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This course will teach you the most important and common idioms in an alphabetical fashion using examples to illustrate contextual usage.

Format : Idiom+Explanation+Example sentences

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Concept of an idiom
Keep abreast of sth
On account of sth
On no account
Of your own accord
Give a good account of yourself
On sb's account

Abreast-Account (in Hindi)

Make sb's acquaintance
In accordance with sth
By all accounts
An acquired taste
Out of action
A piece of the action
In action
Add insult to injury

Acquaintance-Add (in Hindi)

Without more ado
To advantage
Get in on the act
In the act
Far afield
After all
All along
All of
All over
All but
All in all

Ado-All (in Hindi)

All in all
All over
Make allowances for
All for
In aid of
In the air
Argue the toss
At arm's length
Make amends
As it is

All-as (in Hindi)

As if
Up in arms
Been around
As against
Cost an arm and a leg
In the ascendant
Go astray
Avoid sb like the plague
Have an axe to grind
Look askance at sb

As-Askance (in Hindi)

At that
Where it's at
Under the auspices of sb
If you ask me
Be asking for trouble
To no avail
Behind my back
See the back of
Break the back of

At-Back (in Hindi)

Get my back 
Get off my back
Turn back on
Back to back
Off her own bat
Without batting an eyelid
Bent over backwards
On balance
Have a ball
Play ball

Back-Ball (in HIndi)

A bag of nerves
In the balance
Jump on the bandwagon
Into the bargain
The ball is in her court
On the ball
Have a bash at
Bring sth to bear on sb
Get out of bed on the wrong side
Beg the question
Half the battle

Bag-Battle (in HIndi)

Your best bet
Believe it or not
Make believe
All the best
At best
All for the best
Beyond belief
For the benefit of
Make the best of a bad job

Belief-Best (in Hindi)

Hold sb at bay
Off the beaten track
Beat about the bush
The be-all and end-all
Bear fruit
Be going begging
Give her the benefit of the doubt

Benefit-Beg (in Hindi)

Better off
So much the better
For the best
Has seen better days
Went one better
Got the best of
To the best of my knowledge
Had better
Gets the better of

Best and Better (in Hindi)

Bits and pieces
Do your bit
To the bitter end
Be to blame for sth
Bide your time
Be too big for your boots
Bit by bit
Every bit as
Not a bit 
Turn a blind eye

Bide-Blind (in Hindi)

Blow your top
Your blue-eyed boy
Take sth on board
Do sth till you are blue in the face
New blood
Blow your own trumpet
Be above board
Go by the board
Out of the blue
Bode well

Blood-Bode (in Hindi)

Throw the book at sb
Be given the boot
Can't be bothered
Go like a bomb
A bone of contention
By the book
Get to the bottom of something
Make no bones about something
Be in sb's good books
Be at the bottom of sth

Bomb-Bottom (in Hindi)

Breathe again
Look on the bright side
Bursting to
Going about his business
Took my breath away
Bound up with
Breathe down my neck
Bridge the gap
Get down to business
Had no business

Bound-Business (in Hindi)

Take care of
Call someone names
Couldn't care less
Call it a day
Calculated to
Call the shots
Call into question
Who cares
Call it quits
Call his bluff

Calculated- Care (in Hindi)

In any case
Cast your net wide
Case in point
As the case may be
Haven't got a cat in hell's chance
Let the cat out of the bag
In that case
Cast your mind back
Caught her eye
In case

Case- Catch (in Hindi)

Caught red-handed
Catch it
Catch our breath
By any chance
Half a chance
On the off chance
Stand a chance of
Take a chance
Changed hands
The chances are

Catch- Change (in Hindi)

For the better
Change of heart
Change your tune
Change horses in midstream
Change your ways
Change her mind
Keep your chin up
Take it on the chin
Get it off your chest
Out of character
Be kept in check
Turn the other cheek

Change, character-cheek (in Hindi)

Have a chip on your shoulder
There is nothing to lose between them
A clean break
Chop and change
Strike a chord with somebody
Lay claim to something
When the chips are down
Go round in circles
Come clean
Steer clear of something

Chip-Clear (in Hindi)

Leave them cold
Closed his mind to
Haven't got a clue
Get cold feet
A close call
Clear the air
The cold shoulder
A close eye
Behind closed doors
Come naturally to

Clear-Come (in Hindi)

By comparison
Jump to conclusions
On your conscience
Come to nothing
When it comes to...
Keep somebody company
Come what may
How come?
Conspicuous by your absence
On the contrary

Come-Contrary (in Hindi)

Play it cool
Lose your cool
To the contrary
At one's convenience
Cool as a cucumber
Know something to your cost
Cut corners
At all costs
Take its course

Contrary-course (in Hindi)

Does great credit to
To her credit
Keep my fingers crossed
Crossed her mind
Our paths crossed
To crown it
On cue
Not my cup of tea
A cut above
Has to his credit

Credit-Cut (in Hindi)

I dare say
(Its) days are numbered
How dare you
Made my day
One of these days
One of those days
Some day
Put a damper on
In a daze
Don't you dare

Damper-daze (in Hindi)

On the defensive
To the detriment of
Dying to 
In depth
Wouldn't be seen dead
To death
Bored to death
Out of my depth
Leaves a lot to be desired
Thrown in at the deep end

Dead-die (in Hindi)

At your disposal
Be done in
Dot your i's and cross your t's
Be the done thing
Have done with something
Be done for
Keep your distance
To distraction
Dog eat dog
Lay sth at sb's door

Disposal-dot (in Hindi)

On the dot
Let drop
In due course
Draw the line
Draw the short straw
What are you driving at?
Drop names
Down to you
Draw a blank
With all due respect

Dot-Due (in Hindi)

Pay the earth
Feel like nothing on earth
Put sb at their ease
It's early days
In earnest
Take the easy way out
Be out on your ear
Play it by ear
Easier said that done
Go easy on sb

Ear-Easy (in Hindi)

To that effect
On edge
Come into effect
In effect
Take effect
Put all your eggs in one basket
To good effect
With immediate effect
Take things easy
In her element

Easy-Element (in Hindi)

Or else
On equal terms
At the end of my tether
The end of the world
At the end of the day
No end of
On end
Keep your end up
Make ends meet
Of the essence

Else-Essence (in Hindi)

Break even
Make an exhibition of yourself
At my expense
On an even keel
In any event
Get even
In the event
In the event of
At the expense of

Even-Expense (in Hindi)

To some extent
Keep an eye on
Keep an eye out
To extremes
In their eyes
In the extreme
Clapped eyes on
Had my eye on
With an eye to
Seen eye to eye

Extent-Eye (in Hindi)

On the face of it
Give sb a fair hearing
In good faith
Get on famously
Face to face with sb
In the face of sth
As far as it goes
To sb's face
Without fail
Fair enough

Face-far (in Hindi)

In so far
Far and away
Go far
Go too far
Not far wrong
So far
A far cry from
By far
Go far enough
Not go far

Far(in Hindi)

Feel like
Put out feelers
Few and far between
Get the feel of
Have a feel for
Find fault with
Take us as you find us
Lay a finger on
For fear of
Put my finger on

Fault-finger(in Hindi)

Fall flat
Come under fire
First and foremost
Fall on your feet
Have your feet on the ground
Put your foot in it
Stand on your own two feet
Like a flash
Make a fool of yourself
Put your foot down

Fire-foot(in Hindi)

Made fun of
In future
Foot the bill
Up front
Full of yourself
In the fullness of time
Force of habit
A foregone conclusion
Came to a full stop
Made a fuss of

Foot-fuss(in Hindi)

Have a go
Goes against the grain
Take it for granted
For good
Make a go of
Up to no good
At one go
On the go
Take them for granted
Get off the ground

Go-ground(in Hindi)

Get the hang of sth
In hand
Lay your hands on sth
Not half as
Hand in glove
Have your hands full
Out of hand
Out of your hands
At first hand
On hand

Half-hang(in Hindi)

Hard luck
Give a hard time
Hard on
Drive a hard bargain
No hard feelings
Hard done by
Hard and fast
Hard going
Learn the hard way
Hard work

Hard(in Hindi)

Have had it
Over your head
Out of harm's way
Hate sb's guts
Go to your head
Have it in for sb
There's no harm in sth
Make a hash of sth
Have a head for sth
Have your head screwed on the right way

Harm-head

Take heart from
Screaming her head off
Make head or tail
Don't have the heart to
Go to your head
Set her heart on
Gave her head
Take to heart
To their heart's content
Keep his head

Head or heart?

Brought home to him
Didn't care two hoots
Hit the roof
Hit it off
In the hope of
Doesn't have a hope of
Hope for the best
Hold out little hope
Take a hint
Wouldn't hurt

Hint-hurt

In the interim
Heavily into
In that
The ins and outs 
Under the impression
In for
Well in with
At issue
By itself
To itself

Impression-itself(in Hindi)

Jump the gun
It is just as well
Do justice to
In jeopardy
Jog one's memory
Join the club
Do the job
Give up as a bad job
A good job
Jump down one's throat

Jeopardy-justice(in Hindi)

Know better than
Know different
Know backwards
Know best
In the know
Common knowledge
Let me know
Know like the back of your hand
Come to my knowledge

Know/knowledge

By and large
In the last resort
Hear the last of
By leaps and bounds
Be on its last legs
Let yourself go
Go to great lengths to do something
Not have a leg to stand on
At your leisure
Let it go

Large-let(in Hindi)

Be one's life
In a favourable light
Frighten the life out of
Shed light
Come to light
In the light of
Bring to life
Light at the end of the tunnel
Come to life
For the life of me

Life or light?(in Hindi)

In line with
On the line
Live it up
For my liking
In line for
To my liking
Along the same lines
Live from hand to mouth
At loggerheads

Liking-loggerheads(in Hindi)

Be on the lookout for
At a loss
Be lost for words
Make up for lost time
Be your lookout
At a loose end
By a long way
Cut a long story short
Just my luck
As luck would have it

Long-luck(in Hindi)

Lose face
Lose touch
Lose your way
Lost her head
Lost heart
Lost it
Lost my bearings
Losing my grip

Lose(in Hindi)

In the main
All manner of
Made her mark
Quick off the mark
Made the most of
Has the makings of
Of his own making
Hit the mark
Make do with
Make it

Main-mark(in Hindi)

As a matter of fact
A matter of life and death
As a matter of course
No matter what
Only a matter of time
A matter of minutes
A different matter
For that matter

Matter(in Hindi)

Make a meal of
Be meant to be
There is more to than meets the eye
Be a mass of
Meet your match
Mend your ways
Give a miss
Mean well
By no means
A means to an end

Mass-miss(in Hindi)

A means to an end(From the previous lesson)
Bear in mind
Take your mind off
Spring to mind
Had half a mind to
In two minds
Out of her mind
On his mind
Put her mind to it
Out of my mind

Mind(in Hindi)

Nowhere near
Needless to say
Getting on my nerves
In good nick
In the nick of time
Keeps his nose clean
Turned her nose up at
At short notice
Now and then
Number one(carried forward in the next lesson)

Near-number(in Hindi)

Number one(from the previous lesson)
Once and for all
At odds with
Be off for
Once in a while
On occasion
Off and on
In the offing
As often as not
Any old how
Only too

Occasion-only(in Hindi)

With open arms
As opposed to
Out for
Open the way for
Open doors for
From the outset
Overdoing things
Over and above
Go overboard
Getting my own back

Open-own(in Hindi)

For my part
In part
Took great pains
Par for the course
On a par with
The best part
Keep pace 
At great pains
For the most part
On my part

Pace-part(In Hindi)

Part company
Pay the price
Put paid to sth
A pat on the back
Be not a patch on
Pave the way
Take personally
Look the part
Take part in
Out of phase

Part-phase(in Hindi)

Tear to pieces
Pick and choose
Pick a quarrel
Be the picture of health
Get the picture
Pick holes in sth
At a pinch
Swap places
In a pickle
A piece of cake

Pick-place(In Hindi)

In your place
In place of
Out of place
All over the place
Fall into place
Back into place

Place(In Hindi)

Put yourself in her place
Get rid of
Take me for a ride
Take place
Take the place of
Going places
In place
In retrospect
A revelation
A rough ride

Place-ride(In Hindi)

Up to a point
More to the point
If it comes to the point
Make a point of
In point of fact
To the point of
Point of contact

Point(In hindi)

Out of all proportion
At a push
Into question
On purpose
At any price
In principle
In proportion
To very little purpose
Out of the question

Prepositions(In Hindi)

The powers that be
Did him proud
Pull your weight
Put pressure on
On your plate
Keep me posted
Under pressure
Pretty much
Prey on your mind
Pure and simple

Plate-pure(In hindi)

To put it to sb
In question
There's no question
As quick as a flash
Push your luck
Cut sb to the quick
Keep sth quiet
On the quiet
Not put it past sb
To be quits

Push-quits(In Hindi)

At random
At any rate
Take it as read
Rack your brains
Go off the rails
At this rate
Within easy reach of
Read between the lines
Raise your eyebrows
Read the Riot Act

Rack-read(In Hindi)

Lay sth to rest
It stands to reason
Be on the receiving end
Refresh your memory
In the region of
Give it a rest
Change beyond all recognition
Set the record straight
Reflect well on sb

Reason-rest(In Hindi)

As right as rain
Right away
Right now
Right the wrong
Right and left
Give my right arm
In his right mind
In her own right
Put to rights

Right(In Hindi)

Run risks
Give sb the runaround
Give sb a good run for their money
In the running
Show sb the ropes
Ring a bell
Give rise to sth
At risk
In a row
Ring true

Ring-running(In Hindi)

All the same
Save your breath
Play it safe
For its own sake
Save the day
Save face
Make sense
To be on the safe side
For the sake of
See sense

Safe-sense(In Hindi)

Goes without saying
I wouldn't say no to
To say the least
When all is said and done
Have her say
Say no more
That is to say
No saying
What do you say to
To say nothing of

Say(In Hindi)

Get into shape
At sea
Up to scratch
Seeing that
Take seriously
In any shape or form
Take shape
Set against
Set on
Give shape

Scratch-shape(In Hindi)

In short
Have something to show for sth
Be sick of the sight of
A sight better
Short of
It goes to show
Put yourself in sb's shoes
Fall short of 
In short supply
Lose sight of

Shoes-sight(In Hindi)

Be sitting pretty
Let sth slip
Sit on the fence
Nothing to speak of
So to speak
Sit tight
Be spoilt for choice
Sooner or later
Speak well of sb
Put sb on the spot

Sit-spot(In Hindi)

Into a state
State of affairs
At stake
Steamed up
Out of step
Stick my neck out
On the spur of the moment
In stitches
Back to square one
Stick to my guns

Spur-stitches(In Hindi)

On the spur of the moment
In stitches
Back to square one
Stick to my guns

Right up your street
Go from strength to strength
Set great store by sth
Streets ahead
Be struck by sth
On the strength of sth
Take something in your stride
Take stock of sth
In store for
Strike a balance

Stock-strike(In hindi)

Get stuck into sth
As such
Get into the swing of
Get sth out of your system
All of a sudden
Suit sb down to the ground
With no strings attached
At a stroke
Going strong
On the surface

String-system(In hindi)

Take it upon yourself
Have what it takes
Take each day as it comes
Take it
In tandem
On tenterhooks
Take a lot of doing
Talk shop
In the best possible taste
In tatters

Take-tenterhooks(In Hindi)

Telling tales
Tell the time
Taking a lot out of
On good terms
Come to terms with
In terms of
On her own terms
No thanks to
Then again
Have been there before

Tell-there(In Hindi)

Have a thing about
Make a big thing of it
Does his own thing
The thing is
Onto a good thing
For one thing
Don't know the first thing about
One of those things
First thing
What with one thing and another

Thing(In hindi)

What makes sb tick
Keep a tight rein on
Think nothing of
Be in a tight spot
Think the world of
Have second thoughts
Think better of doing sth
Without a second thought
Think twice about doing sth
In the throes of doing sth

Think-tight(In Hindi)

For the time being
It's high time
In good time
Next to no time
From time to time
In her own good time
Ahead of its time
Behind the times

Time-1(In Hindi)

No time for
In time
Time on my hands
The time of my life
Made good time
Take your time
The whole time
Time and time again
At all times

Time-2(In Hindi)

On top of
On the tip of my tongue
The tip of the iceberg
At the top of his voice
Off the top of my head
On top of the world
Tip the balance
To top it

Tip or Top?(In Hindi)

Lose track of
Make tracks
Give sb a lot of trouble
Look for trouble
Take trouble over sth
On the right track
On the trot
Take the trouble to do sth
Be on track
Stop in your tracks

Track-trouble(In Hindi)

True to life
In truth
Do someone a good turn
In turn
Try my hand at
To the tune of
Come true
True to form
As it turns out
Take it in turns

True-turn(In Hindi)

Be up against
Be up to sth
On the understanding that
Be up to sb
Not be up to much
Get the upper hand
Put sth to good use
Ups and downs
In no uncertain terms
Have its uses

Uncertain-useful(In Hindi)

On the verge of
With a view to
By virtue of
In vain
Fall victim to
Give vent to
In view
At variance with
With a vengeance
Give voice to

Vain-voice(in hindi)

Give voice to
For want of
Waste your breath
Go up the wall
Wait and see
Get your own way
Give way to
Can't wait
Go out of your way
Walk of life
Make way for

Wait-way(In Hindi)

To my way of thinking
Against your will
No wonder that
Win hands down
Put the wind up sb
Under the weather
Beyond your wildest dreams
Be none the wiser
Be at your wits' ends
Get wind of

Way-wonder(In Hindi)

Have your work cut out
Out of this world
It's a wonder
From the word go
Have/bandy words with sb
Take sb at their word
Worth your while
Get hold of the wrong end of the stick
By word of mouth
In the wrong

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