Welcome to Online English in AffairsCloud.com. We are providing English Grammar Which is very Important in English Language, we are providing you One Word Substitutions, Which is very important for Banks and SSC CGL Exams!!!
- Take time by the forelock – Prepare action before time
- To steer clear of – Avoid
- To beat a retreat – To march back after a ceremonious parade
- Under one’s own storm – With one’s own effort
- In the sequel – Later on
- A fifth columnist – Traitor
- Not for nuts – Under no circumstances
- The fat end – The last part
- A laughing stock – Looking ridiculous
- Ad hock – For the special purpose
- Bon voyage – A good journey for you
- De, jure – Rightful , legal
- Stave off – Prevent
- Awkward silence – Embarrassing silence
- Globetrotters – Travellers around the world
- The thin end of the wedge – The beginning of further concessions
- Tarred with same brush – Posses the same defects
- To steal a march – Outshine
- Go broke – Become penniless
- Set great store – Values greatly
- Touch and go – Risky
- Give A piece of mind – Scold
- Breath down the neck – Watch all actions closely
- Egg is egg – Quite certainly
- Kick the bucket – To die
- A brown study – Absorbed in reading
- Fight shy – Avoid form a feeling of mistrust
- Damp squib – An utter failure
- Steer clear of – Avoid
- Brought to book – To punish
- Pay by one’s nose – Pay dearly
- In the dumps – In low spirits
- Beat neck and crop – Completely
- Hard nose – Tough and aggressive
- In a real fix – In a difficult situation
- In one’s elements – Feel relax and confident
- Cold blood – Unfeelingly
- Weigh the anchor – Prepare to sail again
- To rise like a phoenix – To start afresh from a low position
- To have cold feet – To be reluctant
- Come cap in the hand – Very humble
- Man of straw – Insignificant
- At a low key – At reducing
- At stake – In danger
- To break the duck – To begin
- A big shot – Important person
- To put the cat among the pigeons – To be placed in a wrong situation
- Cut the Gordian knot – To perform the difficult task
- To gain the ground – To become more general
- Through thick and thin – Under any circumstances
- To kick up a row – To make great noise and fuss
- To be at the end of one’s tether – To have no resources left
- Odds and ends – Various article
- To shoot a line one’s success – To exaggerate about
- To feather one’s nest – To provide money even dishonestly
- To black ball – Prevent from doing something
- To be in the black(Of one’s money) – To be in credit
- To make no bones about something – To do or say a thing openly if it is unpleasant
- To foot the bill – To make payment
- Cut no ice – To make no effect
- Once and for all – Foe ever
- Hole and corner policy – Improper policy
- far and away – Certainly
- Face value – Superficially
- Bring home – To emphasise
- To lead one by the nose – To cause to follow blindly
- One’s cup of tea – What one likes and can do well
- To have the floor – To make speech
- The cock of the walk – The most dominant person in a group
- A cuckoo in the nest – A child whose parentage is doubtful and may therefore not belong by blood to the family
- Feet of clay – To be weak or cowardly
- A pig in poke – And article which was brought without previous inspection and which turns out to be worth less than what one paid for it.
- A Skelton in the cupboard – A past event which is kept secret by a family/ something embarrassing or shameful
- To scream blue murder – Make a great deal of noise and object vehemently
- To run in the same groove – Advance in harmony
- To lead others up the garden – To deceive others
- To cut both ends – To argue in support of both sides of the issue
- All the same – Nevertheless , but yet
- Cut and dried – Settled , decided
- Null and void – Invalid , without legal effect
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