★ Idioms & Phrases ★ ★ A cock and bull story - - a false story ★ A fair crack of the whip - - a period of importance ★ A foregone conclusion - - an anticipated result ★ A round dozen - - a full dozen ★ After ones own heart - - to ones own liking ★ Apple of discord - - matter of dispute ★ At a low ebb - - declining ★ At bay - - in a tight corner ★ At draggers drawn - - on the point of fighting ★ At stake - - in danger ★ Bad blood - - ill feeling ★ Beggars description - - beyond description ★ Black sheep - - wicked man ★ Blue blood - - aristocratic birth ★ Bottom line - - the essential point ★ Bring to light - - make open, published ★ Bull market - - rising ★ By leaps and bounds - - very rapidly ★ Capital punishment - - death penalty ★ Carried the day - - won ★ Cock and bull story - - absurd story/ unbelievable story ★ Come to light - - to publish ★ Cut a sad figure - - cut a sorry figure ★ Dark horse - - Unknown person ★ Dead language - - a language which is no longer in use ★ Dead letter - - law that not in force ★ Deep water - - in trouble ★ Dilly dally - - waste time ★ Dog days - - hot weather ★.Flesh and blood - - human body ★ Gift of the gab - - power of delivering speech ★ Herculean task - - a very difficult task ★ Hold water - - bear examination ★ Hush money - - bribed ★ In black and white - - in writing ★ In cold blood - - in cool brain ★ In full swing - - in full activity ★ In the nick of time - - in right time ★ Ins and outs - - Full details ★ Irony of fate - - by bad luck ★ Lions share - - major portion ★ Maiden speech - - first speech ★ Med over a new leaf - - I opened a new chapter ★ On the eve of - - just before ★ Out and out - - thoroughly ★ Part and parcel - - an integral part ★ Pin money - - sundry expenses ★ Pros and cons - - advantages and disadvantages ★ Rank and file - - common person ★ Red letter day - - memorable day ★ Show coach - - a very lazy person ★ Sit on the fence - - remain neutral in a dispute ★ Soft soap - - flattery for self motives ★ Stones throw - - within very short distance ★ Through thick and thin - - under all conditions ★ To be ones wits end - - not to know what to do ★ To get along with - - to adjust ★ To keep ones head - - to keep calm ★ To meet trouble half-way”- - to be puzzled ★ To put the cart before the horse - - to reverse the natural order of things ★ To raise ones eye-brow - - show surprise or disapproval ★ To read between the lines - - to grasp the hidden meaning ★ Up and doing - - active ★ White elephant - - a very costly and troublesome possession ★ Widows mite - - small contribution of a poor man #Touhid
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