General English - Idioms And Phrases- School Book Collection

Gala day ==> happy holiday Feather in the cap ==> achievement In deep waters ==> in great troubles By hook ==> by all possible Black sheep ==> bad characters

Tooth and nail ==> with full force Balck and blue ==>  severely Red handed ==> act of committing a crime For good ==>  for ever Off and on ==> now and then

Give up ==> abandon At sea ==> confused In hot water ==> in trouble To kill time ==>  to waste time Take after ==> resemble

Holds good ==> valid To take to heels ==> to run away Out and out ==> completely The ins and outs ==> the full detail Man of letters ==> scholar

To wash one’s hands off  ==> to disclaim the responsibility for anything To throw cold water  ==>  discourage At the eleventh hour ==>  at the last movement Cut out for ==> be suitable for End in smoke ==>  come to nothing

Make up one’s mind  ==> decide At one’s wit’s end ==>  puzzled At sixes and sevens  ==>  in disorder In black and white ==> in writing Keep off the beaten track ==> do something unusual

Turns out ==> produces To keep back ==> to conceal Hard and fast ==>  that cannot be changed easily Cockroach and bull story ==>  unbelievable story Kith and kin ==>  relatives

Thick and thin ==>  in spites of difficulties Fly in the face off ==> oppose In high spirit ==>  cheerful High time ==>  proper time Kicked the bucket ==>  died