IDIOMS AND PHRASES 1

IDIOMS AND PHRASES 1

*A black sheep - A disreputable member
*To be blunt - To be rough

*To have an oar in another's boat - To meddle with the affairs of others

*Bona fide - Genuine
*To talk like a book – To talk in a well - informed manner

*To die in one's boots - To die a sudden death

*To bottle up - To restrain

*To call on : To pay a brief visit to

*To call for - To demand something.

*To eke out - To add/supplement

*Elbow room - Opportunity for freedom of action

*To entice away - To take away by false inducements

*A fish out of water - A person in uncomfortable surroundings or situations

*A queer-fish - A person of odd habits -
*A gentleman at large - A person without job
*To goad on - To urge forward

*To be good at - To be efficient in
*To take for granted - To presuppose as certainly true

*To grease the palm - To give bribe

*To be Greek - To be unintelligible

*Better half - Wife

*Off one's hands - No longer under one's responsible charge

*To be hard-boiled - Unfeeling
*To haul over the coals - To criticize a man
*To have a head on one's shoulders - To have brains or ability

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