1. Idiom – Grease the palm Meaning – (to bribe) Sentence – Kabir had to grease the palm of the officer in order to get a driving license. 2. Idiom – Nip in the bud Meaning – (to destroy in the very beginning) Sentence – The bad habits of a child should be nipped in the bud. 3. Idiom – Turn a deaf ear Meaning – (to not to pay attention) Sentence – All the students turned a deaf ear to the teacher during a moral science lecture. 4. Idiom – Knit the brow Meaning – (to frown) Sentence – Employer always knits his brow at everything the employees do. 5. Idiom – In a flutter Meaning – (excited) Sentence – Abhinav is in a flutter today because it is his first day at school 6. Idiom – Fabian policy Meaning – (policy of delaying decisions) Sentence – It gets harmful for the management to follow fabian policy in every matter 7. Idiom – By fits and starts Meaning – (irregularly) Sentence – Ram was penalised because he used to perform his job by fits and starts 8. Idiom – At a loose end Meaning – (unoccupied) Sentence – Nowadays Rachel is at a loose end because she has left her job 9. Idiom – Hang fire Meaning – (remain unsolved) Sentence – Most of the criminal cases remain hanging on fire for many years 10. Idiom – Windfall Meaning – (sudden gain) Sentence – Reshma got a windfall when her uncle died 11. Idiom -ABC Meaning – (very common knowledge) Sentence – Meera does not know ABC of law. 12. Idiom – Blow hot and cold Meaning – (having no stand) Sentence – Sunil cannot be relied upon because he blows hot and cold in every matter. 13. Idiom – Cock and bull story Meaning – (untrue story) Sentence – All the explanations given by Sita seem to be a cock and bull story. 14. Idiom – Gall and wormwood Meaning – (source of irritation ) Sentence – The acts of the children were gall and wormwood for her. 15. Idiom – Herculean task Meaning – (a tedious job) Sentence – To clear judiciary examination is a herculean task for the aspirants. 16. Idiom – Kith and kin Meaning – (blood relatives) Sentence – In the gloomy days, we all seek the support of our kith and kins. 17. Idiom – Open and above board Meaning – (very clear) Sentence – He prefers to record open and above board point of view on every matter. 18. Idiom – Queer fish Meaning – (strange person) Sentence – Ramesh is a queer fish, he cannot be trusted in confidential issues. 19. Idiom – Rhyme or reason Meaning – (rational cause) Sentence – He was suspended from the job without any rhyme and reason 20. Idiom – Between Scylla and Charybdis Meaning – (choice between two unpleasant alternatives) Sentence – Make the wise decision so that you don’t fall between Scylla and Charybdis. 21. Idiom – At dagger’s drawn Meaning – (to have bitter enmity) Sentence – Once who were best friends are now at dagger’s drawn. 22. Idiom – Bluestocking Meaning – (educated but pedantic lady) Sentence – Her husband avoids her because she is a bluestocking 23. Idiom – Draconian Law Meaning – (extremely severe law) Sentence – In Kashmir Draconian Law was imposed in order to subdue terrorist attack. 24. Idiom – Eke out Meaning – (supplement income) Sentence – The students do part-time jobs to eke out their income. 25. Idiom – Damp squib Meaning – (complete failure) Sentence – Our visit to London for the project was a damp squib. 26. Idiom – Hit below the belt Meaning – (to strike unfairly) Sentence – We should never hit the opponents below the belt. 27. Idiom – In the red Meaning – (suffer a loss) Sentence – Most of the businesses went in red after demonetization. 28. Idiom – Keep the pot boiling Meaning – (earn hardly enough for a living) Sentence – One should earn at least to keep the pot boiling. 29. Idiom – One’s Achilles heel Meaning – (a week point) Sentence – Her children were her Achilles’ heel. 30. Idiom – a Pyrrhic victory Meaning – (victory at a high cost) Sentence – India’s victory over POK will prove to be a pyrrhic victory. 31. Idiom – A scarlet woman Meaning – (a woman with loose morals) Sentence – A woman working late at night should not be considered as a scarlet woman. 32. Idiom – To set the Thames on fire Meaning – (to achieve something impossible) Sentence – To trek on Himalaya’s is like to set the Thames on fire. 33. Idiom – Take somebody for a ride Meaning – (to deceive a person) Sentence – The shopkeeper took his customers for a ride by selling them fake goods. 34. Idiom – White elephant Meaning – (anything with less utility and more expenditure) Sentence – The new BMW car has become a white elephant for the employer. 35. Idiom – Wry face Meaning – (disappointed look) Sentence – Anil made a wry face when he learned that he has been disqualified from the match. 36. Idiom – Hush Money Meaning – (a bribe) Sentence – Simran managed to escape from the cops by paying hush money. 37. Idiom – Not born yesterday Meaning – (worldly-wise) Sentence – I am not going to fall for your lies as I was not born yesterday. 38. Idiom – Speck and span Meaning – (neat and smart) Sentence – Students should always be speck and span in their dressing 39. Idiom – Milk and water Meaning – (weak) Sentence – The economy of India is milk and water in front of the USA’s economy. 40. Idiom – Uphill task Meaning – (a difficult task) Sentence – Passing CLAT examination is an uphill task. 41. Idiom – To assume airs Meaning – (to pretend superiority) Sentence – She is in the habit of assuming airs in the presence of her cousins. 42. Idiom – to burn the midnight oil Meaning – (to work up to late hours) Sentence – Mahesh burnt the midnight oil for several days in order to complete the project before the deadline. 43. Idiom – to bury the hatchet Meaning – (to make peace forgetting the past enmity) Sentence – Indians and Pakistanis should bury the hatchet for the development and prosperity of both the nations. 44. Idiom – to buy a pig in a poke Meaning – (to purchase a thing without knowing its actual worth) Sentence – One should always value money and never buy a pig in a poke. 45. Idiom – To curry favour Meaning – (to win favour by gifts or flattery) Sentence – By giving presents to the officer, Himanshu tried to curry his favour. 46. Idiom – To go on fool’s errand Meaning – (to go on an expedition where only a fool can go) Sentence – The key was in his pocket and he sent me on a fool’s errand to search the same in the movie theatre. 47. Idiom – to have feet of clay Meaning – (full of faults) Sentence – The answer sheets of the students had feet of clay. 48. Idiom – To keep abreast of Meaning – (not to fall behind) Sentence – In this world of competition, it is very important to keep abreast of others. 49. Idiom – to pour oil on troubled water Meaning – (to rectify the matter) Sentence – In the quarrel between the brothers, their mother poured oil on troubled water. 50. Idiom – To show the white feather Meaning – (to act with cowardice) Sentence – Anita showed a white feather in the playground.