Idioms and phrases for SSC CGL

A fair crack of the whip

To hold something in leash
To wrangle over an asss shadow
To play fast and loose
All agog
to give up the ghost
To snap ones fingers
A pipe dream
To stand to ones guns
To loose ones head
By the skin of ones teeth
To throw ones glove
To be in abeyance
A chip off the old block
To take people by storm
To throw up the sponge
Harp on
To catch somebody on the hop to
To spell the beans
To bring ones egg to a bad market
To get cold feet
To take a leap in the dark
To give get/give the bird
To be at daggers drawn
To save ones face
To spilt hours
A ladys man
Will o the wisp
To get into scrape
To fly off the handle
To blaze trail

A period of importance
To restrain
To quarrels over trifles
To hurt some bodys feelings /to play tricks
Restless
To die
To be anxious
An impractical plan
To perseverance when hardships press
To become confused and over exited
Only just
To give a challenge
In suspense
Characteristics of ones ancestors
To captive tem unexpectedly
To surrender or give up the contest
To keep on talking
To catch somebody of guard
To reveal secret information
To fail in ones plan because one goes to the
wrong people for help
To be afraid
To do a hazardous thing without any idea of
the result
To send away
To be bitter enemy
to evade disgrace
To indulge in over-refined arguments
A lover of woman company
Anything which eludes or deceives
To find oneself in an awkward predicament
To lose ones temper
To initiate work in a movement

To be lost in the cloud

Hush money
A tall order
To draw bead upon

To be perplexed
Bribe paid to secure silence
A task difficult to perform
To take aim at

All and sundry

To disabuse ones mind
To temp providence
To accept the gauntlet
French leave
To have brush with
To pull ones socks up
Within an ace of
To blow hot and clod
To give chapter and verse for a thing
To beggars description
To plough the sands
Foar in the mouth
To take umbrage
Something up ones sleeve
Adams ale
To draw the long bow
To fight to the bitter end
Queer somebodys pitch
To make the grade
To be up and doing
To see eye to eye with
A jaundiced eye
To see red
To rip up with old sores
To carry off the bell
To live in clover
Pin-money
Get down to brass tracks
Spick and span
To take the wind out of anothers sails
To carry the coal to Newcastle
To turn the cover
A sop to Cerberus
To hit the nail on the head

Everything without distinction

To remove a misapprehension
To take reckless risks
To suffer humiliation
Absence without permission
To have a slight encounter
To try hard
Narrowly
To be inconsistent
To produce the proof of something
Beyond ones power to describe adequately
To busy oneself in a way which cannot lead to
any profitable result
To be furious
To be offended
A secret plan
Water
To make and exaggerated statement
To carry on a contest regardless of
consequences
Upset ones plan
To come out successful
To be actively engaged
To agree
prejudice
To find fault with
To revive a quarrel which was almost
forgotten
To bag the first position
To live in great comfort and luxury
Allowance made to a lady for her expenses
Begin to talk in plain, straight forward terms
Neat and clean
To anticipate another and to gain advantage
over him
To do unnecessary things
To pass the crisis
Ransom to an enemy
To guess right

A bakers dozen
To run amuck
To look down ones nose at
Hard pressed
To be at ones fingers end
To pull strings
A green horn
To look sharp
To pour oil in troubled water
To play on a fiddle
To mind ones Ps and Qs
To oil the knocker
To cut the crackle
To cool ones heels
By the rule of thumb
A fools errand
To put somebody in his place
To talk shop
To keep ones head above eater
To live fast
To hold a brief for
To pay off old scores
To take a leaf out of somebodys book
To set he Thames on fire
To cast the pearl before a swine
To bear the palm
To change the colour
To cut the Gordian knot
To have ones heart in ones boots
To strike ones colours
To cry wolf
To give ones ears
To hang up ones hat
To get the hang of thing
To make a shot

Thirteen
To run about in frenzy
To regard with half-hidden displeasure or
contempt
In difficulties
To be completely conversant with
To exert hidden influence
An inexperienced man
To be quick
To calm a quarrel with soothing words
To be busy over trifles
To be careful one ones mind
To tip the office boy
To stop talking and start
To be kept watching for sometime
By practical experience which is rather rough
A useless undertaking
To make him humble
To talk about business or professional affairs
To keep out of debt
To lead a life of dissipation
To defend someone
To harm someone because they have harmed
you in the past
To take him as a model
To try to do the impossible
To offer someone a thing which he cannot
appreciate
To win
To shift the allegations to
to be victorious
To be deeply depressed
To surrender
To raise a false alarm
To listen carefully
To make oneself comfortable in another
persons home
To understand the meaning of it
To make a guess

A man of weight
Pell-mell
To put one on ones mettle
To ride hell for leather
To speak daggers
Be in the mire
To give a rap on the knuckles
Sum and substance
A drug in the market
Mealy-mouthed
Moot point
Give a wide berth
Brought to light
Fits and stars
High and low
Intends and purposes
Rest on my laurels
Clinched the issue
Call a spade a spade
Point-blank
Neck out
Green eyes
Birds eye view
Goes to dog
Keep a level head
Turned the corner
Fishing in trouble water
In high sprit
To rock the boat
Tooth and nail
Wee hours of the day
Put the foot down
In the blues
On the wane
Fair and square
Hole and corner method
Scream blue murder

A man of importance
In hurried disorder
To rouse one to do ones best
To ride with furious speed
To speak to a person with hostility
Be in difficulties
To rebuke
Summary
Commodities no in demand
Cunning
A debatable point
Keep away from
Disclose
Irregularly
Everywhere
Practically
Be complacent
Decided
Be outspoken in language
Pointedly
Invite trouble unnecessarily
Jealous
General view
Is ruined
Remain cool and composed
Passed the crisis
Talking advantage of troubled conditions for
personal profit
Cheerful
Upset the balance
With strength and fury
At dawn
Not to yield
Depressed
Growing less
Upright
Underhand
Make a great deal of noise and object
vehemently

Paint the town red

Keep the finger crossing
At odds
Make ducks and drakes
No love lost
Ride the high horse
Pull a long face
Beside the mark
Fill in
Send(one) about ones business
Run in the same groove
Wolf in sheeps clothing
Chewing the cuds
At ease
Cut corners
At the drop of hat
Burning question
Paddle of own canoe
At cross purposes
In raptures
Out of place
Gets on nerves
Wear heart on sleeves
Like a duck in a thunderstorm
Herculean task
An eye to the main chance
Make flesh creep
Himself to himself
Leave high and dry
Call in questions
Means business
A left handed compliment
Once in a while
Kick heels
Lying down
Gone down the drained

Have a lively time

Wait expectantly
In dispute
Squandered lavishly
Intense dislike
Puts in airs
Looks indifferent
Irrelevant
To tell someone the details about someone or
something
To send someone away , usually in an
unfriendly way
Advance in harmony
Hypocrite
To muse on, to chat , in an aimless manner
Embarrassed
Simplify the producers
Without delay
A widely debated issue
Depended on himself
Misunderstanding of each others purposes
Very enthusiastic
Inappropriate
Irritate
Exposing innermost feeling to others
Distressed
Work required great effort
Object to make money
Frightened
In unsociable
To leave some one unsupported and unable to
manoeuvre
Challenges
Earnest /sincere
An insincere
Occasionally
waste time
To show no reaction
Wasted

in the offing
Design on
Queer fish
Broken reed
Gather roses only
At sea
Lay by the heels
Hanky-panky
Stick ones neck out
Mares nest
Back-chat
Bear in mind
To cut your teeth
Keeping up appearances
Heads will roll
Little elbow
A bee in bonnet
Gift of the gab
Turn hand
Fell flat
Gentleman on large
White elephant
To let the bygones be bygones
Come to the crunch
Keeps a good table
Draw the long bone
Burn the candle a both end
Hold the enemy at bay
To keep the pot boiling
Far cry
Bolt from the blue
Win Hands down
On and off
With a high hand
Make no bone
Get hold of the wrong end of the stick
On the wan
Cool as cucumber

About to start
To have plans to exploit or somehow take of
someone advantage or something
Strange person
A frustrated man
Seek all the enjoyment of life
Confused
Chance and capture
Jugglery
To Take a risk
A false invention
Impertinent/disrespectful remarks
Remember
To gain experience
Maintaining outward show
People will get into serve trouble
Freedom
An obsession about something
Fluency of speech
Adapt himself to
Had not effect
Has no serious occupation
Useless
Ignore the past
Decisive movement
Entertain guest sumptuously
Exaggerate
Overtaxing his energies
Prevented the enemy from coming near
Keep the controversy alive
A long way off
Sudden Sock
Win easily
At intervals
Oppressively
Do without hesitation
Misjudge the situation
Declining
Calm and composed

Catch 22
Pell-mell
Plough a lonely furrow
Great hand
Heap coals on someones t head
Cocksure
Cuts both ends
Feather own nest
Throw down the gauntlet
On tenterhooks
Ride rough shod over
Do a good turn by
On its last leg
Heart out
Have the mind
Cushy job
Now and then
Midas touch
Paint with bright colour
To set the Thames on fire
On the wrong side of fifty
Out of question
Brought matters to a head
In a jiffy
Double dealing
Blow own trumpet
Let the grass grow under the feet
Cut someone dead
Make both end meet
Make light
Wear the trousers
Hole and corner
Steal someones thunder
Yeoman service
To the backbone

Absurd , a dilemma or difficult circumstance

form which there is no escape because of
mutually conflicting of dependent conditions
In a disorderedly manner
Do without the help of others
Expert at
Make someone feel sorry
Perfectly confident
Argument in support of both sides of the issue
Act for won future benefits
Challenge someone, Behaved as very great
and important person
An anxious suspense
Treat harshly
Do a favour
About to perish/expire
Suffer silently
Have the willingness
Financial comfortable job
Occasionally
Ability to success in all projects
Exaggerated
A heroic deed
Over fifty years old
Unthinkable
Create an atmosphere of confrontation
In a hurry
Deception
To tell other people how good and successful
you are
Stayed out
To ignore someone totally
Earn enough
Treat lightly
Dominant
Secret
To lessen someones force
Free, generous help
Completely

Lynch law
Bitten of more than chew
Stalking horse
Make hay while the sun rises
On the wane
Lying down
Cut out
Showing wild oats
The thin end of the wedge
To foot the bill
Breathing down
At a lose end
As ugly as sin
Elbow grease
In a soup
Gall and war mode
At a loss
Sitting on the fence
Pretty pass
A bad business
Make no bone about
Turn out crabs
Devils advocate
Dance attendance upon
Go a begging
Grid up ones lions
Run the gauntlet
Aegean stable
Call ones shots
Tread on ones toes
Take time by the forelock
To steer clear of
To beat a retreat
Under ones own storm
In the sequel
A fifth columnist
Not for nuts

Law of the mob

Trying do to too much
Trick , something that is used to hide
someones real purpose
Make the best use of a favourable situation
Growing less
Show no reaction
Suitable
Going through a period of irresponsible
pleasure seeking
The beginning of further concessions
To pay
Watching all actions closely
Nothing to do
Exceptionally ugly
Hard work
In trouble
A source of anger
To be confused
Hesitate between two options
In a difficulty
An unfortunate event
To admit something readily
End in failure
On who is against the religion
To Flatter
Go in vain
Get ready for the job
Face criticism
To remove on evil
Make intention clear
To give offense
Prepare action before time
Avoid
To march back after a ceremonious parade
With ones own effort
Later on
Traitor
Under no circumstances

The fat end

A laughing stock
Ad hock
Bon voyage
De, jure
Stave off
Awkward silence
Globetrotters
The thin end of the wedge
Tarred with same brush
To steal a march
Go broke
Set great store
Touch and go
Give A piece of mind
Breath down the neck
Egg is egg
Kick the bucket
A brown study
Fight shy
Damp squib
Steer clear of
Brought to book
Pay by ones nose
In the dumps
Beat neck and crop
Hard nose
In a real fix
In ones elements
Cold blood
Weigh the anchor
To rise like a phoenix
To have cold feet
Come cap in the hand
Man of straw
At a low key
At stake
To break the duck
A big shot

The last part

Looking ridiculous
For the special purpose
A good journey for you
Rightful , legal
Prevent
Embarrassing silence
Travellers around the world
The beginning of further concessions
Posses the same defects
Outshine
Become penniless
Values greatly
Risky
Scold
Watch all actions closely
Quite certainly
To die
Absorbed in reading
Avoid form a feeling of mistrust
An utter failure
Avoid
To punish
Pay dearly
In low spirits
Completely
Tough and aggressive
In a difficult situation
Feel relax and confident
Unfeelingly
Prepare to sail again
To start afresh from a low position
To be reluctant
Very humble
Insignificant
At reducing
In danger
To begin
Important person

To put the cat among the pigeons

Cut the Gordian knot
To gain the ground
Through thick and thin
To kick up a row
To be at the end of ones tether
Odds and ends
To shoot a line ones success
To feather ones nest
To black ball
To be in the black(Of ones money)
To make no bones about something
To foot the bill
Cut no ice
Once and for all
Hole and corner policy
far and away
Face value
Bring home
To lead one by the nose
Ones cup of tea
To have the floor
The cock of the walk
A cuckoo in the nest
Feet of clay
A pig in poke
A Skelton in the cupboard
To scream blue murder
To run in the same groove
To lead others up the garden
To cut both ends
All the same
Cut and dried
Null and void

To be placed in a wrong situation

To perform the difficult task
To become more general
Under any circumstances
To make great noise and fuss
To have no resources left
Various article
To exaggerate about
To provide money even dishonestly
Prevent from doing something
To be in credit
To do or say a thing openly if it is unpleasant
To make payment
To make no effect
Foe ever
Improper policy
Certainly
Superficially
To emphasise
To cause to follow blindly
What one likes and can do well
To make speech
The most dominant person in a group
A child whose parentage is doubtful and may
therefore not belong by blood to the family
To be weak or cowardly
And article which was brought without
previous inspection and which turns out to be
worth less than what one paid for it.
A past event which is kept secret by a family/
something embarrassing or shameful
Make a great deal of noise and object
vehemently
Advance in harmony
To deceive others
To argue in support of both sides of the issue
Nevertheless , but yet
Settled , decided
Invalid , without legal effect

Rough and ready

Short and sweet
Clock and dagger
Run-of- the mill
An armchair job
Backstairs gossip
A close fisted man
A curtain lecture
Elbow room
Forty winks
An ivory tower
A latchkey child
Soft soap
The bill of fare
An eye on the main chance
Esprit de corps
Make a wry face
For a consideration
To give currency to
Blue blood
At ones wits end
To hold a candle to
Black sheep
Out and out
Not to mince matters
To play with
Rainy days
To fly off the handle
The alpha and the omega
End in smoke
Mincing manners
Hanky panky
Hot head
Have a go

Not exact , only approximate

Brisk , without delay
Like a spy
An average, an average , ordinary unexciting
A regular job which is considered easy and
well-paid
Gossip among servants
A mean or stingy man
The scolding of a husband by his wife in
private
Room on opportunity to move and act freely
Short sleep
A place or state of life that is out of touch with
people and reality
A child who returns from school etc. To and
empty house because both parents working
Flattery
The menu
Looks after his won welfare
Unity
Show disappointment
Paid to do something
To pay much attention to
An aristocrat
To be completely confused
To be nearly as good as someone in his/her
absence
An unworthy person
Absolutely
To speak our frankly
Fool
Unlucky times
To get into a rage and lose self-control
The beginning and the end
To give no practical result
Not to speak plainly
Jugglery
The fighter
Make an attempt

Mince ones words

Be in the mire
Let on
To get along
Make too much of
Lay bare
Stem from
On the nod
To take a occasion
Take it ill
Extinct and obsolete
In a delicate state
In abeyance
With might and main
In a jam
To get at
On the wane
At a loss
At all events
As a rule
At sixes and sevens
All the same
To egg on
To drive at
To keep the ball rolling
To knock the bottom out
To bear a grudge
By virtue of
To beat hollow
To the backbone
A cats paw
To come of age
To cry over a spilt milk
Fits and stars
Damocles sword
Cast down
To go without saying
In the nick of time
Jack of all trades

Choose term carefully

Be in difficulties
Reveal
To manage to
Overestimate
Expose
Originate
On credit
To rake advantage of and opportunity
Too be offended
As dead as a dodo
Hanging in balance
In suspension
With full vigour
In trouble
Reach
Growing less
To be puzzled
Positively
Usually
In disorder
Yet
To urge on
To employ
To maintain progress
To make a scheme
To have a better felling
On account of
To defeat completely
Thoroughly /in detail
To make somebody a tool
To be major
To reach a crisis
Irregularly
An impending danger
Depressed
Clear
Just in the time
A person supposed to know everything but

To leas astray
To leap in the dark
A man of means
Off hand
Neck or nothing
To pay the piper
A rolling stone
To stir a finger
To sow the dragons teeth
Street Arabs
To turn ones head
To and fro
To while away
To win the palm
To wild up
Wait upon
Wear and tear
Judas kiss
Black ox
Donkeys year
An old flame
To see pink elephants
Blind alley
The heels of Achilles
Kangaroo court
Lump in the throat
Fabien policy
A fly in the ointment
Mother wit
A grass widow
To make a pile
A nig-nog
Kiss the rod
Itsy bitsy
In the nick of time
In lieu of
In embryo

master of none
To misguide
Careless action
A rich man
Without preparation
With the use of everything
To bear the cost
One who is never constant to ones work
To make the best effort
To do something
Homeless and parentless children
To be proud
Backwards and forwards
To pass in amusement
To win the prize
To bring to an end
To serve
Decrease in value due to constant use
False love
Misfortune
After a long time
Sweat heart
To show courage
Unprofitable action
The weak point in a person
Unofficial court
A highly emotional state
Policy of cautions persistence
A problem in a situation
Common sense
A women whose husband is temporarily away
from her
To make a fortune
A fool
Accept the punishment
Very small
Just in time
In place of
In under developing stage

A damsel in distress
At case
Acquainted with
To catch a tartar
Clean breast
At close quarters
As fit as fiddle
At a loose end
At a loss
Assumes airs
Bear the burnt of
Bid defiance
Break the news
Beside oneself
Bated breath
Bandy words
Blue stocking
Bring down the house
Brow beat
By dint of
Chip of the old block
Cave in
Cloven off
Cut through
Cheek by jowl
Come to a pass
Cock a snook
Dutch courage
Dare devil
Down and out
Draconian law
Die hard
Days of reckoning
Down in the mouth
Damp squib
Dog in the manager
Eke out

A helpless woman
Easily
To meet someone
To deal with someone or something that
proves unexpectedly troublesome or powerful
Confessed without reserve
Close examinations
Strong and healthy
Unoccupied , idle
To be unable to decided
To pretend to superiority
To bear the main shock of
To ignore
To give the bad news
To feel excessively
In anxiety , expectancy
To wrangle , to argue
Educated but pedantic lady
Receive applause
To bully
By force of
Resembling ones parents in habits
Yield
The evil intention
Though
Close together
Difficult situation
To show impudent contempt
Bravery under alcoholic influence
Fearless person
Poor and ruined
Extremely serve law
Persistent in struggle
Time to answer for someones answer
out of elements
Complete failure
A person who prevent s others from enjoying
what he cannot
Supplement income

Ever and anon

Flesh and blood
Flash in the pan
Fly in the face of
Get off scot free
Grid up the loins
Give a wild berth
Gentleman at large
Give the devil his due
Give up the ghost
Go to the whole hog
Go broke
Get down to brass tacks
Hold water
Have feet of clay
Live-wire
Look a gift house in the mouth
Lose ones head
Latin and Greek
Make amends
Make light of
Midas touch
A past master
Pyrrhic victory
Quixotic project
Rule the roost
Spartan life
Shot in the arm
Spick and span
Seamy side of the life
Sow wild oats
Throw a spanner
Take wind out of anothers sails
Under the rose
Up and doing
Well disposed to
Willy-nilly
Window shopping

Now and then , sometimes

Human nature
Sudden success
To defy
To escape without punishment
To prepare for hard work
To avoid
Unreliable person
Give credit to a wordless person for his good
qualities
Pass away, die
To do something thoroughly
Become bankrupt
To deal with the matter straight
Sound , tenable
Full of faults
Energetic
Criticize a gift
To be carried away
Incomprehensible
To give compensation
Not to care of
A touch which turns anything into gold
An expert
Victory at a high cost
Foolishly ideal
To dominate
Life of ascetic
Encouraging
In order
Immoral side of society
Irresponsible pleasure seeking
To be defeated
To gain advantage by anticipation
Secretly
Active
Friendly or helpful to somebody
Whether one wishes or not
To look at the goods displayed but not for

Weal and woe

Wide berth
Wry face
Yellow press
Yeomans service
At back and call
In the books off
To run one down
In character with
To get into a stew
To go by
Put up with
Ran riot
Give in
Turn an honest penny
Done for
On the level
Went to the winds
Burnt his boats
Brought up
Cut no ice with me
A sore point
Out of thin air
Join the majority
To go for the juggler
Lead somebody to the alter
The primrose path
Odds and ends
To champ at the bit
With a flea in one ear
Pie in the sky
On the blink
The worse for wear
To borrow beat
Come a cropper
The lie of the land
Plain as pike staff
In tatters

buying
Joy and sorrow
Keep away
Disappointed face
Newspaper publishing sensational news
Excellent service
At disposal
In favour with
To disparage someone
Found to be in keeping with
To have an anxious state of mind
to be guided by
Tolerate
Acted without restrained
Yield
Make a legitimate living
Ruined
Mentally compatible
Dissipated
Left no means of retreat
Criticised vehemently
Had no influence with me
Something which hurt
Appear suddenly
To die
To make a destructive attack
To marry somebody
The pursuit of pleasure
Miscellaneous things
To be restlessly impatient
To be rebuked
Event likely to happen
Not in the working order
Shabby from use
To bully
To fail
Assessment of a situation
Very obvious
Ruined

At a rate of knots
Raise somebodys hackle
A bread and butter letter
Take up the cudgels
As the crow flies
With in an ace of
To play the ape
to imitate to go ape over
In the arms of Morpheus
No vie like avarice
To get the axe
A man before the mast
All the better to
To back side
To back spear
On the ball
To forbid the banns
To sell one a bargain
To have a bash at
To have bats in ones belfry
To be at ones beds
To tell ones beads
To bear away the palm
A bear garden
Narrow bed
To bill and coo
To make ones bow
To brace oneself for
Brain sauce
Bread and cheese
As snug as a bug in the rug
On the bum
To bury ones head in the sand
To mean business
To care a damn/farthing
To carry with one

Sluggishly
To make somebody angry
An appointment letter
To support somebody
In a straight line
falling, escaping by a narrow margin
To mimic,
To be extremely enthusiastic over
In the lap of sleep
Greed is greater than any other vice
To be dismissed from a job
A common sailor
Same to
To fall back in morals
To question in order to bring out some
information
Alert ,competent
To object the banns
To befool someone
To attempt something for the first time
To have crazy ideas , to be very peculiar or
foolish
To worship
To day ones prayer
To win
A place or scene of tumult
Grave
To whisper endearments as lovers
To appear first time in publically
To prepare for something unpleasant or
difficult
Wisdom
Simple food
Very cosy and snug
Living the life of a tramp
To avoid the reality
To be serious
To have no care at all
To satisfy

A cast of the eye

To cast into the shade
To catch/clutch at a straw
To cast a chill over
To serve with the colours
To condemn to death
A gone coon
Till the cows come home
To cross ones mind
To cry Halves
To cry stinking fish
To cry shame upon
Off the cuff
on credit in ones cup
To cut somebody down
To go to the devil
To die in shoes
A dogs chance
To eat ones terms
To bid fair
To fall aboard of
To fall foul of
To chew the fat
To kill the fatted calf
To ruffle somebodys feather
To feel in ones bone
To snap ones finger (at)
To fish in troubled water

To get into a flap

The flesh
To fly in the face of
To be nobodys fool
To fool around
To the fore
To blow the gaff

A squint
To make less noticeable
To try any expedient however useless
To spread sadness
To be a member of the armed forces
To award punishment of death
One whose case is hopeless
For a long time
To occur , strike
To claim with equal share
To decry ones own good
To oppose, to protest against
Imparting information ,
Under the influence of liquor
To kill somebody
To fail completely
To be murdered
No hope at all
To study for the bar(law)
To seem likely
To start fighting/ quarrelling
To quarrel
To chat
To celebrate especially at a prodigals return
To annoy somebody
To know or sense some thing intuitively
To show contempt for
To try to win advantages for oneself from a
disturbed state of affairs, to take advantage of
troubled or uncertain conditions for personal
gain n
To be in a state of agitation , confusion,
nervous, excitement etc.
Physical or bodily desires , sensual appetites
To act in defiance of authority , facts , custom
To be wise
To waste time
Prominent
To revel a secret

To get into bad odour

Worth ones weight in cold
To cook ones goose
Gravy train
Like grim death
To let ones hair down
To hand in ones cheeks
To run with the hue and hunt with the
hounds
Hare and hound
To take up the hatchet
Heavy tidings
Hell for leather
Cat in hells chance
Like a bat out of hell
High and mighty
A hill of beans
to hoist with ones own petard
From the horses mouth
To take issue
everyman jack
The cut of ones jib
To kick against the pricks
At the rate of knots
The last straw
To be all legs
To have a hollow leg
A lick and a promise
Out on a limb
To live by ones wits
The devils own luck
To have a memory like a sieve
Middle of the road
To have a monkey on ones back
The mote in somebodys eye
To go through the motions
In a muck

To become popular
Invaluable
To ruin ones chances or plans completely
Source of much or easy; money
Very firmly
To behave informally
To die
To be on good terms with both sides in a
dispute
Paper chase
To prepare for or go to war
Bad news
As quick as possible
No chance at all
At top speed
Arrogant
A thing of little value
To be caught in ones own trap
From a reliable source
To be in disagreement
Everyone without exception
A persons personal appearances or manner
To hurt oneself by useless resistance
Very fast
An addition to a task, burden, etc. Which
strained ones patience to the limit
To be a tall and very thin person
To have a large appetite
A feeble attempt
In a dangerous situation
To get money by ingenious and irregular
methods not necessarily honest
Good luck
To have a faint memory
Average
To be addicted to narcotic drug
A very minor mistake (of somebody)
To work carelessly
In an untidy situation

Not for nuts

To sport ones oak
Odd and even
to carry off the palm
To be par for the course
To pay the debt of nature
To know (somebody) off his pedestal
Penn y wise and pound foolish
To be in the picture
To pip(somebody) at the post
To stretch a point
Printers devil
To put out feelers
a/the sixty four dollar question
The quick and dead
In a flat spin
To be the dead spit of
To stew in ones own juice
To strike a chord
To have the sun in ones eye
A month of Sundays
to put to the sword
Not for all the tea in china
The king of terror
As thick as thieves
The tip of the iceberg
A man about town
To lay someone under tribute
To swear like a trooper
To twiddle ones thumb
To be up before somebody
To take the veil

Under no circumstances
To keep ones door close
Game of chance
To be victorious
To be what one would expect to happen or
expect somebody to do
To die
To show that he is no longer highly regarded
shaving small sums at the risk of large ones
To be familiar with the matter
To defeat at the last moment
To make an exception
The youngest apprentice in a printing office
Cautiously check the views of others
An important question that is very difficult to
answer
All people alive or dead
In a state of panic
Exact counterpart or likeness of
To suffer the consequences of ones own
action
To say something that other people
sympathize or identify with
To drink
A long period of time
To kill
No matter how great the reward
Death
Very friendly
Small but evident part of a much larger
concealed situation
A man who spends much time at fashionable
parties, clubs, theatres
To impose tax on somebody
To use very obscene or blasphemous language
To be idle
To appear in court
To become a nun

Beyond the veil

Null and void
Waifs and strays
Weal and woe
A wild cat strike
Neck of the woods
Under duress
Look a gift horse in the mouth
To bear up with
To strike one
Four days on end
To drive home
Thrust down ones throat
Sing froid
Argus eye
Big draw
Cog in the wheel
To seize the nettle
Took exception to
To pass the buck
Leaps and bounds
Bids fair
Backstairs influence
Worth of salt
Make a wry face
Flesh and blood
At a premium
Speak volumes
Get a kick
To curry favour
On the cards
Wipe the nose
Family way
Have an eye
Keep your nose clean
Small talk
Botch something up

In the world high above

Not legally binding , invalid
Homeless children, odds and even
Prosperity and adversity
Illegal strike
Area, neighbourhood
Uncontrolled
Find fault with a gift
To endure
To realise suddenly
For a long time
To emphasize
Remind repeatedly
To remain calm and composed in the difficult
situation
Observant
A huge attraction
An important person
To deal with firmly
Object to
To pass the responsibility
Rapidly
Seem likely
Underhand means
Of value
Show disappointment
Children
Valued highly
Serve as strong testimony to
Get a thrill
Gain favour
Certain
To Cheat
Pregnant
Have an extra talent
Keep out of trouble
Light conversation
To mess something up, to do a bad job of
something

Come to a head
See through the design
To a hair
Held in camera
Prodigal son
Die in harness
Take people inn
Carry off of the feet
Like a fish out of water
Running riot
Hard of hearing
Jews eye
In a nutshell
To carry the can
Every lectures cup of tea

To reach a crisis
Be aware of the trick
Exactly
Not open to the public
Extravagant
Die while still working
Cheat people
Wild with excitement
In troubled situation
Behaving wild
deaf
A possession of high value
In a simple and brief manner
Accept the blame
What one likes and can do well

Put/Throw an spanner in the works

To do something that prevents a plan or

activity from succeeding
A whore , a prostitute
Censure strongly
Angry feeling
Reward and punishment
Through days of struggle
Without evasion
Detachment and seclusion
Humiliated
Come to a compromise with someone
Arouse some one to do his best
Cheered up
Quarrelling with
Defend vigorously
Angry words
Anxious
Novice
Shortly
Change the party
Squandering
Speak highly of
Instigate

A scarlet women
To rate soundly
Bad blood
Carrot and stick
Through thick and thin
Straight from the shoulder
Come down from ivory towers
Bite the dust
To meet half way someone
Put some one to mettle
Take heart
Falling foul of
Take up the cudgels for
High words
Tiptoe
Green horn
Ere long
Turn the coat
Play ducks and drakes with
Make parade of
Egged on

Monkeys monkey
Long and short
Look blank
Null and void
Out of pocket
A man of parts
At loose ends
Bad debts
Ever and anon
Fast living
Born in the purple
In the long run
Kith and kin
Look blue

Kind not cash

Main point
Surprise
Invalid
Without money
A man of ability
Badly managed
Unrealisable debts
Frequently
Luxurious living
Born of royal parents
Ultimately
Relatives
Appear disturb

Phrase
Bear away
Bear down
Bear with
Bear hard
Bear out
Bear up
Break froth
Break through
Break with
Call at
Call to
Call for
Call up
Call over
Called on
Called out
Called off
Take away
Take for
Taken to
Take after

Won
Overpower
Tolerate
Press heavily
Confirm
Keep up spirits
Come out suddenly
Fail to keep
Cease to be friendly with
Visit
Address loudly
Demand for
Recollect
Recite in order
Paid a brief visit
challenge to fight
Divert attention
Remove
Misunderstand
Resorted to
Resembles

Take up with
Take down
Taken in
Take in
Take in
Taken with
Took on
Struck dumb
Struck work
Struck off
Strike up
Stand against
Stood up
Stand for
Set in
Set out
Set off
Set upon
Set about
Set down
Set forth
Set on
Draw down
Draw in
Draw off
Draw up
Hold with
Hold back
Hold good
Hear out
Hush up
Hold over
hold out
Hold off
Kept up
Keep off
Keep at

Be friendly with
Record
Deceived
Comprehend
Admit
Pleased with
Undertook
Astonished
Refused to work
Erased
Begin to play
Withstand
Oppose
Present as candidate
Begun
Started on
Depart
Attacked
Begin
Recorded
Explain
Incited
Attract
Pull inside
Divert
Drafted
Agree with
Conceal,
prevent
the
progress
or
development
Applicable
Listen until somebody has finished
Hide , conceal (information about a situation
especially something bad or shocking
Postpone
Last , continues
Away
Maintained
Ward off
Continue doing

Keep to
Keep from
Keep down
Let loose
Let in
Let down
Let out
Let off
Put away
Put in
Put out
Put by
Put down
Put up at
Put up with
Put off
Put forth
Put up to
Brought about
Brought up
Bring out
Brought out
Bring off
Bring down
Bring round
Brought forward
Bring over
Come off
Come about
Come by
Come down
Come to
Come at
Come across
Come up with
Come round
Got off
Get off
Get out of

Maintain
Abstain from
Prevent from rising
Set free
Allowed to enter
lowered
To hire
Release , free
Discard
Presented
Extinguish
Lay aside for future use
Suppress
Stayed in
Endure
Postponed
Exerted
Incited
Caused
reared
Highlight
Published
Rescue
Humble
Convert
Adduced
Persuade to change side
Take place
Happen
Acquire
Descend
Amount to, arrived at
Get within reach
Meet accidently
Overtake
Agreed , recover
Dismounted
Escape
Free from

Get away
Get down
Get abroad
Getting on
Get in
Getting along
Get before
Get about
Get at
Run down
Stand up
Called name
Held up
Square up
Cut out
Pare down
Pass off
Bid fair
Blown up
Set down
Cut to quick
Die out
Cry down
Over and above
Work upon
Casting aspersions
Look up
Fall out
On edge
Worked upon
Carried off
Tore up
At home
Put across
Cried up
Put out
Make away
Make away with
part with

Escape
Came down
Become public
Progressing
Revive
Prospering
In forward position
Go about
Reach
Weak and tired
Vindicate
Abuse
Detained
Settle
Suitable
Reduce indictment
Pretend to be
Seems likely to be
Exaggerated
To snub
Hurt intensely
Disappear
Depreciate
In addition to
Influence
Passing slanderous remarks
Visit
Had a quarrel
Nervous
Influence
Killed
Ran up
Comfortably
To convey
Extolled /praised
Disturbed
Steal
Get rid of, commit suicide
Give up, give away, desert

Play at
Push off
Put in for
Send for
Make after
Brought home
Hold over
Fall in
Work up
Rake up
Hold out
Put out
Eaten away
Taken aback
Out and out
Hard up
Knocked about
Cine round
Went for
Laid out
Standing off
Drawn off
Go over
Closed with
Bowled over
Fell upon
Passed by
Dob away with
Advise of
Dashed off
Act on /upon
Allow for
Allow of
Answer fro
Be off
Bear out

To do something without any effort or real

interest
Go leave
Apply for
Summon , ask or order somebody /
something to come
Chase , follow
Emphasised
Postponed
Agree
Excite
Revive
Resisted
Irritate
Corroded
Surprised
Thoroughly
Not having enough money
Wandered about
Recover
Attacked
Invested
Championing the cause off
To withdraw
Study carefully
Denied
Overwhelmed
Attacked
Overlooked
Abolish
Acquainted with
Wrote
Have and effect on/upon
Including something when you are
calculating something or planning something
Make possible
Be responsible
Leave, go, especially in a hurry
Support

Beat down
Blow out
Blow up
Bring off
Burst in
Call down
Catch up
Carry off
Close with
Come in for
Cut into
Die away
Die off
Dispose of
Do away with
Do something in
Drag on
Drag up
Draw in
Draw away
Drink to
Dwell in
Enter into
Explain away
Fall on /upon
Feel for
Get out
Get along
Get at
Get down
Get in
Get round
Go for
Go through

Persuade to reduce the price

Extinguish
Explode , be destroyed by and explosion
Manage successfully
Interrupt
Request for
Overtake
Win
Accept
Get, obtain
Interfere
Become gradually fainter till inaudible
Die one by one
Sell, finish
Abolish, get rid of , eliminate
Kill
Progress very slowly
Educate , train , etc, very badly
Become shorter
Spend time in a lazy way
Wish somebody/something good luck ,
success or happiness , by raising your glass
and then drinking
Think, talk or write about something for too
long
Start, open, begin to discuss or deal with
some thing or sympathize with
Show why one should not be blamed for a
fault , mistake etc.
Attack violently
Search with the hands
Circulate, spread, gradually
Manage
Reach
Swallow
Reach ,arrive
Persuade somebody , make contact with
Attacked
Pass through ,be approved , be passed

Leave off
Clear out

Stop
Go, away, leave