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Idioms and Phrases: 27.09.2019

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    27 September at 11:15 AM

 LIST of Idioms for reading today

  1. A Taste Of Your Own Medicine
    Meaning: When you are mistreated the same way you mistreat others.
    Usage: He got a taste of his own medicine when his friend decided to betray him.

  2. A Toss-Up
    Meaning: A result that is still unclear and can go either way.
    Usage: The match is going to be a toss-up between those two teams, as both of them seem to have an equal amount of tactics.

  3. Actions Speak Louder Than Words
    Meaning: It's better to actually do something than just talk about it.
    Usage: A good leader does not tell his team how things should be done, she shows them; after all, actions speak louder than words.

  4. Add Fuel To The Fire
    Meaning: Whenever something is done to make a bad situation even worse than it is.
    Usage: Sentencing the communal leader in such a tense situation will only add fuel to the fire.

  5. Against The Clock
    Meaning: Rushed and short on time.
    Usage: We worked against the clock to finish the project on time.

  6. All Bark And No Bite
    Meaning: When someone is threatening and/or aggressive but not willing to engage in a fight.
    Usage: You had said that you would beat up the goons if they attacked us, but you didn't. You're all bark and no bite.

  7. All Greek to me
    Meaning: Meaningless and incomprehensible like someone who cannot read, speak, or understand the Greek language would be.
    Usage: Please don't try to explain the technicalities of how this system works; it would be all Greek to me.

  8. All In The Same Boat
    Meaning: When everyone is facing the same challenges.
    Usage: Mark said that he would like to quit his job, to which Bill replied that they were all in the same boat.

  9. Cost An Arm And A Leg
    Meaning: Very expensive. A large amount of money.
    Usage: These boots are really nice, but they cost me an arm and a leg.

  10. An Axe To Grind
    Meaning: Have a private or selfish reason for doing something.
    Usage: He has no political ax to grind, he is just concerned about the state of affairs here.

 

  1. Apple of My Eye
    Meaning: Someone who is cherished above all others.
    Usage: While my father loved all of us very much, my elder brother was the apple of his eye.

 

  1. As High As A Kite
    Meaning: to behave in a silly or exciting way because you have taken drugs or drunk a lot of alcohol.
    Usage: I tried to talk to him after the celebrations, but he was as high as a kite.

 

  1. At The Drop Of A Hat
    Meaning: immediately, without delay.
    Usage: I'd quit my job at the drop of a hat if I didn't have loans to pay.

  2. A leap in the dark

      Meaning: An action or a risk that you take without having much idea about what will happen as a result.
       Usage: I had very little information about the organization, so writing to them was a leap in the dark.

  1. A tough row to hoe

     Meaning: a difficult situation to deal with
     Usage: The electoral candidate has a tough row to hoe – he has limited funds, and his message is not a popular one.

Verifying, please be patient.