50 Important Idioms And Phrases 1. At sixes and seven – In disorder or confusion 2. Lose head – Panic  3. Take to task – To criticize severely/ to punish 4. Sit in judgement – To pass judgement(or comment on someone ) especially when you have no authority 5. Leave in the lurch – To desert someone 6. Cry over spilt milk – Cry over irreparable loss 7. Bad blood – Active enmity 8. Close shave – A narrow escape 9. Grease palms – To bribe someone 10. Carrot and stick – Reward and punishment policy 11. To cut teeth – To gain experience of something for the first time 12. Cut no ice – Had no influence 13. Close the book - Stop working on something 14. In fits and starts - Irregularly 15. Bird’s eye view – An overview  16. Run in the same groove – Clash with each other  17. Keep your head – Remain calm  18. Pull strings – Use personal influence 19. Pot luck dinner – Dinner where somebody brings something to eat 20. To hit below the belt – To attack unfairly  21. All at sea - Puzzled  22. Sought after – Wanted by many people because it’s of good quality or difficult to find/Pursued by  23. Build castle in the air - Daydreaming  24. On the spur of the moment – To act suddenly, without planning 25. To have something up one’s sleeve – To have a secret plan 26. A red letter day – An important or joyful occasion in one’s life 27. To explore every avenue – To try every opportunity  28. At one’s beck and call – Ready to follow orders/ To be dominated by someone  29. By fair or foul means – In honest or dishonest way  30. Status quo – As it is/ unchanged position  31. To burn candle at both ends – To be extravagant/ Spend without any worry 32. To hit the jackpot – To make money quickly  33. To bring to light – to reveal  34. At the eleventh hour – At the last possible moment  35. Go scot-free – To escape without punishment 36. To shed crocodile tears – To pretend grief  37. To look down one’s nose – To regard with contempt  38. To miss the bus – To miss an opportunity  39. A white elephant – Costly and troublesome possession, with much use to its owner 40. To call spade a spade – To be frank 41. To fight tooth and nail – To fight heroically, in very determined way 42. Birds of same feather – Persons of same character 43. Take exception – To object over something  44. High handed – Using authority in an unreasonable way, overbearing 45. Too fond of one’s own voice – To like talking without wanting to listen to other people/Very selfish  46. By leaps and bounds – Rapidly 47. An open book – Straight forward and honest dealings  48. Fall short – Fail to meet expectation/ have no effect  49. Heart to heart talk – Frank talk  50. Give the game away – Give out the secret(unintentionally)