A.

Idiom : A done deal

Meaning : This expression is used to refer to an agreement or decision which has been reached
on a certain matter.

Usage : We're still considering several proposals, so it's not a done deal yet.

Idiom : A bad egg

Meaning : To refer to someone as a bad egg means that they cannot be trusted.

Usage : I don't want my son to be friends with Bobby Smith.

Bobby's a bad egg.

Idiom : A bag of bones

Meaning : A very thin person

Usage : Was he good eating, or only a bag of bones.

Idiom : A beast of burden

Meaning : A workful animal

Usage : Donkey is a beast of burden.

Idiom : A bed of roses

Meaning : Easy

Usage : The life of a soldier is not a bed of roses.

Idiom : A bed of thorns

Meaning : Full of suffering and sorrows

Usage : For Rajini, the new office proved to be a bed of thorns.

Idiom : A bee in one's bonnet

Meaning : Over confident

Usage : She has a bee in her bonnet; don't mind what she says.

Idiom : A big gun

Meaning : An important figure

Usage : The President is a big gun in the country.

M.
Idiom : Macho

Meaning : Super masculine

Usage : Her husband would never agree to help with the housework he's too macho to do that.

Idiom : Made his mark

Meaning : Distinguished himself

Usage : At an early age he made his mark as a doctor.

Idiom : Made my flesh creep

Meaning : Horrified me

Usage : The story of the shipwreck made my flesh creep.

Idiom : Maiden Speech

Meaning : a person's first speech

Usage : Reena cut a very good figure in her maiden speech.

Idiom : Make a capital of

Meaning : To make use of the opportunity

Usage :The opposition party made capital of the inner fight in the rulling party.

Idiom : Make a fortune

Meaning : To be very rich

Usage :Punjabi's went to Canada and made their fortunes within a year.

Idiom : Make a killing

Meaning : Make a large amount of money

Usage : My sister made a killing when she worked overseas in the oil industry.
Idiom : Make a living

Meaning : To earn enough income to support oneself

Usage : Can you really make a living by selling jewelry?

Idiom : Make a mess of

Meaning : To do cheating

Usage :The accountant made a mess of the company accounts and was arrested.

Idiom : Make a mountain out of a molehill

Meaning : Make something seem much more important than it really is

Usage : Calm down. There's really nothing to worry about. You're making a mountain out of a
molehill.

Idiom : Make ends meet

Meaning : If you find it difficult to make ends meet, you find it difficult to pay for your everyday
needs because you have very little money.

Usage : Anne's salary is so low she finds it hard to make ends meet.

Idiom : Make headway

Meaning : To do progress

Usage : India has made a heady in the field of science.

Idiom : Make light of

Meaning : Treated lightly

Usage : She made light of my warning.

Idiom : Make No Bones About

Meaning : To state a fact so there are no doubts or objections

Usage : When in dubious situation we should Make No Bones About .

Idiom : Make off with something

Meaning : Steal

Usage : The robber made away with the jewelry.

Idiom : Make out

Meaning : Manage

Usage : How did you make out in the contest?

Idiom : Make peace with

Meaning : Compromise

Usage : I advised my brother to make peace with his wife.

Idiom : Make someone out

Meaning : Understand

Usage : I can't make out this letter

Idiom : Make someone up

Meaning : Invent

Usage : I made up a new dish today morning.

Idiom : Make something out

Meaning : To say that something is a problem when it is not

Usage : You seem to think I'm making something out of nothing, but I think these letters are
important.

Idiom : Make something over to someone

Meaning : To buy a new wardrobe for someone

Usage : Sania's mother did Sania over for the play try outs.The designer made over Sania
completely.

Idiom : Make something up to someone

Meaning : Componsate someone for something

Usage : I was late for work so I had to make it up to my boss by working late.

Idiom : Make the flesh creep

Meaning : To frighten

Usage :

Crime stories in the media often make our flesh creep.

Idiom : Make up

Meaning : Apply cosmatics to

Usage : Tom watched his sister make up her face for her date.

Idiom : Make up one's mind

Meaning : Decide what to do

Usage : I have make up my mind to leave this job.

Idiom : Man of parts

Meaning : Multispeciality personality

Usage :

Sr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam is a man of parts. He is not only a statesman but also a great scientist.

Idiom : Man of Straw

Meaning : Seemingly useless

Usage :

Pawan Bhasin is not a man of straw;even governor of the state consults him on important
matters.

Idiom : Maove out

Meaning : Vacate

Usage : The crowd started to move out of the area about midnight.

Idiom : Mare's nest

Meaning : Imaginery

Usage :

Perfection is only a mare's nest; it is nowhere to be found in the real life.

Idiom : Mean business

Meaning : Be serious

Usage : Our boss means business when he tells everyone to try and work harder.

Idiom : Means business

Meaning : Is in earnest

Usage : I am sure she means business.

Idiom : Meet half way

Meaning : To compromise

Usage :

Rajiv was asking for 5000 rupees for his old computer initially but we met half way and the
bargain was struck at 2500 rupees.

Idiom : Mess about / around

Meaning : Waste time

Usage : Stop messing around and get busy.

Idiom : Method To My Madness

Meaning : Strange or crazy actions that appear meaningless but in the end are done for a good
reason

Usage : Method To My Madness was one thing most of the famous inventors were involved in

Idiom : Milk of human kindness

Meaning : Natural kindness

Usage :

Gautam Budh loved all humanity and the milk of human kindness flowed in his heart.

Idiom : Mind one business

Meaning : Not to interfere

Usage :

One should mind his own business and donot interfere with other work.

Idiom : Miss out on something

Meaning : Not experience

Usage : I'm sorry I missed out on the ice cream.

Idiom : Mix someone up in something

Meaning : Surround to attack

Usage : I'm afraid you have confused me with my brother.

Idiom : Money for jam

Meaning : Money earned without any effort

Usage : Most people think being a professional footballer is money for jam.

Idiom : More or less

Meaning : Almost

Usage : I think this one is what I want, more or less.

Idiom : Most of his opportunity

Meaning : Used it to the best advantage

Usage : He made the most of his opportunity.

Idiom : Move heaven and earth

Meaning : To try every bit

Usage :

A father will move heaven and earth to save his son's life.
Idiom : Move in on someon e/ something

Meaning : Surround to attack

Usage : He was angry because the other salesman was moving in on his sales territory.

Idiom : Much ado about nothing

Meaning : To quarrel over a trifle matter

Usage : To quarrel over the T.V channel to be seen at home is much ado about nothing.

Idiom : Mum's the word

Meaning : To keep something secret

Usage : I don't want to spoil the surprise for tim, so please tell everyone that mum's the word.

T.
Idiom : Tail between one's legs

Meaning : Feel beaten, ashamed after a scolding etc.

Usage : He left the meeting with his tail between his legs after he was criticized by the president.

Idiom : Take after someone

Meaning : Resemble

Usage : Don't you think that Sally takes after her mother?
Idiom : Wag the Dog

Meaning : A diversion away from something of greater importance

Usage : Whenever Pakistan is blamed for terrorism it resorts to Wag the Dog.

Idiom : Wait up

Meaning : Stay out of bed

Usage : We waited up until we heard him come in the back door.

Idiom : Wake up

Meaning : Realise the truth of something

Usage : We tried to wake them up to the dangers.

Idiom : Walk off with something

Meaning : Wineasily

Usage : She got a minor injury and walked off with a million-dollar insurance settlement.

Idiom : Walk out

Meaning : Strike

Usage : Airline pilots are threatening to walk out next week.

Idiom : War to the knife

Meaning : A bitter and deadly struggle

Usage : If the demands of the workers are not granted, the strikers threaten war to the knife.
Idiom : Warm up

Meaning : Become lively

Usage :

Idiom : Wash something out

Meaning : Spoil

Usage : The flood washed the new bushes out.

Idiom : Washing one's dirty lines in public

Meaning : Discussing unpleasant private matters before strangers

Usage : There is nothing so bad as washing one's dirty lines in public.

Idiom : Ways and means

Meaning : Solutions

Usage :The government will have to find ways and means for ending this problem of
unemployment and poverty.

Idiom : Weal and woe

Meaning : Good and bad days

Usage :Weal and woe comes in everybody's life.One should learn to live with them.

Idiom : Wear on

Meaning : to grind or rub at something.

Usage : The bottom of the door is wearing upon the carpet and leaving marks.
Idiom : Wear soemone out

Meaning : Make tired

Usage : If he wears out everybody on the team, nobody will be left to play in the game.

Idiom : Wear something out

Meaning : Nake usless by long or hard wear

Usage : I wore out my shoes in less than a month.

Idiom : Wear Your Heart On Your Sleeve

Meaning : To openly and freely express your emotions

Usage : To Wear Your Heart On Your Sleeve, all the time is not a wise thing.

Idiom : Well-balanced

Meaning : Reasonable, moderate

Usage : She is a girl of well-balanced opinions.

Idiom : Went home to them

Meaning : Deeply appealed to them

Usage : Though she addressed her girls for a few minutes only, the earnestness with which he
spoke went home to them.

Idiom : Went out of his way

Meaning : Took special trouble

Usage : He went out of his way to oblige me.

Idiom : Wet behind the ears

Meaning : Inexperienced and naive.

Usage : New employee is wet behind the ears.

Idiom : When It Rains, It Pours

Meaning : Since it rarely rains, when it does it will be a huge storm

Usage : If only humans could make use of those days When It Rains, It Pours, then a substantial
portion of water requirement can be met.

Idiom : When Pigs Fly

Meaning : Something that will never ever happen

Usage : The innocent mind as a kid imagines so many things which will happen only When Pigs
Fly.

Idiom : When the chips are down

Meaning : This expression refers to people's behaviour in a difficult or dangerous situation when
action must be taken

Usage : It's when the chips are down that Jack is at his best.

Idiom : Where the shoe pinches

Meaning : Where the difficulty or trouble lies

Usage : That is where the shoe pinches.

Idiom : White coffee

Meaning : Coffee with milk

Usage : I like white coffee.

Idiom : White elephant

Meaning : Burdensome possession

Usage : This palatial building is a white elephant for the government because it has to spend a
lot on its maintenance without any utility.

Idiom : White lie

Meaning : Un beleiveable lie

Usage : He was telling a white lie in order to escape punishment.

Idiom : Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Meaning : This expression means that if someone can do a task for you, there's no reason to do
it yourself.

Usage : The shuttle stops in front of our house but my father continues to drive to the airport.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself!

Idiom : Wide of the mark

Meaning : Not to the point

Usage : Her remark is wide of the mark.

Idiom : Wildcat strike

Meaning : A strike spontaneously arranged by a group of workers

Usage : There was a wildcat strike at the factory and over 100 people walked off the job.

Idiom : Will stick at nothing

Meaning : Is unscrupulous and will do anything to accomplish his purpose

Usage : Beware of that fellow! She will stick at nothing.

Idiom : Win (something) hands down

Meaning : To win easily

Usage : She won the debate hands down.

Idiom : Win laurels

Meaning : To get accolades

Usage :Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Azad win laurels in the field of science.

Idiom : Win the palm

Meaning : To get victory

Usage :Indian team win Australia and won the palm.

Idiom : Wind fall

Meaning : Unexpected good fortune

Usage : Winning the first prize in lottery was a wind fall for Manjeet.

Idiom : Windfall

Meaning : sudden change of destiny

Usage :Bumper lottery prize proved a windfall for the poor farmer.

Idiom : Wishful thinking

Meaning : The state of emagining some thing toi be true

Usage : The manager planned to evict the family with the young child and it was wishful thinking
to think that he wouldn't.

Idiom : With a grain of salt

Meaning : With precaution

Usage : Whatever she says, take it with a grain of salt as he is not a trustworth person.

Idiom : With a vengeance

Meaning : With the motive of revenge

Usage : When the strike was called off the management punished the leaders with a vengeance.

Idiom : With all one's heart

Meaning : With love and affection

Usage :Punjab residents welcomed their new Governor with all our heart.

Idiom : With bells on

Meaning : If you go somewhere with bells on, you are delighted and eager to go there.

Usage : Of course I'll be there - with bells on!

Idiom : With open arms

Meaning : With affection

Usage :The people of India always welcome their pakistani counterparts with open arms.

Idiom : Within an ace of

Meaning : On the point of

Usage : At the battle of Marengo, Napoleon was within an ace of defeat.

Idiom : Without reserve

Meaning : Fully, implicitly

Usage : She accepted my statement without reserve.

Idiom : Without rhyme or reason

Meaning : Without any reason

Usage :Rajni always remain angry without any rhyme or reason.

Idiom : Wolf in sheep's clothing

Meaning : A person who pretends to be good but really is bad

Usage : Be careful of that man. He is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

Idiom : Word of mouth

Meaning : Oral

Usage :The invitation of the birhday was sent to everybody by word of mouth.

Idiom : Work on someone

Meaning : Try to influence

Usage : You have to work on the media to get your publicity.

Idiom : Work out

Meaning : Succeed

Usage : It was too bad that my plan didn't work out.

Idiom : Work something out

Meaning : Calculate

Usage : I will work out something with Karen. I'm sure we can work it out.
Idiom : Worshipping the rising sun

Meaning : To be with the successful

Usage :It is a trend of the society to always worship the rising sun.

Idiom : Worth one's salt

Meaning : Truthfull and honest man

Usage :A friend is worth his salt if he helps us in difficult situations.

Idiom : Write someone up

Meaning : Write a full account of

Usage : A reporter wrote me up for the Sunday paper.

Idiom : Writing on the wall

Meaning : To be viewed clear

Usage : The English saw the writing on the wall and decided to quite India.

X.
Idiom : X marks the spot

Meaning : A phrase that is said when someone finds something he/she has been looking for

Usage : In this world it is a rarity that X marks the spot

Y.
Idiom : Yellow press

Meaning : Newspaper printing stunning news

Usage :The yellow press is full of sensational news every other day.

Idiom : Yeoman service

Meaning : Excellent work

Usage : When plague first broke out in Mumbai, Dr. Mishra did yeoman service.

Idiom : Yeoman's service

Meaning : Good work

Usage :For last five year Sidhu rendered yeoman's service to his city as President.

Idiom : You Are What You Eat

Meaning : In order to stay healthy you must eat healthy foods

Usage : A person's body reflects his eating habits and health status as You Are What You Eat.

Idiom : You can't fight the city hall

Meaning : This expression means that it is useless to try to win a battle against cian,
establishment or bura politieaucracy in general.

Usage : Tom decided it was a waste of energy trying to obtain a tax refund -

you can't fight the city hall!

Idiom : You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover

Meaning : Decisions shouldn't be made primarily on appearance

Usage : In today's world of frauds, cheats and cons, one has to be careful as You Can't Judge A
Book By Its Cover.

Idiom : You Can't Take it With You

Meaning : Enjoy what you have and not what you don't have, since when you die you cannot
take things (such as money) with you

Usage : It is important to realise that all the materialistic things in this world are not transferable
as You Can't Take it With You when you die.

Idiom : Your Guess Is As Good As Mine

Meaning : I have no idea

Usage : When it comes to Maths 'Your Guess Is As Good As Mine'

Idiom : Yucky

Meaning : Terrible

Usage : Don't eat the soup at the cafeteria. It's yucky!

Idiom : Yummy

Meaning : Delicious

Usage : Have you tried the cookies that jonathan baked? They're yummy!

Z.
Idiom : Zero Tolerance

Meaning : No crime or law breaking big or small will be overlooked

Usage : One of the most effective ways of maintaining law and order is to have a Zero Tolerance
policy.

Idiom : Zip your lip!

Meaning : Keep something secret

Usage : What i told you is really important, so zip your lip!