2nd Year English Idioms

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• 1 Above board: The honest people do everything above board.
• 2 A bad debt: A lot of companies go down because of bad debt.
• 3 Abide by: We should abide by the traffic rules.
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• 4 All in all: The principal is all in all in this college.
• 5 All and sundry: We should help sincerely all and sundry.
• 6 Alpha and omega: Allah is the alpha and omega of Islam.
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• 7 A rotten egg: The principal has struck off the rotten eggs of the class.
• 8 An apple ofdiscord: New business has become an apple of discord between them.
• 9 Apple of one’s eye: The youngest son was the apple of his father's eye.
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• 10 An eyewash: Government’s new scheme is just an eyewash.
• 11 An axe to grind: Socialists have no political axe to grind; they just want to save the society.
• 12 Again and again: He requested my help again and again.
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• 13 As the crow flies: The hospital is only a mile as the crow flies from my house.
• 14 At a loss: He was at a loss when he missed the last train.
• 15 At large: The culprit of the Ali’s murder is still at large. 
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• 16 At home in: He is at home in Physics.
• 17 Atarm’s length: Keep bad friendsat arm’s length. 
• 18 At the eleventhhour: The match was cancelled at the eleventh hour.
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• 19 Animal spirits: Even Young men today lack animal spirits.
• 20 At a stone’s throw: The hospital is at stone’s throw from myhome.
• 21 At the daggersdrawn: Local residents are at daggers drawn with the council overrubbish collection.
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• 22 A narrow escape: He had a narrow escape from the railway accident.
• 23 A jail bird: His father is an escaped jailbird.
• 24 A queer fish: I cannot understand the ways of Mr. Arif. He is a queer fish.
• 25 A blessing indisguise: Dad's illness was a blessing in disguise as it brought the familyTogether for the first time in years.
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• 26 A close fisted man: Aslam is a close fisted man as he never spends a penny onentertainment.
• 27 A near miss: I managed to brake just in time and the accident was a near miss.
• 28 As cool as acucumber: She was as cool as cucumber even when she caught red handed.
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• 29 A wild goose chase: To look for a good restaurant in this town is a wild goose chase.
• 30 A gala day: Every Sunday is gala day for students.
• 31 A fishy story: The late comers always come with a fishy story about the latearrival.
• 32 A fair weatherfriend: A fair-weather friend isn't much help in an emergency.
• 33 A blind alley: The latest evolutionary theory may turn out to be a blind alley.
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• 34 A laughing stock: The nonsense talk will make you a laughing stock among yourfriends.
• 35 A rolling stone: A rolling stone gathers no moss.
• 36 A sugar daddy: Mr. akram is sort of a sugar daddy to the whole team.
• 37 Add fuel to fire: Shouting at a crying child just adds fuel to the fire.
• 38 Back out: We should not back out of our promises.
• 39 Bag and baggage: He left for another country bag and baggage.
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• 40 Bad blood: There should be no bad blood among the Muslims.
• 41 Blue blood: AlthoughHina’s family is poor, she has blue blood in her veins.
• 42 By and by: You may think your heart is broken, but you'll feel better by andby.
• 43 By hook or bycrook: He wants to become rich by hook or by crook.
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• 44 By fits and starts: The dull students are not regular, they work by fits and starts.
• 45 By leaps andbound: Our country is making progress by leaps and bounds.
• 46 Bed of roses: Life is a hard challenge, not a bed of roses.
• 47 Beat about thebush: Don’tbeat about the bush, just come to the point.
• 48 Beat in the air: If you want to make him a good boy, you are beating the air.
• 49 Bird’s eye view: We had a bird's eye view of the old town from the top of the hill.
• 50 Broken reed: You cannot rely on Usama’s support as he is a broken reed.