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English Grammar – Idiom and Phrases 7 (SSC CGL)

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  1. Ever and anon – Now and then , sometimes
  2. Flesh and blood – Human nature
  3. Flash in the pan – Sudden success
  4. Fly in the face of – To defy
  5. Get off scot free – To escape without punishment
  6. Grid up the loins – To prepare for hard work
  7. Give a wild berth – To avoid
  8. Gentleman at large – Unreliable person
  9. Give the devil his due – Give credit to a wordless person for his good qualities
  10. Give up the ghost – Pass away, die
  11. Go to the whole hog – To do something thoroughly
  12. Go broke – Become bankrupt
  13. Get down to brass tacks – To deal with the matter straight
  14. Hold water – Sound , tenable
  15. Have feet of clay – Full of faults
  16. Live-wire – Energetic
  17. Look a gift house in the mouth – Criticize a gift
  18. Lose one’s head – To be carried away
  19. Latin and Greek – Incomprehensible
  20. Make amends – To give compensation
  21. Make light of – Not to care of
  22. Midas touch – A touch which turns anything into gold
  23. A past master – An expert
  24. Pyrrhic victory – Victory at a high cost
  25. Quixotic project – Foolishly ideal
  26. Rule the roost – To dominate
  27. Spartan life – Life of ascetic
  28. Shot in the arm – Encouraging
  29. Spick and span – In order
  30. Seamy side of the life – Immoral side of society
  31. Sow wild oats – Irresponsible pleasure seeking
  32. Throw a spanner – To be defeated
  33. Take wind out of another’s sails – To gain advantage by anticipation
  34. Under the rose – Secretly
  35. Up and doing – Active
  36. Well disposed to – Friendly or helpful to somebody
  37. Willy-nilly – Whether one wishes or not
  38. Window shopping – To look at the goods displayed but not for buying
  39. Weal and woe – Joy and sorrow
  40. Wide berth – Keep away
  41. Wry face – Disappointed face
  42. Yellow press – Newspaper publishing sensational news
  43. Yeoman’s service – Excellent service
  44. At back and call – At disposal
  45. In the books off – In favour with
  46. To run one down – To disparage someone
  47. In character with – Found to be in keeping with
  48. To get into a stew – To have an anxious state of mind
  49. To go by – to be guided by
  50. Put up with – Tolerate
  51. Ran riot – Acted without restrained
  52. Give in – Yield
  53. Turn an honest penny – Make a legitimate living
  54. Done for – Ruined
  55. On the level – Mentally compatible
  56. Went to the winds – Dissipated
  57. Burnt his boats – Left no means of retreat
  58. Brought up – Criticised vehemently
  59. Cut no ice with me – Had no influence with me
  60. A sore point – Something which hurt
  61. Out of thin air – Appear suddenly
  62. Join the majority – To die
  63. To go for the juggler – To make a destructive attack
  64. Lead somebody to the alter – To marry somebody
  65. The primrose path – The pursuit of pleasure
  66. Odds and ends – Miscellaneous things
  67. To champ at the bit – To be restlessly impatient
  68. With a flea in one’ ear – To be rebuked
  69. Pie in the sky – Event likely to happen
  70. On the blink – Not in the working order
  71. The worse for wear – Shabby from use
  72. To borrow beat – To bully
  73. Come a cropper – To fail
  74. The lie of the land – Assessment of a situation
  75. Plain as pike staff – Very obvious