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    IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS and Their MEANINGS

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    IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS and Their MEANINGS

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    This document lists 60 common idiomatic expressions in English and their meanings, including examples such as "put their heads together" which means to consult one another, "turn the tables" which means to reverse an action, and "add insult to injury" which means to make a bad situation worse.

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    This document lists 60 common idiomatic expressions in English and their meanings, including examples such as "put their heads together" which means to consult one another, "turn the tables" which means to reverse an action, and "add insult to injury" which means to make a bad situation worse.

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    IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS and Their MEANINGS

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    This document lists 60 common idiomatic expressions in English and their meanings, including examples such as "put their heads together" which means to consult one another, "turn the tables" which means to reverse an action, and "add insult to injury" which means to make a bad situation worse.

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    IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS and their MEANINGS

    1. Put their heads together- consult one another


    2. Set one’s face against- resist strongly
    3. Take a breath- pause
    4. Turn the tables- reverse action
    5. Get wind of- hear some news
    6. Go a long way- be sufficient
    7. Bear in mind- remember
    8. Keep a person in the dark- conceal something from someone
    9. Touch bottom- be in adversity
    10. Lay up for a rainy day- save for future need
    11. Break the ice- to introduce a more informal lively tone
    12. Crack of doom- end of the world
    13. Elbow room- opportunity for freedom
    14. Forty winks- a nap or short sleep taken during the day
    15. Full of hot air- boastful and talkative
    16. Gift of gab- ability to speak eloquently
    17. Give you the willies- make you uneasy, restless, nervous
    18. Gyp someone- cheat someone
    19. Work hand-in-glove- connive with someone
    20. Easy on the eyes- attractive
    21. Eat humble pie – to be humiliated
    22. Eat one’s heart out- to feel envy, resentment or shame
    23. Fair and square- to do things honestly
    24. Feather one’s nest- to improve one’s financial condition at the expense of others
    25. Fit to be tied- wild with rage
    26. Get under one’s skin- to annoy one
    27. Squeeze blood from stone- to do the impossible
    28. Happy hunting- an expression wishing one success or happiness
    29. Hard as nails- physically tough, hard-headed, cruel
    30. Have a good heart on one’s shoulder- to be intelligent
    31. Break in- to accustom
    32. Bring home the bacon- succeed, win the top prize
    33. Bull session- informal discussion
    34. Burn the candle at both ends- spend excessively long hours in work or play without rest
    35. Career man- man who dedicates his life to one important field of activity
    36. Carry a torch for- suffer conspicuously from unreturned love
    37. Cast sheep’s eye at- look lovingly at
    38. Chip off the old block- an offspring who closely resembles his father
    39. Clean slate- un smeared record
    40. A lot of cheek- impertinent
    41. Pull the wool over one’s eyes- deceive one
    42. Pull one’s leg- tease one
    43. Put one’s best foot forward- behave on one’s best manner
    44. Rack one’s brains- concentrate deeply
    45. Catch one red handed- catch one at some wrong doing
    46. Live for- devote one’s life to
    47. Live within one’s means- not to spend more than one’s income
    48. Leave to oneself- to leave alone
    49. Let down – to disappoint or fail someone
    50. Put on airs- assume superiority
    51. Peter out- dwindle
    52. Put one’s foot in one’s mouth- make an embarrassing error
    53. Put one’s shoulder to the wheel- cooperate or work in concentration
    54. Bad apple- troublemaker
    55. Add insult to injury- do something to make a bad situation worse
    56. Better late than never- better to arrive late than not to come at all
    57. Under the weather- to feel sick
    58. Every cloud has a silver lining- good things come after bad things
    59. Give someone the cold shoulder- ignore someone
    60. Couch potato- lazy person who watches a great deal of television

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