Idioms And Phrases For SSC EXAMS Set 2

1.       Cut one dead – refused to recognize

2.       Off the top of head – spontaneously at that moment

3.       Give way – yield

4.       To be in two minds – to be uncertain

5.       Full of hot air – a fool

6.       Hard hearted – cruel

7.       On the wane – gradually declining

8.       In doldrums -= in low spirit

9.        Drops a bombshell – have some big , bad news

10.   Long innings – long spell

11.   Taken aback – surprised

12.   In camera – privately

13.   A gentle at large – without any serious occupation

14.   Dot one’s I’s and cross one’s t’s – be detailed and exact

15.   Down in the dumps – sad and depressed

16.   Tuned up his nose at my offer – treated with contempt

17.   To mind their p’s and q’s – to take care of their behavior

18.   In two shakes – very soon

19.   Kings of metals – gold

20.   Charged into – came rushing in

21.   Quick on the trigger – quick to respond

22.   To catch a tartar – to deal with a person who is more than one’s match

23.   To carve out a niche – develop a specific position for himself

24.   In the loop – informed regularly

25.   Blacked out – lost consciousness

26.   Hold your horses- be patient

27.   Led by the nose – follow submissively

28.   Feet of clay – flawed personalities

29.   Barking up the wrong tree – try to find something in wrong place

30.   Know the ropes – learn the procedures

31.   Go through the hoops – be made to undergo grueling test

32.   Curtain lecture – cautionary talk given in public or a private lecture of husband and wife

33.   In Dutch – in trouble

34.   Around the clock – day and night

35.   Cool about working – ready to work

36.   Went to the winds-

37.   In the good books

38.   Fed up – annoyed

39.   Lay out – spent

40.   Carry out – execute

41.   Thawing snow-

42.   Blue eyed boys – favorites

43.   Shook in their shoes – trembled with fear

44.   Bone to pick – difference of opinion

45.   Out of thin air – descend gradually

46.   Sharp practice clever but dishonest means

47.   Blow over – pass of

48.   Get the sack - dismiss from

49.   In the long run – ultimately

50.   Currying favor with – ingratiating with 

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