IDIOMS and PHRASAL VERBS of 2nd Year
1.
Above Board: All his dealings are above board.
2.
Add fuel to fire/flames: He is already angry; do not add fuel to
fire by calling him a liar.
3.
Bad Blood: There is no bad blood between the two brothers.
4.
Bad debt: He will not pay you back; it is a bad debt.
5.
Bag and Baggage: He threw her out of the house , bag and baggage.
6.
Better Half: His better half is a teacher.
7.
A bird’s eye view: We got a
bird’s eye view of the city from the top of the tower.
8.
Black sheep: As his brother
is a gambler, he is considered the black sheep of the family.
9.
Bread and Butter: Teaching
is his bread and butter.
10.
Break the news to somebody: He broke the news of her father’s death
to her.
11.
Burn the midnight oil: He burnt the midnight oil to pass the
examination.
12.
By heart: She has learnt the poem by heart.
13.
Come to light: At last the truth of the matter came to light.
14.
Drawn match: A cricket test match usually proves to be a drawn
match.
15.
Eat one’s words: I said that he would be late but I had to eat my
words when he came in time.
16.
At the eleventh hour: He called of his plan at the eleventh hour.
17.
Fair play: He has no sense of fair play.
18.
Few and far between: He calls on me few and far between.
19.
Heart and soul: She loves her son hear and soul.
20.
Hope against hope: Saleem waited all day, hoping against hope that
Ali would come to him.
21.
In cold blood: He killed the child in cold blood.
22.
In black and white: Saleem makes every agreement in black and
white.
23.
In the air: Change in the government is in the air.
24.
Kith and Kin: We should love our kith and kin.
25.
At lenght: At length, Saleem won her love.
26.
Maiden speech: She impressed us with
her maiden speech.
27.
A near miss: He managed to brake just in time but it was a near
miss.
28.
Null and void: This contract is null and void.
29.
A white Elephant: Telephone costs much,
it is just a white elephant for the common people.
30.
A wolf in sheep’s clothing: You should not rely on this man as he
is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
31.
A bed of roses: Life is not a bed of
roses.
32.
A blessing in disguise: A misfortune is sometimes a blessing in
disguise.
33.
Blow hot and cold: He blows hot and cold about going abroad.
34.
By hook or by crook: He wants to pass the exams by hook or by
crook.
35.
A cat’s paw: Do not be a cat’s paw for your boss.
36.
A close fisted man: He does not spend any money as he is a
close-fisted man.
37.
Come to blows: From hot words, they came to blows.
38.
Be at daggers drawn: She is at daggers
drawn with her husband.
39.
End up in smoke: When he crashed his car, all his travel plans
ended in smoke.
40.
Face the music: I did her wrong but I am ready to face the music.
41.
Few and far between: He calls on me few and far between.
42.
For a rainy day: Saleem saves money for the rainy days of old age.
48.
Go to the dogs: After the death of his father, his business is
really going to dogs.
49.
Be hard up: Saleem often helps the hard up students.
50.
Heart and soul: She loves her son heart and soul.
51.
In a fix: Don’t put me in a fix.
52.
In a nutshell: To put in a nutshell,
the show was very exciting.
53.
Kick the bucket: Everyone has to kick the bucket one day.
54.
Lead someone by the nose: She leads her
husband by the nose.
55.
Make both ends meet: It is very
difficult for the poor to make both ends meet.
56.
A narrow escape: Abid fell into the
river but had a narrow escape from drowing.
57.
Be part and parcel of: To work in the field is part and parcel of a
farmer’s life.
58.
Pay through the nose: She had to pay through the nose for this job.
59.
Rank and file: The rank and file are hard up due to the rise in
prices.
60.
Smell a rat: The thief smell a rat and ran away.
61.
A snake in the grass: Beware of him, he is a real snake in the
grass.
62.
Take something into account: The government should take into
account the pitiable condition of the
poor.
63.
Be taken aback: The teacher was taken aback by his disrespect.
64.
Up to the mark: This book is really up to the mark.
65.
A wild goose chase: Your attempt to pass the examination without
hard work would be a wild goose chase.
66.
With a view to: He went there with a view to seeing her.
67.
French leave: French leave is a fashion in Pakistani Offices.
68.
Through thick and thin: ALLAH will help you through thick and thin.
69.
Break the Ice: Let us break the ice and be friends.
70.
Nip in the bud: Nip the evil in the bud.
71.
Blind Alley: The government policy proved a blind alley.
72.
Cheek by Jowl: The husband and wife were sitting cheek by jowl.
73.
A red letter day/A gala day: 14th August is a red letter day for
the Pakistanis.
74.
Few and Far Between: Buses in this area are few and far between.
75.
Build castles in the air: It is useless
to build castles in the air.
76.
Call a spade a spade: We should always call a spade a spade.
77.
A fishy story: Asim always tells me a fishy story.
78.
A wet blanket: Don’t invite Asim, he is a wet blanket.
79.
A broken reed: Don’t give him your car, he is a broken reed.
80.
Cut a sorry figure: She cut a sorry
figure in her maiden speech.
81.
Cool as a cucumber: He remains cool as a cucumber in all
circumstances.
82.
A bee in the cap/bonnet: He has a bee in his cap of becoming rich
over night.
83.
Storm in a tea cup: He is in the habit of creating storm in a tea
cup.
84.
Spick and span: She keeps herself spick and span.
85.
Turned turtle: The sailboat
turned turtle, but the sailors only got wet.
86.
Freudian slip: It was the
speaker’s freudian slip.
PHRASAL VERBS
1.
Break down: My car broke down on the way and I walked home.
2.
Break in: Never break in when the elders are talking.
3.
Break into: Someone broke into my car and stole my laptop.
4.
Break up: The plane broke up in the air.
5.
Break with: You should break with your bad habits.
6.
Break away: The prisoner broke away from the police officer.
7.
Break out: Fire broke out in the building.
8.
Cut off: He cut a branch off the tree.
9.
Make off: The thief had made off before the police came.
10.
Make up: She could not maje up a story about her rudeness.
11.
Pass on: The mother passed on her skills to her daughter.
12.
Put up with: I cannot put up with his rude remarks.
13.
Work out: He will work out the total cost of the trip.
14.
Cut down: Please cut down this article to 200 words.
15.
Look down: She looks down on the poor.
16.
Look for: She was looking for her lost child.
17.
Pass away: Every one will have to pass away one day.
18.
Run out: He had to come home because
his money had run out.
19.
See off: She went to the airport to see her sister off.
20.
Come off: Come off your bicycle.
21.
Put out: Put out the light.
22.
Put down/Take down/Jot down: put down my telephone number.
23.
Call at: He called at my office.
24.
Call on: He called on me.
25.
Give up: Give up bad habits.
26.
Give in: The opponent gave in.
27.
Take to: He is taken to drink.
28.
Turn down: Don’t turn down my request.
29.
Fix up: Fix up the house.
30. Cry wolf: Don’t cry wolf, people
will not believe you.
31.
Egg on: I will not go there, Don’t egg me on.
32.
Look into:Please look into the facts closely and prepare a detailed
report.
33.
Run over:The child was run over by a car.
34.
Abide by: Players must abide by the rules of the game.
35.
Deal in: Ali deals in different variety of cars.
36.
Set in: Despair seems to have set in among the team.
37. Go
by: Don’t go by my watch; it’s usually a bit slow.
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