To curry favour (to seek favour by flattery)
• Cut and dried (ready made)
• To cut a dash (to make an impression)
• To be at daggers drawn (to be deadly enemies)
• A dare-devil (a fearless, reckless man)
• Up to date (recent, modern)
• Out of date (obsolete)
• Evil days (a period of misfortune)
• Halcyon days (A time when there is peace and happiness in the land)
• To step into dead man’s shoes (to come into an inheritance)
• To give the devil his due (give a person credit for his good qualities however worthless he may be)
• Go to the devil (be off)
• Devil’s playthings (playing cards)
• Devil’s bones (dice)
• To be between the devil and the deep sea (to be faced with two dangerous situations, each of which is to be dreaded as much as the other)
• To be on the horns of dilemma (to in such a position that it is difficult to decide what to do)
• Give a dog a bad name and hang him (once a person loses his reputation)
• To be a dog in the manger (to prevent others from using what one can’t use oneself )
• Every dog has his day (sooner or later, every one has his share of good fortune)
• To be in the doldrums (to be in low spirits, to be out of spirits)
• Ups and downs (varying fortunes; changes and chances of life)
• To throw dust in one’s eyes (to try to deceive some one )
• Dutch courage (bravery induced by alcoholic liquors)
• Eagle –eye (quick to discover; very discerning )
• A bad egg (a worthless person)
• Don’t put your eggs in one basket (Don’t stake all your money on a single industry)
• A white elephant (a useless possession which is extremely expensive to keep )
• At the eleventh hour (at the last moment)
• To make both ends meet (to keep expenses within one’s income)
• An eye for an eye(tit for tat to return evil for evil ;retaliate
• Bad faith (dishonest intentions)
• A breach of faith (to act contrary to what one had professed)
• To fall out (to quarrel)
• To fall through (fail)
• Birds of a feather flock together (people of similar tastes and dis- positions crave each other’s company)
• To set the Thames on fire (to do something sensational or remarkable)
• A burnt child dreads the fire (one who has had a previous unpleasant experience is always scared of situations where such experience are likely to be repeated)
• A fish out of water (anyone in an awkward)
• Other fish to fry (more important business to attend to)
• By fits and starts (spasmodically)
• Foul play (cheating)
• To jump from a frying pan into fire (to come out of one trouble and get into a worse)
• To gain ground (to make progress in any undertaking)
• To play to the gallery (to endeavour to gain cheap popularity)
• To give up the ghost (to die)
• Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones (people who do not live blameless lives should not find fault with others)
• All that glitters is not gold (things are not always as attractive as they appears)
• A good for nothing (a worth less person)
• A good Samaritan (a friend in need)
• A wild goose chase (a vain attempt)
• To kill the goose that laid the golden egg (to lose a valuable source of income though greed)
• To cut a Gordian knot (to solve a difficult problem by adopting bold and drastic measures)
• From hand to hand (from one person to another)
• Hard and fast rules (strict rules)
• Hard to hearing (almost deaf )
• Back in harness (to resume work after a holiday)
• To die in harness (to continue at one’s occupation until death)
• More haste less speed (work done hurriedly is apt to be badly done)
• Make hay while the sun shines (take advantage of all opportunities)
• To be in hot water (to be in trouble or difficulty)
• To eat an humble pie (to submit oneself to humiliation and insult)
• To kiss the book (to take an oath in a produce or commodities)
• To kiss the dust (to be defeated in battle)
• A laconic speech (a concise)
• To look to one’s laurels (to take care not to lose one’s place)
• To win laurels (to gain distinction or glory in s contest)
• To smell of the lamp (to show signs of strenuous preparation for an examination or a speech etc)
• Look before you leap (think before action)
• To stand on one’s own legs (to depend entirely on one’s own resources)
• To give the lie to (to prove to be false)
• To bring to light (to reveal)
• A Lilliputian (a pygmy)
• The lion’s share (the largest part)
• Lock, stock and barrel (the whole of everything)
• A Martinet (a very strict disciplinarian)
• A miss is as good as a mile (comes nowhere near it)
• To move heaven and earth (to exert all efforts)
• To hit the nail on the head (to mention the true facts of a case)
• A stitch in time saves nine (If we give our attention to the little details of life)
• In a nutshell (Summed up in a few words)
• Out of temper (angry)
• To pick to pieces (to analyses critically)
• The proof of the pudding is in eating (people are judged by their actions)
• To put down a person (to degrade or humiliate a person)
• To make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear (to attempt to accomplish great things with inferior materials)
• Pyrrhic victory (a victory that is as costly as defeat)
• To be like a drowned rat (to be soaking wet)
• Red flag (the symbol of revolution)
• To be caught red-handed (to be caught in the very act of committing a crime)
• Red letter-day (a memorable day)
• Red tape (a team used to describe the delay in attending to matters in government department because the official routine and formality)
• Rome was not built in a day (it takes time to accomplish anything really worthwhile)
• To be between Scylla and Charybdis (to be faced with two dangerous alternatives)
• To see daylight (to begin to understand)
• A close shave (a narrow escape)
• A skeleton in the cupboard / the family skeleton (a dreadful domestic secret)
• By the skin of the teeth (very narrowly)
• A snake in the grass (an enemy who strikes under cover)
• A Spartan life (a life of extreme self discipline)
• To call a spade a spade (to be brutally frank)
• A rolling stone gathers no moss (unstable people never achieve anything worthwhile)
• One swallow does not make a summer (it is unreliable to base one’s conclusions on only a single test or incident)
• Empty vessels make the most noise (those who know or have little knowledge often shout the loudest)
• If wishes were horses, beggars might ride (if all people’s wishes came true every body would be rich)
• A nine days’ wonder (an event which relates a sensation for a time but is soon forgotten)
• Yellow press (newspapers which publish sensational and unscrupulous stories about crime, sex etc.)
• Cut and dried (ready made)
• To cut a dash (to make an impression)
• To be at daggers drawn (to be deadly enemies)
• A dare-devil (a fearless, reckless man)
• Up to date (recent, modern)
• Out of date (obsolete)
• Evil days (a period of misfortune)
• Halcyon days (A time when there is peace and happiness in the land)
• To step into dead man’s shoes (to come into an inheritance)
• To give the devil his due (give a person credit for his good qualities however worthless he may be)
• Go to the devil (be off)
• Devil’s playthings (playing cards)
• Devil’s bones (dice)
• To be between the devil and the deep sea (to be faced with two dangerous situations, each of which is to be dreaded as much as the other)
• To be on the horns of dilemma (to in such a position that it is difficult to decide what to do)
• Give a dog a bad name and hang him (once a person loses his reputation)
• To be a dog in the manger (to prevent others from using what one can’t use oneself )
• Every dog has his day (sooner or later, every one has his share of good fortune)
• To be in the doldrums (to be in low spirits, to be out of spirits)
• Ups and downs (varying fortunes; changes and chances of life)
• To throw dust in one’s eyes (to try to deceive some one )
• Dutch courage (bravery induced by alcoholic liquors)
• Eagle –eye (quick to discover; very discerning )
• A bad egg (a worthless person)
• Don’t put your eggs in one basket (Don’t stake all your money on a single industry)
• A white elephant (a useless possession which is extremely expensive to keep )
• At the eleventh hour (at the last moment)
• To make both ends meet (to keep expenses within one’s income)
• An eye for an eye(tit for tat to return evil for evil ;retaliate
• Bad faith (dishonest intentions)
• A breach of faith (to act contrary to what one had professed)
• To fall out (to quarrel)
• To fall through (fail)
• Birds of a feather flock together (people of similar tastes and dis- positions crave each other’s company)
• To set the Thames on fire (to do something sensational or remarkable)
• A burnt child dreads the fire (one who has had a previous unpleasant experience is always scared of situations where such experience are likely to be repeated)
• A fish out of water (anyone in an awkward)
• Other fish to fry (more important business to attend to)
• By fits and starts (spasmodically)
• Foul play (cheating)
• To jump from a frying pan into fire (to come out of one trouble and get into a worse)
• To gain ground (to make progress in any undertaking)
• To play to the gallery (to endeavour to gain cheap popularity)
• To give up the ghost (to die)
• Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones (people who do not live blameless lives should not find fault with others)
• All that glitters is not gold (things are not always as attractive as they appears)
• A good for nothing (a worth less person)
• A good Samaritan (a friend in need)
• A wild goose chase (a vain attempt)
• To kill the goose that laid the golden egg (to lose a valuable source of income though greed)
• To cut a Gordian knot (to solve a difficult problem by adopting bold and drastic measures)
• From hand to hand (from one person to another)
• Hard and fast rules (strict rules)
• Hard to hearing (almost deaf )
• Back in harness (to resume work after a holiday)
• To die in harness (to continue at one’s occupation until death)
• More haste less speed (work done hurriedly is apt to be badly done)
• Make hay while the sun shines (take advantage of all opportunities)
• To be in hot water (to be in trouble or difficulty)
• To eat an humble pie (to submit oneself to humiliation and insult)
• To kiss the book (to take an oath in a produce or commodities)
• To kiss the dust (to be defeated in battle)
• A laconic speech (a concise)
• To look to one’s laurels (to take care not to lose one’s place)
• To win laurels (to gain distinction or glory in s contest)
• To smell of the lamp (to show signs of strenuous preparation for an examination or a speech etc)
• Look before you leap (think before action)
• To stand on one’s own legs (to depend entirely on one’s own resources)
• To give the lie to (to prove to be false)
• To bring to light (to reveal)
• A Lilliputian (a pygmy)
• The lion’s share (the largest part)
• Lock, stock and barrel (the whole of everything)
• A Martinet (a very strict disciplinarian)
• A miss is as good as a mile (comes nowhere near it)
• To move heaven and earth (to exert all efforts)
• To hit the nail on the head (to mention the true facts of a case)
• A stitch in time saves nine (If we give our attention to the little details of life)
• In a nutshell (Summed up in a few words)
• Out of temper (angry)
• To pick to pieces (to analyses critically)
• The proof of the pudding is in eating (people are judged by their actions)
• To put down a person (to degrade or humiliate a person)
• To make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear (to attempt to accomplish great things with inferior materials)
• Pyrrhic victory (a victory that is as costly as defeat)
• To be like a drowned rat (to be soaking wet)
• Red flag (the symbol of revolution)
• To be caught red-handed (to be caught in the very act of committing a crime)
• Red letter-day (a memorable day)
• Red tape (a team used to describe the delay in attending to matters in government department because the official routine and formality)
• Rome was not built in a day (it takes time to accomplish anything really worthwhile)
• To be between Scylla and Charybdis (to be faced with two dangerous alternatives)
• To see daylight (to begin to understand)
• A close shave (a narrow escape)
• A skeleton in the cupboard / the family skeleton (a dreadful domestic secret)
• By the skin of the teeth (very narrowly)
• A snake in the grass (an enemy who strikes under cover)
• A Spartan life (a life of extreme self discipline)
• To call a spade a spade (to be brutally frank)
• A rolling stone gathers no moss (unstable people never achieve anything worthwhile)
• One swallow does not make a summer (it is unreliable to base one’s conclusions on only a single test or incident)
• Empty vessels make the most noise (those who know or have little knowledge often shout the loudest)
• If wishes were horses, beggars might ride (if all people’s wishes came true every body would be rich)
• A nine days’ wonder (an event which relates a sensation for a time but is soon forgotten)
• Yellow press (newspapers which publish sensational and unscrupulous stories about crime, sex etc.)
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