50 Idiom And Phrases Asked In SSC Exams partv3&4

 

50 Idiom And Phrases Asked In SSC Exams

1. At sea Confused and lost 2. A bosom friend A very close friend 3. At one’s beck and call At one’s service 4. By leaps and bounds Rapidly 5. To burn one’s boats Go back on a decision 6. To beat about the bush Talk irrelevantly 7. To burn candle at both ends To waste lavishly 8. Take one to task Rebuke 9. A bone of contention A source of quarrel 10. Add fuel to the fire To aggravate the situation 11. An acid test A critical test 12. At a snail’s pace Very slowly 13. A bolt from the blue Something unexpected 14. To build castles in the air Make imaginary schemes 15. Once in a blue moon Something that happens very rarely 16. Beating around the bush Avoiding the main topic 17. Cry over spilled milk Complaining about a loss or failure from the past 18. Chip on your shoulder When someone is upset about something that happened a while ago 19. Piece of cake Something that is easy to understand or do 20. Golden handshake A big sum of money given to a person when he/she leaves a company or retires 21. Spill the beans To disclose a secret 22. Blessing in disguise Something good and useful that did not initially seem that way 23. Mean business Being Serious or Dedicated 24. Come hell or high water Possible obstacles in your path 25. Apple of one’s eye Being cherished 26. Bite off more than you can chew Not able to complete a task due to lack of ability 27. The best of both worlds The benefits of widely differing situations, enjoyed at the same time 28. Feeling a bit under the weather Feeling slightly ill 29. Icing on the cake Something that turns good into great 30. Cost an arm and a leg Be very expensive 31. Jump the bandwagon To join a popular activity or trend 32. Ball is in your court When it is up to you to make the next decision or step 33. To be in the doldrums To be in low spirits 34. To sit on the fence To remain neutral 35. Break the ice To initiate a social conversation or interaction 36. Hear it on grapevine To hear rumors about something or someone 37. Can’t judge a book by its cover Cannot judge something primarily on appearance 38. It takes two to tango Actions or communications need more than one person 39. Let the cat out of the bag To reveal the secret carelessly or by mistake 40. Black and blue Full of Bruises 41. Be on cloud nine Be very happy 42. Last straw The final problem in a series of problems 43. A bird’s eye view A view from a very high place that allows you to see a very large area 44. A litmus Test A method that helps to know if something is correct 45. At the drop of a hat Willingness to do something instantly 46. Afraid of one’s own shadow To become easily frightened 47. A house of cards A poor plan 48. Fool’s paradise False sense of happiness 49. Get a raw deal To not be treated as well as other people 50. Give cold shoulder To ignore

50 Important idiom and Phrases Asked In SSC Exams

1.	Hand to mouth	Live on only basic necessities
2.	Make a face	To show dislike or disappointment through facial expressions
3.	It’s Greek to me	Something that is not understandable
4.	To pour oil on troubled waters	To make peace
5.	Don’t put all your eggs in one basket	Do not put all your resources in one basket (in one place or thing)
6.	To put in a nutshell	To say in a few words or to make something concise
7.	Back out	To withdraw from a promise or contract
8.	Blow up	To explode
9.	Back Up	To support and sustain
10.	Back Upon	To be relevant
11.	Break Down	Failure in something
12.	Break off	To end or discontinue
13.	Break Up	To disperse / dissolve
14.	Bring up	To rear
15.	Call forth	To provoke
16.	Call out	To shout
17.	Call upon	To order
18.	Carry on	To continue
19.	Cast away	To throw aside
20.	Catch up with	To overtake
21.	Come off	To take place
22.	Cry Down	To make little of
23.	Catch up with	To overtake
24.	Cry out against	To complain loudly against
25.	Cut out	Designed for
26.	Drop in	To Visit Casually
27.	Drop out	To fall
28.	Fall back	To Recede; To Retreat
29.	Fall down	From a higher position to a lower one
30.	Fall off	To Withdraw; To Drop Off
31.	Fall under	To come under
32.	Get along	To Prosper; To Progress; To Proceed
33.	Get on with	To Live Pleasantly Together; To Progress
34.	Get into	To be involved in
35.	Give in	To Surrender; To Yield
36.	Give over	Not to do any longer
37.	Go after	To Follow; To Pursue
38.	Go Down	To be accepted
39.	Go without	To remain without
40.	Go by	To follow
41.	Hang about	To Loiter near a place
42.	Hang upon	To depend upon
43.	Hold out	To Endure; To Refuse to yield; To continue; To offer
44.	Hold to	Abide By
45.	Keep off	To ward off
46.	Keep up with	To keep pace with
47.	Knock out	To win by hitting another one
48.	It takes two to tango	Both people involved in a bad situation are responsible for it
49.	Last straw	The final problem in a series of problems
50.	Keep something at bay	Keep something away

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