Cake – Walk means : easy success
A bird of passage means : a person who roams from place to place
Cut the cackle means : stop talking
Down in the dumps means : depressed
Salt of the earth means : very best kind of people
Touch and go means : very doubtful
Hobson’s choice means : no choice at all
Blue – eyed boy means : favourite
A close – fisted man means : a great miser
Penelope’s web means : a work which never seems to come to an end
Above board means : honest
A sheet anchor means : main support
A good hand means : expert
A rolling stone means : one who never sticks to one place
Neck and Crop means : completely
To smell a rat means : to detect something suspicious
A man of straw means : a weak person
Gift of the gab means : a question still open to discussion
Red tapism means : official delay
To kick up row means : to quarrel
Dead to the world means : utterly exhausted
Under the thumb means : under the influence
A stepping stone means : help
Adam’s ale means : pure water
At the eleventh hour means : at the last moment
Drink like a fish means : to drink too much wine
Next to nothing means : almost nothing
A bosom friend means : a very close friend
Rank and file means : the humble people
Devil – may – care means : reckless or heedless
To play ducks and drakes means : to spend lavishly
Cut and dried means : readymade
One foot in the grave means : near death
A wolf in a sheep’s clothing means : a hypocrite
To catch a tartar means : to listen eagerly
Chicken feed means : a trifling amount of money
Red tape means : official routine and delay
A feather in one’s cap means : achievement
An axe to grind means : to have some personal motive
A cry in wilderness means : a useless cry
Second to none means : the best
Blue in the face means : completely exhausted
In a jiffy means : very soon
At daggers drawn means : to be inimical
Milk of human kindness means : human compassion
Wild goose chase means : unfruitful efforts
Creature comforts means : material comforts
An uphill task means : a difficult task
To give up the ghost means : die
Turn on one’s heels means : run away
Apple of discord means : cause of quarrel
Black and white means : in writing
Alpha and Omega means : the beginning and the end
Double dutch means : language that cannot be easily understood
Lip service means : insincere praise
Put about means : disturbed
All the rage means : extremely popular
At logger heads means : hostile
Ad – Labium means : to any extent
A block head means : stupid fellow
All the rage means : fashionable
Spick and span means : neat and clean
All Greek means : beyond one’s comprehension
Hand and glove means : very intimate
An olive branch means : child
On tenterhooks means : very tense
A dog in the manager means : a selfish person
Small fry means : an ordinary person
A rainy day means : a time of trouble and difficulty
On one’s beam ends means : completely without money
A blue stocking means : cultured
Hanky Panky means : cheating
Queer fish means : strange person
Evil – starred means : unfortunate
A snake in the grass means : a secret foe
At the outset means : in the beginning
All and sundry means : everyone
Alive and kicking means : active and healthy
Half baked means : weak in mind
Alma mater means : institution where one receives education
Behind the scenes means : privately
Creature comforts means : material comforts
At length means : in detail
Play a second fiddle means : to be less important than someone else
Tears and tatters means : torn to pieces
To make a clean breast of means : to make a confession
Crocodile tears means : pretended tears of grief
On the wane means : decreasing
Drop someone a line means : write to someone
Neither fish nor flesh means : neither one thing not the other
Off and on means : now and then
Ball of fire means : an active and energetic person
Chew someone out means : verbally scold someone
To pick holes means : to find some reason to quarrel
A close-fisted man means : a miser
Beauty is only skin deep means : physical beauty is not important
Chicken hearted means : lacking in courage
Dead from the neck up means : stupid
To win laurels means : to achieve success
Apron strings means : be controlled by someone
Against a rainy day means : for time of need
A bad hot means : a bad person
To abide by means : to carry out
To be at home in means : to be well versed in
From hand to mouth means : from day to day
To bite one’s lips means : to be angry
Gray area means : an undefined matter
Above board means : frank and fair
Argus eyed means : vigilant
Come to one’s mind means : to remember
Every inch means : completely
To build castles in the air means : to have hopes and dreams that are unlikely to become real
To turn one’s coat means : to change to the opposition party
A good hand means : expert
A bird’s eye view means : an overall or cursory look at something
At sixes and sevens means : in confusion or disorder
At home in means : familiar with
A feather in the cap means : a very good achievement
The man in the street means : average man
All the day means : continually
As easy as pie means : very easy
At a stretch means : continuously
Hang in balance means : remain undecided
After a fashion means : barely adequate
A blessing in disguise means : something good that isn’t recognized at first
To catch a tartar means : to listen eagerly
Armed to the teeth means : fully armed
To take the biscuit means : to be the worst example of something
To make a bee-line for means : to go to the shortest way
Above par means : better than average
Chicken feed means : a trifling amount of money
To give a wide berth to means : to avoid someone or something
To lead astray means : to mislead
All but means : almost
To beat about the bush means : to avoid talking about what is important
In full swing means : at the height of activity
Bad blood means : ill feeling
In a fix means : in confusion
By hook or by crook means : by fair or foul means
A red letter day means : an important or significant day
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