Idioms and Phrases for ssc Exams set 3

1. One's nose at - Despise 
2. Ended in a fiasco - Was an utter failure
3. One's blood run cold- Frighten
4. Bear with - Have patience
5. Over heads and ears - Completely
6. To take to heart - Upset /Grieve
7. To Call it a day - To decide To stop doing something / retire
8. In cold blood- Angrily
9. Bad blood - Active enmity
10. cold comfort - slight satisfaction / disposition
11. Soft oftion - easy and agreeable option
12. Little of gush of gratitude-
13. To fall back on -  To seek support out of necessity
14. Hand in glove - in close relationship
15. Cope with - Handle
16. Go a long way - Help condiderably
17. Pore over- go through
18. As cool as cucumber - Not nervous or emotional
19. Gone down the drain - Lost forever
20. In High Sprit - Cheerful
21. Left me in the Lurch - Abandoned me when I needed Help
22. Cape goats - punished for others misdeeds
23. Doctored the Account - To manipulate the accounts
24. In lieu of - In place of 
25.  Cry over spilt milk -- Cry needlessly
26. Pull up - Reprimand
27. Cut one's teeth - To gain experience
28. Carrot and stick - Reward and punishment
29. Pull string - Play music 
30.  Build Castle in the Air - Day Dream
31. At one's beck and call - To be dominated by someone
32. To explore every avenue - To try every opportunity
33. The spur of the moment - To act deliberately 
34. Status qua - Unchanged position
35. To burn the candle at both ends - To survive difficulty
36. To hit the jackpot -To be wealthy
37. To go Scot free - To escape from punishment
38. To look down one's nose - To insult in the presence of others
39. By putting two and two together 
40. To fight tooth and nail - To make every Possible effort
41. High handed -- Over bearing
42. Take Exception - Object

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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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Idioms And Phrases For SSC EXAMS Set 1

1.       Wet blanket – Kill joy

2.       Pass out – Faint

3.       Teething problems- Difficulties at the start

4.       Picks on him – Treats badly

5.        Beaten hallow – Beaten comprehensively

6.        To caste pearl before swine – to offer person a thing which he cannot appreciate

7.       To catch a tarter – To Catch a dangerous person

8.       To beg the Question – To raise objection

9.       Lay out – Spend

10.   To cast aspersions – To make unpleasant remarks

11.   Dead letter – No longer in force

12.   Afraid of her own – Very nervous and easily frightened

13.    Forty winks – Short nap

14.   Pink slip – A letter to inform that she/he lost her Job

15.   Cut above – Rather superior to

16.   Show the white flag – Surrender

17.    Cut and short – To interrupt one 

18.   Foam at the mouth – Angry

19.   Give vent to – Express

20.   Husband our resources – Save

21.   Damocles’ sword- an impending but uncertain danger

22.   Give oneself the air- pretend to be

23.   Fling away – to throw aside violently

24.   To be on the wane- to be diminishing

25.   To get one’s back up- to become irritated

26.   To strike oil- to have lucky success

27.   Stick by- to adhere closely

28.   Wink at – to pretend not to see

29.   Knit one’s brows – to frown

30.   To rate soundly- to censure strongly

31.   To be no chicken- be no longer young

32.   To stand on ceremony – to treat with cold rigid civility

33.   To run in the same grove – to advance in harmony

34.   A host in himself – capable of doing as much as a number of ordinary persons

35.   Lock stock and barrel – completely

36.   Hole and corner – secret

37.   On his last legs – on his death bed

38.   All our might and main – full force

39.   Nailed their colures to their mast- refuse to climb down

40.   Batten down the hatches – prepare for difficult situation

41.   Flies off at a tangent – starts discussing something irrelevant

42.   All moonshine – nonsense

43.   Bring out the red carpet – decorate

44.   Passed by – overlooked

45.   Salt of the earth – good honest and ideal

46.   The alpha and Omega – Beginning and end

47.   Pin money – money spent for lusuries

48.   Gerrymandering – manipulative and unfair way

49.   Rings a bell – sounds familiar

50.   Worth the candle – fruitful

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