IDIOMS: MEANINGS To cut the Gordian knot means To solve the difficulty Cut and dried means Ready-made Feather one’s own nest ...
IDIOMS: MEANINGS
- To cut the Gordian knot means To solve the difficulty
- Cut and dried means Ready-made
- Feather one’s own nest means To make money by unfair means
- To fish in troubled water means To do something under very unpromising circumstance
- To give oneself airs means Affected manners
- To give the devil his due means To allow even a bad man the credit due
- To hang by thread means To be in a critical condition
- A henpecked husband means A man habitually snubbed by his wife
- Hush money means Money given as a bribe to hush or make one keep silent
- Kick up a row means Make a great noise
- To let the cat out of the bag means To reveal a secret
- Null and void means Not valid means of no effect
- On the spur of the moment means At once
- Pay one back in one’s own coin means To treat in the same way as one has been treated
- Put in cold storage means To forget or neglect something
- Pull wires means To manage the show by secret Influence
- Read b/w the lines means To hit at the real meaning
- Sit on the fence means To avoid taking sides; to remain neutral
- A square deal means Justice
- Sword of Damocles means Treating danger
- To take up the gauntlet means To accept the challenge
- To eat one’s heart out means To suffer silently, bitterly
- B/t the devil and the deep sea means B/w two dangers equally harmful
- A sweet tooth means A liking for sweetmeat
- A dark horse means An unknown person
- A bottleneck means Anything that cause delays
- To put one’s foot down means To show determination
- A wet blanket means A grumbling, depressing person
- To add insult to injury means To intensify a person
- To be born with a silver means To be born in a rich family Spoon in one’s mouthmeans
- A bolt from the blue means An expected disaster
- To blow one’s own trumpet means To boast
- A bone of contention means Cause of quarrel
- To burn one’s fingers means To suffer
- To beat black & blue means To beat mercilessly
- To cast an aspersion means To bring discredit
- To cry over spilt milk means To feel sorry for what has happened
- To cut a sorry figure means To make a poor impression
- To die in harness means To die while doing one’s duty
- To end in smoke means To fail
- To go to the dogs means To be ruined
- To hang in the balance means To remain undecided
- To hit the nail on the head means To do the right thing at the right time
- To hold water means To sound logical
- To live no stone unturned means To try one’s level best
- To live from hand to mouth means To live with great difficulty
- To make up one’s mind means To decide
- To see eye to eye with means Agree
- To play ducks and drakes means Waste
- To put the cart before the horse means To do a thing in a wrong way
- To have too many irons in the fire means To have too many things in hand
- To read b/w the lines means To try to understand the hidden meaning
- To turn over a new leaf means To change for the better
- To take the bull by horns means To face difficulties boldly
- To win laurels means To distinguish oneself
- At daggers drawn means At enmity or fighting
- Blake and white means Written
- By leaps and bounds means Very fast
- In cold blood means deliberately
- Laid up with means Confined to bed
- Ins and outs means Full details
- A black sheep means Scoundrel means a bad person
- A cock and bull story means An absurd tale
- A gala day means A day of festivity means a holiday with rejoicing
- A hard nut to crack means A difficult person or problem to deal with
- A turn coat means One who changes one’s opinion or party
- A fool’s paradise means In a state of happiness founded on vain hopes
- Beat a retreat means To retire before the enemy
- To be on the horns of a dilemma means To have a choice b/w two equal evils
- To beat about the bush means Approach a subject in a round about method
- Bury the hatchet means To make peace
- By fits and starts means Irregularly
- Capital punishment means Death sentence
- By hook or by crook means By fair or foul means
- Eat humble pie means To face humiliation
- Hit below the belt means To act unfairly
- In apple pie order means In perfect order
- Leave one in lurch means To desert in difficulty
- To make a clean breast of means To confess fully one’s faults
- To nip the evil in the bud means To destroy an evil in early stage
- Pick holes in another’s coat means To find fault with another
- Scot free means To go unpunished
- Smell a rat means To have a reason to suspect
- Through thick and thin means Through every difficulty
- True to one’s salt means Faithful to one’s master
- To turn the corner means To begin to improve
- With a grain of salt means To accept a statement with doubt as to its complete true
- Worship the rising sun means To respect one rising in power
- A Herculean task means An extremely difficult or dangerous task
- A fish out of water means In a wrong place
- A leap in the dark means An act of which we can’t force consequences
- A thorn in one’s side means A constant source of annoyance
- To be at one’s beck and call means Under one’s absolute control
- Bread and Butter means Means of subsistence
- Burn one’s fingers means To get into trouble
- Burn the candle at both endsmeans Use up too much energy
- To throw up the sponge means To acknowledge defeat
- A feather in one’s cap means Something to be proud of
- A red letter day means An auspicious day
- Bag and baggage means With all one’s belongings
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