700 Idioms and Phrases with Meaning and, Sentence
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List of idiom and phrases starting with ‘A’
- Achilles’ heels – A small but fatal weakness.
- Add fuel to fire – To make a matter worse.
- An arm chair job – Good income job with high comfort.
- An axe to grind – Something done for selfish reasons.
- An iron-will – Strong will power.
- An old flame – A person with whom one had a romantic relationship with in the past.
- An old head on young shoulders – A child or young person who thinks and talks like an older and experienced person.
- An olive branch – Peace request/peace treaty.
- Apple of discord – Matter of dispute.
- Apple of one’s eye – Very lovable dearest one.
- Apple-pie-order – In good condition.
- At a loss – To be unable to decide.
- At a pinch – In a trouble.
- At arms’s length – Avoid becoming too friendly.
- At daggers drawn – To have bitter enmity.
- At ease – Free from pain and anxiety.
- At one’s finger’s ends – To have complete knowledge.
- AT one’s wit’s end – Puzzled/confused/perplexed.
- At sixes and sevens – In disorder.
- Atake – At-risk and insecure.
- At the eleventh hour – At the last moment.
List of idiom and phrases starting with ‘B’
- Back stairs gossip – Talk among servants/unfair talks.
- Bad blood – Enmity/bitter relations.
- Bag and baggage – With all belongings.
- Baker’s dozen – Thirteen in number.
- Be born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth – to be born in a rich family.
- Be in the driving seat – Bearing all responsibilities.
- Bear the brunt of – To bear the main part of something unpleasant.
- Beat about the bust – To talk in a roundabout manner/circumlocution.
- Beat black and blue – Beating mercilessly.
- Beat hollow – To defeat thoroughly and convincingly.
- Beck and call – Ready to obey orders instantly.
- Bed of roses – Pleasant situation of comfort.
- Bed of thorns – A situation of extreme difficulty.
- Beggar description – A person with no resources.
- Bell the cat – Taking the first step at personal risk.
- Between the devil and the deep sea – Between two difficult situations.
- Big gun – An influential person.
- Bird of passage – one who comes occasionally.
- Bird’s eye view – Overview.
- Birds of feather – People with the same idea, characteristics, and interests.
- Bite the dust – To be defeated.
- Black sheep – A person wi is regarded as disgrace for his family/team etc.
- Blind alley – A situation in which no further progress can be made.
- Blink date – A meeting between a girl and a boy, who have not met before.
- Blow one’s own trumpet – To praise oneself.
- Blue blood – Royal or aristocratic descent.
- Blue book – Government report.
- Body and Soul – Entirely.
- Bold from the blue – Unexpected problem.
- Bone of contention – Subject of a dispute.
- Boonblessing in disguise – Hidden blessing.
- Bosom friend – Fast friend.
- Break the ice – To start a conversation.
- Breathe one’s last – TO pass away/ to die.
- Broad day light – In day light (When crime cannot be hidden).
- Broken reed – A waeak, unreliable person.
- Brown study – A state of deep thought.
- Bull in the china shop – One who is out of place in a delicate situation.
- Burn a hole in the pocket – Money spent quickly.
- Burn one’s fingers – To get oneself into trouble.
- Burn the candle at both ends – To waste money.
- Burn the midnight oil – Labouring/studying till late at night.
- Burning question – Hot issue.
- Bury the hatchet – To end a hostility.
- By fits and starts – Irregularly.
- By hook or by crook – By a means, right or wrong.
- By leaps and bounds – At a rapid pace.
- By the skin of one’s teeth/by a whisker – Narrowly/by a hair breadth.
List of idiom and phrases starting with ‘C’
- Carry the coal to Newcastle – Spending time and energy in doing something that is useless and wastage of energy.
- Cast pearls before swine – A right thing in a wrong hand.
- .Castles in the air – Day dream/ a hope or desire unlikely to be realized.
- Cat and dog life – Troublesome life.
- Catch a tartar – To grapple with an unexpectedly.
- Cat’s paw – A person used by another as a dupe or tool.
- Chew the cud – To ponder over/ meditate.
- Chicken hearted – Lacking courage / cowardly.
- Cock-and-bull story – A concocted story.
- Crocodile tears – A false display of grief.
- Cross swords – T quarrel or fight.
- Cry for the moon – To desire the unattainable.
- Cry over spilled milk – Regret in vain for what cannot be undone.
- Cut a sorry figure – To give a poor show.
- Cut both ways – Argue in favour of both sides.
- Cut no ice – To fail to make an impression.
- Cut one’s coat according to one’s cloth – To lice within one’s means.
List of idiom and phrases starting with ‘D’
- Dance to one’s tune – Obeying one’s order.
- Dark horse – One who wins unexpectedly.
- Dead letter – A law or ordiance that is no longer enforced.
- Democle’s sword – Constant threat.
- Die a dog’s death – To die a shameful death.
- Die in harness – Die while in service.
- Dog in the manger – A person who prevents others from enjoying what he cannot.
- Donkey’s years – A long time.
- Draw a line – Set a limit.
- Duck in a thunder storm – In a painful condition.
List of idiom and phrases starting with ‘E’
- Eagle eyed – With keen eye sight.
- Eat humble pie – To apologize.
- Eat one’s words – Take a statement back.
- Elbow room – Sufficient scope to move or function.
- End in smoke – Come to nothing.
- Escape one’s lips – Speak unintentionally or unexpectedly.
List of idiom and phrases starting with ‘F’
- Fabian policy – Deliberate slwo policy /policy of delaying decisions.
- Fair and square – In an honest way.
- Fair sex – Women.
- Fair weather friend – Selfish friends who are with us only in comfortable situation.
- Fancy price – At any cost / at demanded price.
- Feather in the cap – Additional success.
- Feather one’s nest – To enrich oneself by taking advantage of one’s position.
- Fight shy of – To attempt to avoid a thing or person.
- Fish in troubled waters – To take advantage of the problems of others.
- Fish out of water – Out of one’s usual and comfortable place.
- Fly in the ointment – A slight unpleasant thing that obstructs the enjoyment of something.
- Fools paradise – A state of being happpy for foolish or unfounded reasons.
- Forty winks – A nap.
- French Leave – A leave without information or permission.
- French – Benefits An additional benefit apart from salary.
- From hand to mouth – Providing only bare essentials.
List of idiom and phrases starting with ‘G’
- Gala day – Celebration day.
- Get away with – To escape.
- Get down to – To attend to work seriously.
- Get into a soup – Get into trouble.
- Get into hot water – Get into trouble.
- Get off scot free – To escape without punishment.
- Get on one’s nerves – To irritate or annoy.
- Gibble-gabble – Foolish talk.
- Gift of the gab – Talent for speaking.
- Give a piece of mind – To rebuke or scold.
- Go through fire and water – To brave any danger.
- Go to dogs – To deteriorate / degenerate.
- Go to rack and ruin – To decay or get destroyed.
- Good samaritan – A person who helps and pays sympathy to those in distress.
- Grass widow – A woman who is separated, divorced or lives apart fro her husband.
- Grease the palm – To bribe.
- Green room – A lounge in a theater or studio for the performers to get ready.
- Grist to one’s mill – Something that can be used for one’s advantage.
List of idiom and phrases starting with ‘H’
- Halcyon days – Peaceful days.
- Hammer and sickle – A symbolic representation of comunism in general.
- Hammer and tongs – With great effort or energy.
- Hand and glove with – In close co-operation.
- Hang by a thread – Be in a risky situation.
- Hard nut to crack – A difficult problem to solve / A person difficult to understand.
- Haul over the coals – To take to task, to reprimand.
- Have finger in teh pie – To be involved in something.
- Have one’s hands full – To be complete occupied.
- Have one’s way – The way one wants.
- Have several irons in the fire – To be involved in many projects or activities at the same time.
- Hen-pecked husband – Admirer of one’s won wife in a servile manner.
- Herculean task – Task requiring tremendous effort.
- High and dry – In a deprived situation (alone).
- High handed – Overbearing.
- High living – Living with comfort and ease.
- Hit below the belt – To strike unfairly.
- Hit the jackpot – Gaining a big/greta success
- Hit the nail on the head – To do the right thing at the right time.
- Hobson’s choice – No altenative.
- Hole and corner policy – Secret policy.
- Hue and cry – Any loud public outcry.
- Hush money – Money given to someone to keep something secret.
List of idiom and phrases starting with ‘I’
- In a nut shell – In very brief form.
- In black and white – In printed or written form.
- In full swing – At the height of activity.
- In the blues – In dumps depressed.
- In the long run – Ultimately.
- In the nick of time – At the last possible moment.
- In the same boat – Sharing the same problem.
- In vogue – In the current fashions.
- Ins and outs – Intricacies or complications / full detail.
- Iron hand / Iron fist – Rigorous control.
- Itching palm – Craving for bribe.
- Itsy bitsy – Very small or tiny.
List of idiom and phrases starting with ‘J’
- Jack of all trades and master of none – A person who know many different kinds of work but is a master of none.
- Jail bird – A person who is or has been confined to jail.
- Jaundiced eye – To look at something with a prejudiced view.
- Judas kiss – False love.
- Jump to a conclusion – To come to a conclusion
List of idiom and phrases starting with ‘K’
- Kangaroo court – An illegal court.
- Keep one’s cards close to one’s chest – Hiding something.
- Keep one’s fingers crosses – To wait expectantly.
- Keep one’s word – To keep one’s promise.
- Keep the ball rolling – TO maintain the progress of a project or plan.
- Keep teh wolf from the door – To avert poverty/starvation.
- Kill two birds with one stone – Doing two things at the same time while effort is made for one
- kith and kin – Blood relations.
- Knit one’s brow – To frown.
List of idiom and phrases starting with ‘L’
- Lady’s man – A man who is fond of company of women.
- Lame excuse – False excuse / baseless excuse
- Left handed compliment – An insult disguised as a compliment.
- Lion share – large part.
- Live in an ivory tower – Living in comfort and being unaware of realities of others miseries.
- Loaves and fishes – material benefit.
- Look off colours – Look ill or unhealthy.
- Look through coloured glasses – To see with different/wrong views.
- Lump in the throat – A tight or uncomfortable feeling in throat due to emotions.
List of idiom and phrases starting with ‘M’
- Mad as a march hare – Crazy and insane.
- Make a clean breast – To confess especially something bad or illegal.
- Maiden name – A women’s surname before marriage.
- Maiden speech – First speech.
- Make a hash – To mess up.
- Make a mountain out of a mole hill – To exaggerate a minor difficulty.
- Make both ends meet – To live within one’s means.
- Make hay while the sun shines – To take the benefit of an old opportunity.
- Make or mar – To make or destroy.
- Make the best of both the worlds – Getting benefited from both the sides.
- Make up one’s mind – To decide.
- Man of means – A wealthy man.
- Man of iron – Man with strong will power.
- Man of letter – Learned person.
- Man of parts – A man of qualities.
- Man fo spirit – A man full of enthusiasm.
- man of straw – A weak person.
- Man of the world – An experienced person.
- Man of word – True to one’s word.
- Mare’s nest – A false invention.
- Midas touch – A man with extraordinary power or capacity to make any venture profitable.
- Mince matters – To moderate or restrain one’s language.
- To Mind one’s P’s and Q’s – Taking care of behaviour properly.
- Miss the beat – To lose and opportunity.
- Mother wit – Common sense.
- Move heaven and earth – To try ones’s best.
- Much cry and little wool/Much ado about nothing – Lot of fanfare for something which has very little margin.
List of idiom and phrases starting with ‘N’
- Narrow escape /Close Shave – To escape by a little margin.
- Nig-nag – A noun used to address someone (African-American with joke or frustration).
- Nine day’s wonder – Something that arouses great interest but for a very short period.
- Nip in the bud – To put on end to something in its initial stage.
- Null and void – Ineffective.
- Nurse a grudge – Bear resentment for long period.
List of idiom and phrases starting with ‘O’
- Oily tongue – Flattering words.
- On one’s guard – Vigilant.
- On one’s last legs – Close to collapsing.
- Once for all – For the last time/conclusively.
- Open question – A question which may have more than one answer.
List of idiom and phrases starting with ‘P’
- Palmy days – Prosperous/affluent days.
- Pandora’s box – A source of extensive but unforeseen troubles.
- Part and parcel – Inseparable part.
- Past master – An expert.
- Pay the piper – To bear the cost of something/someservice rendered.
- Pay through his nose – To pay dearly.
- Penny wise pound foolish – Careful about trifles but wasteful in large ventures.
- Pick up the gauntlet – To accept the challenge.
- Play ducks and drakes – To waste money.
- Play second fiddle – To be at a subordinate position.
- Play truant – To be absent from duty without permission.
- Poison someone’s ears – To speak against one to another.
- Poke one’s nose – To interfere.
- Pour oil on troubled waters – To pacify the matters.
- Pros and cons – For and against.
- Pull ones legs – To make fun of or to tease.
- Pull the wool over somebody’s eyes – To mislead.
- Put a spoke in one’s wheel – To obstruct.
- Put in cold storage – To keep a work pending.
- Put one’s foot down – To act firmly.
- Put one’s shoulders to the wheel – To work or exert oneself heavily.
- Put the cart before the horse – To do things wrongly.
- Put the cat among pigeons – To say/do something that causes trouble or make many very angry.
List of idiom and phrases starting with ‘Q’
- Quarrel with one’s bread and butter – To fight with the executive or employer, who is providing one’s means of living.
- Queer fish – Strange person.
List of idiom and phrases starting with ‘R’
- Rain cats and dogs – Rain very heavily.
- Rainy day – Future time of need, especially financial need.
- Read between the lines – To understand the hidden meaning.
- Red handed – Exactly while committing a crime or doing something wrong.
- Red letter day – A memorably important or happy occasion.
- Red tapism – Strict adherence to excessive paper work and official formalities.
- Rest on one’s laurels – Depending on the achievement made in the past.
- Rhyme or reason – Sense, logic or meaning.
- Right-hand man – One’s most valuable assistant or supporter.
- Rise like a phoenix from its ashes – To make a miraculous comeback after a seemingly insurmountable setback.
- Rock the boat – To disturb a situation which was otherwise stable.
- Rolling stone – A restless person.
- Royal road – An easy or direct way of achieving a desired result.
- Rule the roost – To dominate.
- Run amuck – Mad with murderous frenzy.
- Run in the same groove – maintaining a sweet relationship.
- Run-of-the mill – Average /common.
- Run the gauntlet – To go through an unpleasant experience.
List of idiom and phrases starting with ‘S’
- Sail under false colurs – To pretend to be something that you are not.
- Save one’s skin – To save oneself.
- See eye-to-eye – Showing agreement / to agree.
- See pink elephants – Any visual hallucination arising due to intoxication.
- See red – Be very angry.
- See through – Comprehend understand.
- Set at naught – To disregard or treat as of no importance.
- Set one’s face against – To oppose with determination.
- Set one’s heart on – To have as one’s ambition to obtain something.
- Set one’s teeth on ege – To irritate or annoy someone.
- Set the Thames on fire – To achieve something amazing.
- Shoulder to shoulder – With united effort.
- Show white feather – To show cowardice.
- Sine die – Indefinitely.
- Sit on the fence – Refuse to take sides in a dispute.
- Slip of the tongue – Spoken unintentionally.
- Slow coach – A person with lazy approach of working.
- Small fry – Ingignificant person.
- Smell a rat – To suspect of something wrong done.
- Smooth sailing – Easy progress.
- Snake in the grass – A secret enemy.
- Shake in the shoes – To tremble with fear or apprehansion.
- Sow the dragon’s teeth – To create future troubles for yourself or others.
- Speak one’s mind – Speak what one really thinks.
- Spick and span – In order / neat and clean.
- Stand on one’s own legs – To be self dependent.
- Stand/Stick to one’s guns – To be strict and determined.
- Stand somebody in good stead – To be of great use and benefit to someone.
- Steal a march – To obtain an advantage by secret means.
- Step into another’s – To take over a job/responsibility of some other person.
- Stiff-necked person – Stubborn or arrogant.
- Stir a finger – Making effort.
- Stone’s throw – Very near.
- Street Arabs – A homeless person (especially who survives by begging).
- Sum and substance – Main idea or gist.
- Swan song – The last ceremony or farewell.
- Sweat of one’s brow – Hard labour.
- Swelled head – Grand opinion of onself/conceited.
- Sworn enemies – People hating each other a lot.
List of idiom and phrases starting with ‘T’
- Take away ones’s breath – To overwhelm with surprise.
- Take by storm – To surprise unexpectedly.
- Take into account – To consider.
- Take one at ones’s word – To be convinced of one’s sincerity and act in accordance with his/her statement.
- Take the bull by the horns – To adopt the most direct but the most dangerous way of facing adifficulty.
- Take to one’s heels – To run away.
- Talk big – To boast or brag.
- Talk of the town – To be the person or subject everyone is talking about.
- The printer’s devils – Error in printing.
- Think twice – To consider carefully before deciding.
- Through thick and thin – In good and bad times.
- Throw cold water upon – To discourage.
- Throw down the gauntlet – To challenge.
- Tooth and nail – Violently.
- True to one’s salt – Loyal person.
- Turn a deaf ear to – Not to pay attention to.
- Turn over a new leaf – To be entirely changed (for good)
- Turn the corner – To pass through a critical point in a process.
- Turn turtle – To overturn.
- Turn up one’s nose at To take lightly with contempt.
List of idiom and phrases starting with ‘U’
- Under the nose of – Right in front of someone.
- Under the thumb of – Under the power of influence of.
- Up and doing – Active in work.
- Up one’s sleeves – An item kept hidden and used whenever required.
- Uphill task – Difficult task.
- Upon one’s sweet will – On self sedired or wish.
- Ups and downs – Good and bad times.
- Utopian scheme – A visionary scheme though Impractical.
List of idiom and phrases starting with ‘W’
- Weather the storm – Survive by coming out of difficulties.
- Well-to-do – Affluent.
- Wet blanket – One who spoils the enjoyment.
- Wheels within wheels – A series of intricately connected events.
- White elephant – Expensive but of no use.
- White lie – A minor lie.
- Will o’ the wisp – Elusive/unreal.
- Windfall – Sudden gain received.
- With a grain of salt – To accept with misgiving.
- With one accord/in one voice – Unanimously.
- Wolf in sheep’s clothing – A malicious person in harmless or benevolent disguise.
- Word for word – In exactly the same word.
- Word of mouth – Informal oral communication.
List of idiom and phrases starting with ‘Y’
- Yeoman’s service – Excellent work.
Idiom and Phrases with their meanings and sentences
Idiom starts with ‘A’ Meaning and, use in a sentence
- Above board (honest and straight forward), – Gandhi ji was above board and hence had nothing to hide.
- Adam’s alse (Pure water) – In the remotest parts of Rajasthan, people walk miles for Adam’s ale.
- Add a new feather in one’s cap (to acquire a new honour or distinction) paramount Coaching Centre has added a new feather in its cap by starting paramount Reader Publication.
- Add insult to injury (to harm as well as humiliate) – She has added insult to injury by returning the gift and sending a ‘get lost’ note.
- After one’s own heart (Similar to you) – Seeing you inclination towards art and Literature, I can say that you are clearly a person after my own heart.
- An eye wash (A pretence) – The whole investigation was just and eye eash as no one was held guilty.
- A hair-breadth escape (Very narrow escape) – He had a hair-breadth escape when his bike skid on the oil-drenched read.
- An old flame (Long time love) – He saw his old flame in the market yesterday but prudently avoided eye contact.
- An old head on young shoulders (To be more matured than one’s own age) – He is an old head on young shoulders as he teaches Physics at a university at a young age of 25.
- As fit as a fiddle (Strong and healthy) – He feigned illness but I knew that he was as ift as a fiddle.
- Assume airs (To pretend superiority) – After becoming an IAS officer he has assumed airs.
- At a stone’s throw (At a little distance) – Lal Quila is at a stone’s throw from my house.
- At large (Absconding) – Many terrorists are at large and posing.
- At logger heads (To be strife) – Congress is always at logger heads with the BJP.
- At naught (To disregard or treat as of no importance) – Leaders today set Gandhiji’s ideals at naught.
- At odds (In disagreement) – Various political parties are at odds in the matter of Women Reservation Bill.
- At sea (to be confused) – He was at sea when he saw the questions paper.
- At one’s beck and call (at service) – The servants were always at the beck and call of the rich merchant.
Idiom starts with ‘B’ Meaning and, use in a sentence
- Backstairs influence (improper and private influence) – He tried to get a government job by backstair influence.
- Bad egg (A worthless person) – Often a prodigal son of a rich father becomes a bad egg for the society.
- Bandy words (to argue) – The two neighbours usually bandy words and create a lot of nuisance.
- Bank upon (depend on, count on) – You can bank upon us at the time of need.
- Bated breadth (holding yo breath, in anixiety) – We waited for the goodnews outside the delivery room with bated breath.
- Be in bad books of (Out of favour) – She is in good books of her parents as she went to see a movie without informing them.
- Be in bad odour of (To be out of favour) – A corrupt minister is always in bad odour of the public.
- Be in good books of (To be in-kind favour) – She is in good books of her employer as she is very efficient and hardworking.
- Be in good odour of (To be in good favour) – An honest minister is always in good odour of the public.
- Be in the driving seat (To take teh whole responsibility) – Ramesh is the eldest son and os he is in the driving seat after his father’s death.
- Bear the palm (To be victorious) – Our school bore the palm in the dance competition held at the district level.
- Beat the air (To make useless efforts) – Trying to reform a hard-core criminal is like beating the air.
- Bed or roses (An easy and comfortable situation) – The life of the prince was a bed of roses.
- Bee in one’s bonnet (Go on talking about something which other people think is not important) – She has a bee in her bonnet about recycling of waste material.
- Behind the scene (Secretly) – The minister is the mastermind behind the scene and the police are arresting small fries.
- Below the belt (To strike unfairly) – One must compete with others in a fair manner and should not hit anyone below the belt.
- Beside oneself (To feel extremely nervous or worries) – Before any exam, I am beside myself.
- Beside the mark (Irrelevant) – The judge did not hear any argument that was beside the mark.
- Between Scylla and Charybdis (between two great dangers) – She is between Scylla and Charybdis: If she obeys her mother-in-law she will lose her job and if she does not she will lose her family.
- Bid defiance (To defy) – The army is bidding defiance by going against the government.
- Bite the dust (To be defeated) – In every match, The Pakistani team bite the dust.
- Blaze the trail (To be pioneer and make path for others) – Only a man of iron can blaze the trail.
- Blessing in disguise (Something intrinsically good but having a bad appearance) – He missed the train but it was a blessing in disguise as the train met with an accident.
- Blow one’s own trumpet (To praise one’s ownself) – Every political party always blows its own trumpet and denounces the other political parties.
- Blue stocking (An educated intellectual lady) – A blue stocking was rarely found in Medieval India.
- Book worm (A bibliophilic person) – She is not a book worm but still comes first.
- Break the ice (To break silence by speaking first) – Shyam broke the ice by talking to me after a long time.
- Bring down the house (Receive great applause) – The performance of Lata Mangeshkar brought the house down.
- Bring home (To explain) – I was unable to bring my views home before my parents.
- Bring to book (To punish) – The guilty should be brought to book.
- Bring to light (To disclose) – The CBI has brought many indiscripancies to light in many high profile cases.
- Brow beat (To intimidate) – The Government must not brow beat the social reformers if they protest against any unjust law.
- Burn one’s boats (Point of no return) – By signing the agreement he burnt his boat. Now he will have to work in this organization for two more years.
- By and by (Gradually) – You will learn the norms of this organization by and by
- By and large (On the whole) – My friend is by and large an honestperson.
- By dint of (by means of) – You can succeed by dint of hard work only.
- By fair or foul means (By any way right or wrong) – He will try to get a job by fair or foul means but will ultimately lose his peace of mind.
- By the rule of thumb (According to practical experience) – By rule of thumb we must not allow children to take major decisions.
Idiom starts with ‘C’ Meaning and, use in a sentence
- Caught red-handed – (to be caught while committing a crime) – My brother felt ashamed when he was caught red-handed reading my personal diary.
- Call a spade and spade (to be frank) – He never hesitated in calling a spade a spade and hence he has few friends.
- Call names (To abuse) – He has a bad habit of calling names.
- Capital punishment (Death penalty) – Capital punishment should be abolished as it is the cruelest form of punishment.
- Carrot and stick policy (reward and punishment policy) – The multination companies adopt carrot and stick policy to get maximum output.
- Carry matters with a high hand (to deal with a person strictly) – Th police carry matters with high hand.
- Cast a slur (To bring disgrace) – Taking bride could cast a slur on the honour of your family.
- Cace in (Yield) – One must not cave in under pressure or temptation.
- Chapter and verse (In full detail) – I cannot narrate the whole incident in chapter and verse.
- Cheek by jowl (Close together) – Many poor people live cheekby jowl in a small room.
- Child’s play (A very easy task) – It is not a child’s play to address a crowd.
- Clinch the issue (To clear the controversy) – The college administration cliched the issue by accepting the demands of the students.
- Clip one’s wings (To weaken the power) – Sonia Gandhi clipped the winds of some ministers by withdrawing the powers delegated to them.
- Close shave (A narrow escape) – His family had a close shave in the bus accident.
- Cloven hoof (Symbol of disgrace or evil intention) – Usually some or other leader of the BJP shows cloven hoof to the BJP leadership0.
- Cock a snook (To show impudent contempt) – He refused to accept the award, cocking a snook at the Filmfare Award jury.
- Cock sure (Very sure and certain) – I am cock sure, we will win the match.
- Cold reception (Not a hearty welcome) – We were very unhappy when we were given cold reception at his marriage party.
- Come across (Meet by chance) – I came across a problem when I was solving the equation.
- Come home to (to Understand, – At last, it came home and we got the correct answer.
- Come in handy (To be useful) – This opener comes in handy when we need to open this container.
- Come to a pass (A difficult situation) – The accident came to pass due to the negligence of the driver.
- Come true (To prove true) – My dreams have come true as I have got selected.
- Cool one’s heels (to be kept waiting) – We sat down and cooled our heels for the minister who didn’t turn up.
- Corporal punishment (Bodily punishment) – Corporal punishment is banned in schools.
- Count chickens before they are hatched (To anticipate profit before hand) Don’t dream of profit now as it is futile to count your chickens before they are hatched.
- Cross one’s mind – (To occur to oneself) – I was resting when suddenly a new idea crossed my mind.
- Curry favour (To win favour by flattery) – Many developing countries curry favour with America.
- Curtain lecture (A private scolding by wife to her husband) – Don’t tell me that your father has never got any curtain lecture in his life.
- Cut both ends (To argue in support of both side of the issue) – Mahesh always cuts both ends and hence he has neither friends nor foes.
- Cut the Gordian knot (To solve a difficult problem) – The national leaders cut the Gordian knot by making India a secular country.
- Cut throat (Tough) – We face cut throat competition in every field.
Idiom starts with ‘D’ Meaning and, use in a sentence
- Damp squib (Complete failure though earlier thought to be exciting) – The performance of team India turned out to be a damp squib.
- Dance attend (To be in servile attitude all the time) – The mother-in-law wanted the lady to dance attendance upon her.
- Dark Horse (Unexpected winner) – An unknown independent candidate came out as a dark horse after the election.
- Days of reckoning (A time when the effects of one’s past mistakes or misdeed catch up with one) – You have been manipulation the account for a long time. Now days of reckoning have come.
- Dead broke (Penniless) – Due to recession he has become a dead broke.
- Die-hard (Obstinately resistant to change) – He is a die-hard fan of Devanand.
- Dig one’s won grave (to do something which causes you harm) – You are digging your own grave by writing your password in your diary.
- Don’s life (Very miserable life) – Due to unchecked inflation, the poor are living a dog’s life.
- Double dealing (deceitful actions) – The double dealing of the lawyer was exposed by a sting operation.
- Double-edged sword (act that will harm oneself as well as the others) – Corruption in doubled edged sword for the public as well as the Government.
- Down and out (Lacking funds, resources or prospects) – He was down and out when she saw her husband’s dead body.
- Draconian law (extremely sever law) – There are still many draconian laws in under developed countries.
- Draconian Law (Extremely severe law) There are still many draconian laws in under developed countries.
- Draw the long bow (To tell large stories or the exaggerate) – Come to the point. Don’t draw a long bow.
- Drawn battle/match (a battle or match in which no party wins) The drawn battle created a lot of excitement till the last ball.
- Drop in the ocean (Very insignificant amount) – My knowledge about archeology is only a drop in the ocean.
- Duck and drakes (To waste money) – I cannot allow you to play ducks and drakes with my hard earned money.
- Dutch courage (bravery under alcoholic influence) – His dutch courage will vanish when he will gain his sense.
Idiom starts with ‘E’ Meaning and, use in a sentence
- Easy money (Bribe) – Many officers make easy money.
- Eat one’s word (To admit that something you said in the past was wrong) – Those who said that Amitabh Bachhan’s charam was over had to eat their word after the success of Kaun Banega Crorepati.
- Egg on (To urge somebody to do something that is generally wrong) – He egged me on to drive faster.
- Eke out (To support ‘existence’ With difficulty and effort or to add ‘something insufficient’, especially with effort) – He is trying to eke out an income by doing over time.
- Elixir of life (nectar of life) – Contentment is the elixir of life.
- Enough and to spare (plentiful) – He earns enough and to spare.
- Ever and Anon (Now and then) – The night was dark and we could hear the howling of dogs ever nad anon.
- Every dog has his day (Good fortune comes sooner or later) When he bagged three movies in a row, he realized that every dog has his day.
- Every Inch (Completely) – She is an honest person by every inch.
- Eye wash (ineffective remedy which is just for show) – The committee set up to look into the multiple scams was just an eye wash.
Idiom starts with ‘F’ Meaning and, use in a sentence
- Face the music (To face opposition) – Every leader had to face the music if he doesn’t fulfill promises made by him.
- Fan the flame (To aggravate) – I don’t want to fan the flame of the tension between the husband and the wife.
- Few and far between (Very rare) – The houses in this remote village are few and far away.
- Fight to the finish (To fight to the end) – When she was blamed and sued without any rhyme or reason, she pledged to fight the case to the finish.
- Fish in troubled waters (To take advantage of the difficulties of others) – Many lawyers don’t hesitate from fishing in troubled waters.
- Fit to hold a candle to (Match form equal in quality) – He is such a miser that he is not fit to hold a candle of such a lavish reception.
- Flash in the pan (Something or someone that became successful quickly and is unlikely to be repeated) – The success of Kumar Gaurav is his debut movie ‘Love Story’ was a flash in the pan.
- Flesh and blood (Human nature or physical existence, together with its weaknesses substance and depth in artistic portrayal) – The movies of late seventies lacked flesh and blood with their ketchup blood and round the tree romance.
- Flog a dead horse (To waste one’s energy) – Trying to reform a terrorist is like flogging a dead horse.
- Fly in the face of (to Defy/ to brave/ to withstand) – The theory about the existence of heaven and heel flies in the face of all logic and common sense.
- Fly into a passion (to be enraged) – He flies into a passion within seconds if someone ignores his instructions.
- Fool’s errand (A fruitless mission or undertaking) – Many projects of Mohammad-bin-taglaq were fool’s errands.
- Foot the bill (bear expenses) – You had ordered these tasteless pizzas. Now you will have to foot the bill.
- For good (for ever) – He educated him and sent him to America for good.
- For the rainy day (LePrecaution for emergency) – I have kept some money I the bank fo the rainy days.
- Foul Play (Teachery) Foul play destroys the fun of life.
- French leave (Leave without information) If you take french leave, you will be fined.
- From the bottom of one’s heart (very sincerely) – I thanked him for the bottom of my heart for his timely help.
Idiom starts with ‘G’ Meaning and, use in a sentence
- Gain ground (To progress/ advance) – Due to the misgovernance by the ruling party, the opposition is gaining ground.
- Gentleman at Large (wealthy man with time on his hands) – Hee here he was, talking like a gentleman at large who was free to come and go and roam about the world at pleasure.
- Get down to brass tacks (Discuss the basic facts or realities/ to deal with the matter straight) After avoiding the thorny question of tax reforms or months, the ruling party finally got down to brass tacks last week and drafted a preliminary proposal
- Get into a scrape (Find oneself in a difficult or awkward situation) – By signing the bond he will get into a scrape.
- Get the better of (to overcome) – At last, he got the better of his problems and opponents.
- Get wind of (to know the secret) – The opposition got the wind of the plans of the ruling party.
- Gird up the loin (To be well prepared for some difficult task) – If we all grid up the loin, we can remove illiteracy.
- Give a wide berth 9 To give ample space or distance to avoid an unwanted consequence,) – Being an understanding father you should give a wide berth to your son and wait for the right time to talk to him.
- Give cold shoulder (Pay no attention to) – He went to the police for help but they gave him cold shoulder.
- GIve somebody enough rope (To hang themselves, To allow someone to do what he wants to, knowing that he will probably fail or get into rouble) – Don’t stop him. Give him enough rope to hang. He will be rejected for his poor performance and will return home.
- Give the devil his due (Even the wicked person should be given the credit due to him) – In spite of being so rude, he helped me in need. The devil should be given his due.
- Give up the ghost (To die) – My grandfather gave up to ghost last Sunday.
- Give vent to (To express one’s thoughts or feelings) – Every Indian is free to give vent to his thoughts.
- Wool-gathering (To engage in fanciful daydreaming) – Work hard. Wool gathering will not help you in any way
- Go back on one’s word (To change one’s mind about/ repudiate) – She has decided to do charity and she should not go back on her word.
- Go broke (Become bankrupt) – He has gone broke and is unable to make both ends meet.
- Whole hog (The whole way/ Completely)- She went the whole hog and checked the account of the whole month in one go.
- Golden opportunity (Very favourable opportunity or chance)- He missed the golden opportunity by declining the offer.
- Green horn (An inexperienced or immature person, especially one who is easily deceived) – He incurred heavy loss because he relied on the green horn who was his own nephew.
Idiom starts with ‘H’ Meaning and, use in a sentence
- Hang in balance (have two equally possible results/ be uncertain)- After the opposition party won the election, whether or not the new highway will be built, hangs in the balance.
- Hang over one’s head (to have something bothering or worrying one) – He committed suicide because troubles and court cases hung over his head.
- Hard and fast (definite)- There is no hard and fast rule for solving these numericals.
- Harp on the same string (to keep on talking on the same topic) – Some obsessed people have the habit of harping on the same string.
- At the nick of time (at the last possible moment) – I reached the examination hall at the nick of time.
- Heart and soul (with complete faith and dedication) – He has put heart and soul in his work.
- Heart to heart (very frankly) – The two friends had a heart to heart talk as they met after many years.
- Hen-pecked husband (admirer of one’s own wife in a servile manner) – Every boy boasts, “I will never become a hen pecked husband.”
- Himalayan blunder (a serious mistake) – He committed a Himalay an blunder by leaving for work without his body guards and was shot dead.
- Hit the nail on the head (to act in the right way) – You have hit
- Hold good (valid/ applicable) – Rule of triple. talaq doesn’t hold good even in the Islamic countries.
- Hold one’s ground (to stand firm, yea s 6) The Indian soldiers held their ground to the end.
- Hold one’s jaw (to stop talking) – Please hold your jaw else I shall go away.
- Hold the fort (to stand firm on one’s position) – Our soldiers held the fort and proved their valour.
- Hold the scales even (to be impartial) – The Judge must hold the scales even.
- Hold water (to stand up to critical examination) – Your argument does not hold water.
- Hot water (trouble) – Your cousin is in hot water due to his controversial speech.
Idiom starts with ‘I’ Meaning and, use in a sentence
- In a fix (in a difficult mental state) – He was in a fix when he saw his mother in ICU.
- In a tight corner (in a difficult situation) – I found myself in a tight corner when I lost my journey ticket.
- In doldrums (to be depressed) – He was found in doldrum when he could not succeed even in his third attempt.
- In embryo (immature/ in the making) – My plan of expanding my business is still in embryo.
- In no time (in a very short time) – He can solve any mathematical problem in no time.
- In one’s teens (from thirteen to nineteen years of age) – A person in his teen is spirited, full of dreams, and optimistic.
- In the air (in circulation/ in people’s thoughts) – News of his cold blooded murder is very much in the air.
- Down in the dumps (unhappy, depressed) – He is down in the dumps after his father’s death.
- In the family way (pregnant) – She has applied for leave as she is in the family way.
- In the good books of (to be in favour with a person) – People usually flatter their boos to remain in their good books.
- In the jaws of (in the grip of) – The boy was in the jaws of the kidnappers.
- In the limelight (at the center of attention) – Film stars are habitual of remaining in the lime light.
- In the lurch (in a difficult and embarrassing position) – When the experiment failed, the sub-ordinated left the eminent scientist in the lurch.
- Melting pot (a place where immigrants of different cultures or races form an integrated society) – With immigrants from all over the world getting an easy passage to India, our country is becoming a melting pot.
- In the red (in debt) – The company is in the red due to its unfeasible projects.
- In the teeth of (in opposition to or defiance of/ facing danger or threats) – The tribe was in the teeth of starvation.
- In the twinkling of an eye (in a moment/in no time)-The house came down in the twinkling of an eye.
- To fish in troubled waters (to take advantage of the problems of others) – Many self-centred lawyers fish in troubled water.
- For all intents and purposes (for all practical purposes)- This dictionary is useful for all intents and purposes.
- Snake in the grass (a secret enemy) – Politicians playing caste based politics are snakes in the grass.
Idiom starts with ‘K’ Meaning and, use in a sentence
- Keep abreast of (not to fall behind) – We must keep ourselves abreast of the latest development in technology.
- Keep an eye on (to watch) – It is very necessary for us to keep an eye on our growing children.
- Keep an open table (to entertain all) – It is not very difficult to keep an open table in a party.
- Keep at an arm’s length (to keep at a distance) – You must keep bad habits at arm’s length.
- Keep at bay (To keep someone at a distance) – He held the police at bay with a gun for several hours.
- Keep body and soul together (to be able to pay for just those things that you need in order to live) – They can barely keep body and soul together on what he earns.
- Keep the pot boiling (to keep going on actively) – One has to keep body the pot boiling inspite oof all odds one has to face in life.
- Keep up appearance (to keep one’s prestige/to maintain outward show) – Inspite of being a bankrupt, he is able to keep up his appearance.
- Kick one’s heels (wait impatiently to be summoned) – The whole day we kicked our heels outside the court room.
- Kick the bucket (to die) – He kicked the bucket and left his family in extreme financial difficulty.
- Kill the fat calf for (to arrange a lavish reception for someone) – India killed the fat calf for the common Wealth Games.
- Kiss the dust (to be humiliated) – In Indo-Pak war our enemies had to kiss the dust.
- Knock against (to hit against) – I couldn’t see the transparent door and knocked against it.
Idiom starts with ‘L’ Meaning and, use in a sentence
- Lapped in luxury (brought up in luxury) – Great people are generally not lapped in luxury.
- Laugh in one’s sleeves (to laugh secretly) – Our neighbours laughed in their sleeves when they saw my grandfather wearing a pair of fashionable googles.
- Lead by the nose (to lead someone by coercion/ to guide someone very carefully) – I had to lead him by the nose to the meeting. He will never find his way through the admission form unless you lead him by the nose.
- Lead to the altar (to marry) – He promised her to lead her to the altar.
- Leap in the dark (to do something though there is uncertainty about the outcome) – To play lottery is to leap in the dark.
- Leave no stone unturned (to make all possible efforts) – He worked very hard to pass the CIVIL Service Exams and left no stone unturned.
- Leave one in the lurch (to leave one in difficulties) – He kicked the bucket and left his family in the lurch.
- Let by-gones be by-gones (to forget old things) – India and Pakistan must start bi-literal talks and let by-gones be by-gones.
- Lick the dust (to get defeated) – The team licked the dust in the final match.
- Lie in wait (wait in hiding to attack) – The policemen were lying in wait for the kidnappers.
- Live in an Ivory tower (where one can be aloof from the realities of life) – The queen lived in an ivory tower and did not know the meaning of poverty.
- Long and short (all that can or need be said)- The long and short of the whole discussion will be made available to all in black and white.
- Look down upon (To hate a person) – I hate those people who look down upon the poor.
- Lose the day (to be defeated) – My favourite football team lost the day.
Idiom starts with ‘M’ Meaning and, use in a sentence
- Make a fortune (To grow rich) – He made a fortune by selling smuggled goods.
- Make after (to pursue or chase) – The people made after the chain snatcher and caught him.
- Make amends (to compensate) – He had to make amends for his bad behavior.
- Make head or tail of (to understand) – The doctor could not make the head or tail of his illness.
- Make one’s mark (to achieve distinction) – India has made its mark in the field of technology.
- Make out (to understand)- I could not make out what he was saying.
- Make up the leeway (struggle out of a bad position, especially by recovering lost time) – Th Government will have to make up the leeway by taking remedial actions immediately.
- Make up one’s mind (To determine) – She has made up her mind to divorce her cruel husband.
- Make a clean breast (to confess especially something bad or illegal) – After among a months of lying about the money, he decided to make a clean breast of it and tell the truth.
- Man in the street (common man) -The life of a man in the street has become very difficult because of rising price.
- Man of iron (man with strong will-power) – Nothing can deter a man of iron.
- Meet half-way (to be prepared for compromise) – We were ready to meet the other party half way and settle all litigation.
- Milk of human kindness (human compassion) – Milk of human kindness is necessary for the existence of humanity.
Idiom starts with ‘N’ Meaning and, use in a sentence
- Narrow circumstances (hard days/ poverty) – After his father’s death, he is living in narrow circumstances.
- Neither chick nor child (No child) – She feels very lonely because she has neither chick nor child.
- No love lost (having no love) – There is no love lost between these two neighbours who are fighting an endless court case.
- Nook and corner (at every place) – I searched for my book at every nook and corner of the house.
Idiom starts with ‘O’ Meaning and, use in a sentence
- Oil someone’s hands ( To bribe) – We should stop oiling the official’s hands.
- Beauty is only skin deep (physical beauty is not important) – She took a wrong decision by not marrying this gentleman. She doesn’t know that beauty is only skin deep.
- On an on (To continue) – She went on and on but nobody listened to her.
- On the horns of a dilemma (to face a difficult situation between two problems) – The demolition drive has put many shops on the horns of a dilemma because if they do not shut down, their shops will be sealed and if they do m they lose their mans of livelihood.
- On the wrong side of (One’s age being more than) – He is on the wrong side of fifty now.
- Open secret (know to all) – He is bankrupt and this is an open secret now.
- Order of the day (some common things of the time) – Following new fashion is the order of the day.
- Out of the wood (out of difficulties) – At last India came out of the woods and got independence.
Idiom starts with ‘P’ Meaning and, use in a sentence
- Pay one back in one’s own coin (Tit for tat) – The person doing wrong should be paid back in his own coin.
- Peel mell (Very fast and not organised) – Everything was done pell-mell as we got the order at the eleventh hour.
- Petticoat-Government – (undue influence of women) – Petticoat-Government may adversely influence your whole project.
- Pick holes in (to find fault wit) – My boss has the habit of picking holes in our performance.
- Pin prick (troubles that are for sort time) – We should ignore such pin pricks and get on with the job.
- Play a double game (to act dubiously) – My friend was playing a double game.
- Play fast and loose (be unreliable) – How can you trust a man who plays fast and loose changing his statement every minute?
- Play one false (to deceive) – He played her false and married again.
- Play one’s card well (to do the correct things to achieve a desired result) – If you play your cards well, you will get selected.
- Play the fool (to act foolishly) – Why do you play the fool when it comes to spending money.
- Pocket an insult (To bear insult) – Indians had to pocket many insults during their fight for Independence.
- Poisonone’s ears against (to set a person against another) – She has poisoned the ears of my mother-in-law.
- Past master (an expert) – He is a past master in cheating others.
- Pour oil on troubled waters (To pacify the anger of others) – He solved the matter by pouring oil on troubled waters with his good behaviour.
- Pull the string (to exercise secret influence) – When I saw extreme level of red-tapism in the organization, I had to pull my strings to get my work done.
- Pull to pieces (to criticise severely) – The leader of opposition has pulled the ruling party to pieces.
- Put an end to (to finish) – She has put an end to her unfeasible ideas.
- Put pen to paper (to start writing) – In my board examination, I put my pen to paper without wasting a second.
- Put the saddle on the right horse (to blame the really guilty person) The court put the saddle on the right horse and passed the right order.
- Put to the sword (to kill)- Nadir Shah put even children to the sword.
- Put up with (to tolerate)- Maharana Pratap could not put up with insult.
Idiom starts with ‘R’ Meaning and, use in a sentence
- Rank and file (lower middle class people)The extra-ordinary speeches of the great orators cannot be appreciated by the rank and file.
- Red rag to a bull (something that will surely produce a violent reaction) – The racial comments against the Indians proved to be a red rag to a bull and the riot took place.
- Rise to the occasion (to show that you can deal with a difficult situation) – Mahatma Gandhi rose to the occasion and dared the British.
- Roll up one’s sleeves (to be prepared for hard work) – We will have to rollup our sleeves as the time of examination has come.
- Rub shoulders with (to meet and spend time with) – He claims to have rubbed shoulders with Salman khan during his journey to Sydney.
- Run down (reduced in health/ to criticize) – I was worried because she looked run down. Do not run down your friends in public.
- Run short/ Hard up (not proving sufficient, shortage of money/ something) – I am running short of money these days.
Idiom starts with ‘S’ Meaning and, use in a sentence
- Scratch one’s head (to be perplexed) – I Scratched my head when I saw the puzzles in the PO exam.
- Screw up one’s courage (to gather courage) – Working women have to screw up their courage to handle eve-teasing incidents at their working places.
- See eye-to-eye (showing agreement/to agree) – The two competitors never see eye to eye.
- Seal of love (kiss) – They validated their marriage with a seal of love.
- See the light (to be born)- Many female babies are aborted before they see the light.
- Set price on one’s head (to offer reward for killing or helping in the arrest of a criminal) – The government of America had set price on Osama’s head.
- Show a clean pair of heels (to run away) – The chain snatcher showed a clean pair of hells and the people were unable to catch him.
- Sink fast (to deteriorate in quality or condition) – The patient was sinking fast.
- Slip of the pen (a small unintentional mistake in writing) – The slop of the pen created a lot of confusion.
- Snake in the grass (some hidden enemy) – Many leaders are snake in the grass creating disharmony in the society.
- Sow wild oats (indulgence in youthful follies) – Mothers always keeps an eye on their daughters to see that they do not sow wild oats.
- Square meal (full meal) – A poor person does not get even one square meal a day.
- Stand in good stead (to be of great service) – Your experience will always stand in good stead when you join a full-time job.
- Storm in a tea cup (much hue and cry over a little matter) – Do not worry about these silly rows. They are just storm in a tea cup.
- Strain every nerve (to make every possible effort) – I strained every nerve to get out fo the problem.
- Sword of Damocles (an imminent danger) – Terrorism is a sword of Damocles hanging over the whole world.
Idiom starts with ‘T’ Meaning and, use in a sentence
- Take a leaf out of another man’s book (to imitate another person) – He has no originally of thought: he only takes a leaf out of another man’s book to make quick money.
- Take an exception to (to be offended by something) – She took an exception to his joke.
- Take into one’s head (to suddenly decide to do something, often silly or surprising) – It took into their heads to get married next Sunday.
- Take pains (to work hard) – She took pains to bring up her children after her husband’s death.
- Take the bull by the horns (to face danger with courage) – Bhagat Singh took the bull by the horns and bravely challenged the British empire.
- Take to one’s heels (to run away) – When the police came, the robber took to his heels.
- Tall talk (boasting) – One of my friends Rajesh is famous for his tall talks.
- The Fourth Estate (the press)- Today the fourth estate can influence the court proceedings of any case.
- The knock down price (very low price) – I bought everything at the mega sale at knock-down prices.
- Sheet anchor (a person or thing to be relied upon in an emergency) – His uncle proved to be his sheet-anchor after his father’s death.
- Thick-skinned person (not easily offended, insensitive) – He is Such a thick-skinned person that he laughed when people cursed and abused him.
- Think lightly (not to be serious about a thing) – Don’t think of your married life lightly.
- Throw light on (to make something easier to understand) – I wanted to throw light on the pitiful life of the bar dancers.
- Throw mud at (try to make a low opinion of someone by saying unpleasant things about him) – Companies should think carefully before slinging mud at someone who may respond with a libel action costing it crores of rupees.
- Tool in the hands of (under the authority of another) – The whole legal system has become a tool in the hands of the politicians.
- Turn one’s coat (to change one’s party) – Some people are so ambitious that they often turn their coat.
- Turn the tables (to change the situation completely) – The ruling party had an easy victory in the last Lok sabha election but inflation and of corruption started, the former chief minister has been under a cloud.
Idiom starts with ‘U’ Meaning and, use in a sentence
- Under a cloud (under suspicious conditions) – Ever since the rumours of corruption have totally turned the table.
- Under the rose (secretly) – He is selling confidential documents under the rose.
- Under the thumb of (completely under one’s power or influence) – He is under the thumb of his mother and does not listen to the problem,s of his wife.
- Upto the mark (up to standard) – I have to watch my staff all the time to keep them up to the mark.
Idiom starts with ‘V’ Meaning and, use in a sentence
- Vexed question (much debated and discussed) – ‘Mercy killing should be granted or not’ had become a vexed question.
Idiom starts with ‘W’ Meaning and, use in a sentence
- Wash dirty linen in public (to expose private affairs in public) – There is nothing as bad as washing one’s dirty linen in public.
- Wash one’s hand of (to be free from) – Police have washed their hands of the kidnapping case.
- Wear a long face (to look gloomy) – Inspite of losing his job, he did not wear a long face.
- Wild goose chase (useless efforts) – Pakistan’s efforts to grab Kashmir have proved to be a wild goose chase.
- Win laurels (to win honours) – Sachin won laurels for India
- Without rhyme or reason (without any justification) – Don’t shout at anyone without rythme or reason.