IDIOMS AND PHRASES

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IDIOMS/PHRASES
Above board
Bluestocking
At sea/All at sea/At
a loss
All ears
All moonshine
Apple of discord
Apple pie order
At a snails pace
At cross purposes
At daggers drawn
At loggers heads
At ones beck and
call
At ones wits end
At sixes and sevens
At the eleventh hour
At the helm
Bear the brunt of
Beat about the bush
Behind the scene
Better half
Bird of passage
Birds eye view
Blessing in disguise
Blue-eyed boy
Bolt from the blue

MEANING

SENTENCES
Ali is above board in all his business.
He is a sportsman and will not marry a
bluestocking.

She was all ears when she heard them talk

about her marriage.
The Indo-Pakistan talks are all moonshine.
This property is an apple of discord
between the two brothers.
The workers put their workshop in apple
pie order.
The poor countries are advancing, but at a
snails pace.
The two ministers are at cross purposes;
one has to resign.
The two political parties are at daggers
drawn.
Our leaders are at loggers heads in small
matters.
He does whatever they ask him; he is at
their beck and call.
When he heard of the failure of his plan,
he was at his wits end.
He is at sixes and sevens about the
subjects he should study.
Help reached the people in the burning
house at the eleventh hour.
A new government policy may be at the
helm after the elections.
The small traders have to bear the brunt
of the fall in prices.
Come to the point please, and do not beat
about the bush.
They work behind the scene against their
enemies.

Bone of contention
Break the ice
Bring (someone) to
book
Broken reed
Build castles in the
air
Bull in a china shop
Burn ones boats
Burn the candle at
both ends
Bury the hatchet
Burning question
By fits and starts
By leaps and
bounds
Call a spade a
spade
Carry the day
Cast pearls before
swine
Cheek by jowl