1. Give in
Meaning: Yield
Usage: The government is foolish if it believes that rebellion will ever give in.
2. Run riot
Meaning: Act without restraint
Usage: As soon as the alarm went off, everyone in the classroom ran riot.
3. Go through fire and water
Meaning: Undergo any risk
Usage: The Indian army can go through fire and water to complete its task.
4. Reading between the lines
Meaning: Understanding the hidden meaning
Usage: I got a letter from Puneet and he isn't happy. He didn't say anything but I could tell by reading between the lines that something's wrong.
5. Get the sack
Meaning: Dismissed from
Usage: The new employee was very rude and that’s why he got the sack.
6. By leaps and bounds
Meaning: Very quickly
Usage: He finished his lunch by leaps and bounds and ran for the meeting.
7. In the good books
Meaning: Be in somebody's favor or good opinion
Usage: These days, everyone tries hard to be in the good books of one’s boss.
8. In the long run
Meaning: Ultimately
Usage: The Company’s initial marketing strategies have paid off for them in the long run.
9. Turn a deaf year
Meaning: Disagree/Ignore/Refuse
Usage: The government has been turning a deaf ear to the pleas of its most vulnerable citizens.
10. At one’s wit’s end
Meaning: Puzzled/Confused
Usage: My two-year-old won't eat anything but pizza, and I'm at my wit's end.
11. Set the record straight
Meaning: Give a correct account
Usage: There have been a lot of rumors flying around, so I'd like to set the record straight once and for all.
12. Good Samaritan
Meaning: Helpful person
Usage: The poor woman lying on the road was helped by a good Samaritan.
13. Bad blood
Meaning: Angry feeling
Usage: There has been bad blood between the two friends for years.
14. To go to the whole hog
Meaning: To do it completely
Usage: We only planned to order starters, but we went the whole hog and ended up getting a full meal.
15. Laying off
Meaning: Dismissal from jobs
Usage: After the recession, the company has laid off a lot of sales employees.
Verifying, please be patient.