Idioms & Phrases
Idiom
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Meaning
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Above board
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Honest and open
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At arms length
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To keep at a distance
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At the eleventh hour
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At the last moment
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At sixes and sevens
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In a disordered manner
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An apple of discord
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A cause of quarrel
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At home
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Comfortable
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Alpha and omega
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The beginning and the end
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At sea
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Confused and lost
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At one’s beck and call
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At one’s service
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An acid test
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A critical test
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Add fuel to the fire
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To aggravate the situation
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At a snail’s pace
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Very slowly
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To beat about the bush
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Talk irrelevantly
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A bone of contention
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A source of quarrel
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To burn one’s boats
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Go back on a decision
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To burn candle at both ends
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To waste lavishly
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To build castles in the air
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Make imaginary schemes
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A bolt from the blue
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Something unexpected
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By leaps and bounds
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Rapidly
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A burning question
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An important topic
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To bell the cat
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To face the risk
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A big gun
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An important person
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To blow one’s own trumpet
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To praise one’s own achievement
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A bosom friend
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A very close friend
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A brown study
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Dreaming
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A close shave
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Narrow escape
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To cut a sorry figure
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To make a poor show
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Take one to task
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Rebuke
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Turn a deaf ear
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Disregard / ignore what one says
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By hook or by crook
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By fair or foul means
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Gain ground
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Become popular
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Pay off old scores
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Take revenge
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Put a spoke in one’s wheel
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To upset one’s plans
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