A White elephant: (too costly to be worth maintaining)
This old car ia a white elephant for a poor man.

A brown study: (state of mental absorption)
He did not make an answer to me, as he was engaged in a brown study.

An oily Tongue:
Beware of the oily tongue of your new friend.

The Swan Song: (last work of person)
This poem was the swan song of Iqbal.

Red Tape: (official delay)
I could not get the new job because there is too much red tape involved in it.

At a stone’s throw: (small distance)
Our college is situated at a stone’s throw from the bus stop.

A bolt from the blue: (sudden calamity)
The news of his son’s death in the car accident was a bolt from the blue for him.

At cross Purposes: (different opinion)
He is at cross purposes with his father on the issue of his marriage.

In one’s elements: (to be in agreeable circumstances)
Our players of cricket team were in their elements in this world cup.

Ended in Smoke: (to fail)
All his efforts to start a business ended in smoke.

To fight tooth and nail: (to fight persistently)
We should fight tooth and nail for our rights.

Rest on one’s Laurels:
Quaid-e-Azam never rested on his own laurels but always struggled hard for the welfare of the Muslims.

To Carry the day: (to win)
Our cricket team carried the day in West Indies.

To fall flat: (to produce no effect)
My advice fall flat on his ears.

To give one the sack: (to dismiss)
The boss gave his manager the sack on his poor performance.

To make headway: (to make progress)
Pakistan is making headway in the field of information technology.

To turn over a new leaf: (better change)
I am glad that you have turned over a new leaf after the death of your father.

To pull a long face: (to look serious)
He pulled a long face at his insult in the meeting.

To take by storm:
Her beautiful song took the audience by storm.

To pocket an insult: (to bear insult)
His friend abused him and he pocketed the insult.

To be in the doldrums: (to be in low spirits)
He was in the doldrums at his failure when she refused to marry him.

The sword of Damocles: (in dangerous situtaion)
The sword of Damocles has been hanging over me since I discovered that I have cancer.

A jaundiced eye: (prejudiced eye)
Every thing appears yellow to the jaundiced eye.

Behind the scenes: (Secret influence)
Do not feel happy at your success because you do not know what is going on behind the scenes.

A broken reed: (support which is sure to fail)
Your new friend is a broken reed. You should not depend much upon him.

To iron out the difficulties: (to remove difficulties by friendly discussion)
Let Pakistan and India iron out their difficulties over the Kashmir problem.

To grease the palms of a person:
He greased the palms of a policeman and got his work done.

To give up the ghost: (to die)
His father gave up the ghost in the hospital.

In good time:
Rains came in good time and we had good crops last year.

Be taken in: (to be deceived)
The poor villager was taken in by the person who promised to double his money.

Black and blue:
Those days are gone when teachers used to beat their pupils black and blue.

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