IDIOMS AND PHRASES 2

IDIOMS AND PHRASES 2

*High time - Proper time .
*To be off the hinges - To be in a state of confusion.
*To pull or draw in one's horns - To restrain one’s eagerness

*Small hours - The hours from 1 to 4 am.
*To bring dawn the house - To evoke very loud applause in a place of entertainment

*To cry from the house top - To announce in most public manner

*To be ill at ease - To be disturbed in mind

*Inure to - Accustomed to

*To have a jaundiced eye - To be prejudiced

*Worth of a Jew's eye- Something of high value

*To know the ropes - To understand the details of any matter as a sailor does his rigging

*To knuckle under - To submit
*A laconic speech - A short pithy speech
*To die in the last ditch - To fight to the bitter end
*To leap in the dark - To do an act of which we cannot foresee the consequences

*To do one's level best - To do one's utmost

*Liable for - Responsible for

*In lieu of - In place of
*To feel like - To be disposed to do anything
*To look like - To appear similar to

*In the limelight - In the full glare of publicity
*A lion in the way - A danger to be met and over come

*To long after / for - To desire
*To look forward to - To expect with pleasure
*To look into - To search for

*Lull -before the storm - Apparent outward calm before some violent event

*To mark time - To wait for the proper opportunity

*see through a mile stone - To see far into /through difficult questions

*To make a move - To propose
*To music upon - To think deeply about

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