50 Important Idioms And Phrases Asked In SSC Exams
Idiom. Meaning1. To take into account – To consider 2. Blow over – Pass off 3. Run into – Incurred/to experience difficulties 4. Blue-eyed boys – Favorites 5. Dropping names – Hinting at high connections/To mention famous people you know have meet in order to impress others. 6. A Red letter day – An important day 7. Bone to pick – Cause of quarrel/ Bone of contention 8. At stone’s throw – Very near 9. Struck a chill to the heart – Arouse fear/to make somebody afraid 10. End in a fiasco –A Total/Utter failure 11. Fall back – To turn or move back 12. Turn up one’s nose at – To reject/despises 13. Turn one’s head – To feel proud in a way that other people find it annoying 14. High and dry – Neglected/ To leave someone helpless 15. Take for granted – To accept readily/ To pre-suppose as certainly true 16. Mince matters – To confuse issues/ to mix facts 17. Currying favour with – Ingratiating / trying too hard to get please somebody 18. Set one’s face against – Oppose strongly 19. Strom in a tea cup – Commotion (angry/worry) over a trivial matter 20. Putting one’s foot down – Asserting one’s authority/ take a firm stand 21. The man in the street – An ordinary man (common man) 22. To catch up with – To compete with 23. Fight to the bitter end – To fight a losing battle 24. Throw down a glove – To accept defeat 25. Read between the lines – Understanding the hidden meaning 26. Let the cat out of the bag – To utter a secret carelessly or by mistake 27. To have Too many iron in the fire – To get engage in too many enterprises at the same time 28. Fall through – To fail 29. Cut one off, without a shilling – Disinheriting / To expel from fraternal property 30. To smell a rat – To suspect a trick 31. Turn a deaf ear – Disobey 32. Have the last laugh – To be victorious at the end of an argument 33. Red letter day – Happy and significant day (Gala day) 34. To blaze a trail – To lead the way as a pioneer 35. To beat a retreat – To run away in fear 36. To steer clear of – Avoid 37. To get one’s own back –To get one’s revenge 38. To run across – To meet by chancechance 39. A dark horse – An unforeseen competitor 40. Put up with – Endure 41. Got the sack – Dismissed from 42. Herculean task –A work requiring very great effort 43. By leaps and bounds – Rapidly 44. Helter-Skelter – In disorderly haste 45. Go to the winds - Disappear 46. Make ducks and drakes of – Squander 47. On the level – Honest and sincere 48. Done for – Ruined 49. Make a clean breast – Confess 50. To end in smoke – To come to nothing; no outcome |
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