answer 60

To sell a lot of something quickly

Question 61

With might and main

Answer 61

With full force

Question 62

Ruffle somebody's feather

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Annoy somebody

Question 63

Keep something dark

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To keep something secret

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Blood, sweat and tears

Answer 64

A lot of effort and suffering

Question 65

Be no laughing matter

Answer 65

To be something serious that you should not laugh about

Question 66

Make common cause with

Answer 66

Collaborate with someone towards a shared goal

Question 67

Cry like a baby

Answer 67

To cry a lot

Question 68

Chicken-hearted

Answer 68

Not brave