A to Z Idioms and Phrases PDF

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A to Z Idioms and Phrases - Summary

An Idiom is an expression or way of speaking that is used in common parlance. They are the amalgamation of words that convey a separate meaning altogether. A Phrase is a collection of words that stands together as a single unit in a sentence, typically as part of a clause or a sentence. A Phrase does not contain any subject and verb so it cannot convey any thought. Example:- Noun Phrase, Verb Phrase, and Prepositional Phrase.

A Phrase is a combination of words that functions as a single unit. These components make it into a larger sentence or clause. Phrases, unlike Idioms, are straightforward and to the point. They don’t have any figurative interpretations; the term means exactly what the words say.

A to Z Idioms and Phrases

S.No.	Idioms & Phrases	Meaning
1.	Rank and File	Ordinary People
2.	By fits and starts	In short periods, not regularly
3.	A wee bit	A little
4.	Out of the wood	Free from difficulties and dangers
5.	Under his thumb	Under his control
6.	At one’s wit’s end	In a state where one does not know what to do
7.	Between the devil and the deep sea	Between two dangers
8.	Burn the midnight oil	Work or study hard
9.	Call a spade a spade	Speak frankly and directly
10.	Come off with flying colors	Be highly successful
11.	Hoping against hope	Without hope
12.	Hit the nail on the head	Do or say the exact thing
13.	An axe to grind	A personal interest in the matter
14.	To get rid of	Dispose of
15.	At daggers drawn	Bitterly hostile
16.	To play ducks and drakes	To act foolishly or inconsistently
17.	To take the bull by the horns	To tackle a problem in a bold and direct fashion
18.	Rain cats and dogs	Rain heavily
19.	To move heaven and earth	To make a supreme effort
20.	No avail	Without any result
21.	Bark up the wrong tree	Accuse or denounce the wrong person
22.	Keep one at bay	Keep one at a distance
23.	Make a clean breast of it	Confess – especially when a person has done a wrong thing
24.	Have a card up one’s sleeve	Have a secret plan in reserve
25.	Like a cat on hot bricks	Very nervous
26.	Cat and dog life	Life full of quarrels
27.	Cock and bull story	Made up story that one should not believe
28.	Cry for the moon	Ask for the impossible
29.	The pros and cons	The various aspects of a matter in detail
30.	Be in a tight corner	In a very difficult situation
31.	Cross one’s t’s and dot	Be precise, careful and one’s i’s exact
32.	At arm’s length	To keep at a distance
33.	Out of the question	Impossible
34.	Out of the way	Strange
35.	Show a clean pair of heals	Run away
36.	Keep one’s fingers crossed	The anxiety in which you hope that nothing will upset your plans
37.	In the nick of time	Just at the last moment
38.	Sitting on the fence	Hesitate between two decisions
39.	Spread like wild fire	Spread quickly
40.	The gift of the gab	Talent for speaking
41.	By hook or by crook	By fair or foul means
42.	Feather one’s own nest	Make money unfairly
43.	Throw out of gear	Disturb the work
44.	Take to one’s heels	Run away
45.	Tooth and nail	With all one’s power
46.	Die in harness	Die while in service
47.	Take a leaf out of one’s book	Imitate one
48.	Leave no stone unturned	Use all available means
49.	A man of straw	A man of no substance
50.	Read between the lines	Understand the hidden meaning