02.Silver spoon________To be born with a silver To be born
in a rich family Spoon in one’s mouth.
3. A bolt from the blue_______________ An expected disaster.
4. To blow one’s own trumpet__________To boast.
5. A bone of contention_____________Cause of quarrel.
6. To burn one’s fingers_______________To suffer.
7. To beat black & blue_____________To beat mercilessly.
8. To cast an aspersion________________To bring discredit.
9. To cry over spilt milk__________To feel sorry for what
has happened.
10. To cut a sorry figure __________To make a poor impression.
11. To die in harness _______To die while doing one’s duty.
12. To end in smoke________To fail.
13. To go to the dogs __________To be ruined.
14. To hang in the balance _________To remain undecided.
15. To hit the nail on the head_________To do the right thing at
the right time.
16. To hold water ___________To sound logical.
17. To live no stone unturned _______Try one’s level best.
18. To live from hand to mouth ___________To live with great
difficulty.
19. To make up one’s mind _________To decide.
20. To see eye to eye with ___________Agree.
21. To play ducks and drakes ________Waste.
22. To put the cart before the hors ________To do a thing in a
wrong way.
23. To have too many irons in the fire __________ To have too many things
in hand.
24. To read b/w the lines ____________To try to understand the hidden
meaning.
25. To turn over a new leaf ____________To change for the better.
26. To take the bull by horns___________To face difficulties boldly.
27. To win laurels _________To distinguish oneself.
28. At daggers drawn __________At enmity or fighting.
29. Blake and white _________Written.
30. By leaps and bounds ___________Very fast.
31. In cold blood ________Deliberately.
32. Laid up with ________Confined to bed.
33. Ins and outs ______Full details.
34. A black sheep ; Scoundrel;a bad person.
35. A cock and bull story_______ An absurd tale.
36. A gala day_______ A day of festivity; a holiday with
rejoicing.
37. A hard nut to crack__________ A difficult person or problem to
deal with.
38. A turn coat _________One who changes one’s opinion or party.
39. A fool’s paradise __________In a state of happiness founded on
vain hopes.
40. Beat a retreat ________To retire before the enemy.
41. To be on the horns of a dilemma_______To have a choice b/w
two equal evils.
42. To beat about the bush_________ Approach a subject in a round
about method.
43. Bury the hatchet _________To make peace.
44. By fits and starts __________Irregularly.
45. Capital punishment _________Death sentence.
46. By hook or by crook________ By fair or foul means.
47. Eat humble pie ________-To face humiliation.
48. Hit below the belt _________To act unfairly.
49. In apple pie order_________ In perfect order.
50. Leave one in lurch _______To desert in difficulty.
51. To make a clean breast of __________To confess fully one’s
faults.
52. To nip the evil in the bud _______To destroy an evil in early
stage.
53. Pick holes in another’s coat__________To find fault with
another.
54. Scot free __________To go unpunished.
55. Smell a rat __________To have a reason to suspect.
56. Through thick and thin _________Through every difficulty.
57. True to one’s salt_________Faithful to one’s master.
58. To turn the corner__________To begin to improve.
59. With a grain of salt ____________To accept a statement with doubt
as to its complete true.
60. Worship the rising sun__________To respect one rising in power.
61. A Herculean task ___________An extremely difficult or dangerous
task.
62. A fish out of water __________In a wrong place.
63. A leap in the dark __________An act of which we can’t force
consequences.
64. A thorn in one’s side__________ A constant source of annoyance.
65. To be at one’s beck and call_________Under one’s absolute
control.
66. Bread and Butter__________Means of subsistence.
67. Burn one’s fingers____________To get into trouble.
68. Burn the candle at both ends__________Use up too much energy.
69. To cut the Gordian knot__________To solve the difficulty.
70. Cut and dried_______________Ready-made.
71. Feather one’s own nest__________To make money by unfair means.
72. To fish in troubled water___________To do something under very
unpromising
circumstance.
73. To give oneself airs___________Affected manners.
74. To give the devil his due________To allow even a bad man the
credit due.
75. To hang by thread____________To be in a critical condition.
76. A henpecked husband ___________A man habitually snubbed by his
wife.
77. Hush money ________________Money given as a bribe to hush or make one
keep sient.
78. Kick up a row_______________Make a great noise.
79. To let the cat out of the bag____To reveal a secret.
80. Null and void____________Not valid,of no effect.
81. On the spur of the moment_____At once.
82. Pay one back in one’s own coin__To treat in the same
way as one has been
treated.
83. Put in cold storage___________To forget or neglect something.
84. Pull wires__________________To manage the show by secret Influence.
85. Read b/w the lines___________To hit at the real meaning.
86. Sit on the fence_____________To avoid taking sides; to remain
neutral.
87. A square deal_______________Justice.
88. Sword of Damocles_________Treating danger.
89. To take up the gauntlet ______To accept the challenge.
90. To eat one’s heart out________To suffer silently,bitterly.
91. The devil and the deep sea___two dangers equally
harmful.
92. A sweet tooth____________ A liking for sweetmeat.
93. A dark horse_____________An unknown person.
94. A bottleneck_____________Anything that cause delays.
95. To put one’s foot down_____To show determination.
96. A wet blanket____________A grumbling,depressing person.
97. To throw up the sponge____ To acknowledge defeat.
98. A feather in one’s cap______Something to be proud of.
99. A red letter day__________ An auspicious day.
100.Bag and baggage_________With all one’s belongings
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