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Arrow plz tell meaning of these idioms

salam to all , plz seniors tell the meaning of the following idioms and also use in sentences:

1. To give a good dressing down
2. All over the show
3. To swallow the camel and strain at the gnat
4. To take for a ride
5. To be taken in
6. To get into one's stride
7. Up to the mark
8. The gift of the gab
9. A raw deal
10. A tall order
11. To get in the neck
12. To be in the doldrums
13. To rip up old scores
14. off the mark
14. Pierce through
16. pull together
17. A straight fight
18. To egg on
19. To fall through
20. To fight shy of
21 To come to grief
22. To drop a brick
23. To pull one's socks up
24. to mind one's own business
25. to clinch the matter
26. to read between the lines
27. to swallow an insult
28. time and again
29. catch the fancy of
30.to fish in troubled waters
31. to let sleeping dogs lie
32. a bolt from the blue
33. to grease the palm of
34. to take by storm
35. a sword of damocles
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Dress someone down
Meaning: To bawl someone out; to give someone a good scolding.
Sentence: The drill sergeant dressed down the entire squadron for failing inspection.

All over the show
Meaning: If something is all over the show, it's in a complete mess.
Sentence: Pakistani intelligence is all over the show after Abbotabad operation.

To swallow the camel and strain at the gnat
Meaning: argue about all sorts of trivialities (but fail to question serious matters)
Sentence: There wasn’t much point straining at procedural gnats, having swallowed the substantial camel of signing a no-strike agreement.

To take for a ride
Meaning: to deceive someone.
Sentence: You really took those people for a ride. They really believed you. I was taken fora ride on this matter.

To get into one's stride
Meaning: to reach one's most efficient and productive rate of doing something.
Sentence: When I get into my stride, I'll be more efficient. Amy will be more efficient when she gets into her stride.

The gift of the gab
Meaning: an ability to speak easily and confidently and to persuade people to do what you want
Sentence: An Irishman, he had the gift of the gab. You might hate what he said but you had to listen.

A raw deal
Meaning: an instance of unfair or bad treatment.
Sentence: I bought a used TV that worked for two days and then quit. I sure got a raw deal.

A tall order
Meaning: a request that is difficult to fulfill.
Sentence: Well, it's a tall order, but I'll do it.

To get in the neck
Meaning (sl): to receive trouble or punishment.
Sentence: You are going to get it in the neck if you are not home on time.

To be in the doldrums
Meaning: not very successful and nothing new is happening in it
(The doldrums was the name for an area of sea where ships were not able to move because there was no wind.)
Sentence: High-street spending remains in the doldrums and retailers do not expect an imminent recovery.

off the mark
Meaning: not quite exactly right.
Sentence: Her answer was a little off the mark.

Pierce through
Meaning: to poke through something; to penetrate something.
Sentence: He pierced through the meat with a fork and then put it in a spicy marinade.

pull together
Meaning: to organize something; to arrange something.
Sentence: How about a party? I'll see if I can pull something together for Friday night.

To egg on
Meaning: to encourage, urge, or dare someone to continue doing something, usually something unwise.
Sentence: The two boys kept throwing stones because the other children were egging them on.

To fall through
Meaning: to fail.
Sentence: I hope our plans don't fall through.

To fight shy of
Meaning: to try to avoid something
Sentence: Ellen fights shy of parties - she hates crowds.

To come to grief
Meaning: to experience something unpleasant or damaging.
Sentence: In the end, he came to grief because he did not follow instructions.

To drop a brick
Meaning: to announce shocking or startling news.
Sentence: They really dropped a brick when they told her the cause of her illness.

To pull one's socks up
Meaning: to make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not good enough
Sentence: He's going to have to pull his socks up if he wants to stay in the team

to mind one's own business
Meaning: Stop prying into my affairs.
Sentence: This is none of your affair. Mind your own business.

to read between the lines
Meaning: to infer something (from something else); to try to understand what is meant by something that is not written explicitly or openly.
Sentence: Don't believe every thing you read literally. Learn to read between the lines.

time and again
Meaning: very often
Sentence: Time and again I have had to remind my son to study before going out with his friends.

to fish in troubled waters
Meaning: to involve oneself in a difficult, confused, or dangerous situation, especially with a view to gaining an advantage.
Sentence: The company could make more money by selling armaments abroad, but they would be fishing in troubled waters.

to let sleeping dogs lie
Meaning: Do not instigate trouble.; Leave something alone if it might cause trouble.
Sentence: I thought I would ask Aslam if he wanted me to pay her back right away, but then I decided to let sleeping dogs lie.

a bolt from the blue
Meaning: something that you do not expect to happen and that surprises you very much
Sentence: The news that they had got married was a bolt from the blue.

to grease the palm of
Meaning: to bribe someone.
Sentence: If you want to get something done around here, you have to grease someone's palm.

to take by storm
Meaning: to conquer someone or something in a fury.
Sentence: The army took city after city by storm.

a sword of Damocles
Meaning: Constant threat; imminent peril:
Sentence: The Latin American debt, overhanging American banks like the sword of Damocles.
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Arrow plz dear solve idioms, meaning also use in sentences

Dear plz solve these idioms , their meaning and also use in sentences

A skeleton in the cupboard
To monkey with
to talk through one's hat
bag of bones
hotchpotch
out and out
figure head
underhand
honourable mention
topsy-turvy
old bird
zig-zag
small fry
a chip on the shoulder
rub shoulders with
immanent
a good samaritan
look askance (at)
between scylla and charybdis
to swallow the camel and strain at the gnat
to sound the alarm
to beat the drum
it never rains but it pours
penny wise, pound foolish
waste not, want not
to put up with
to be taken in
to get into one's stride
to get in the neck
to be in the doldrums
to rip up old scores
pretensions
off the mark
to set forth
pull together
streamline
a straight fight
to lose one's head
to make headway
to clinch the matter
to read between the lines
to swallow an insult
on the threshold
catch the fancy of
in a nutshell
to fish in troubled waters
to let sleeping dogs lie
a bolt from the blue
to grease the palm of
to take by storm
to rest on one's larurels
an oily tongue
a sword of damocles
a sad dog
a rope of sand
a broken reed
to end in smoke
red tape
yeomen's service
to turn over a new leaf
a brown study
to run in the blood
a crown of wild olive
out of character, to be in the one's elements
in good time
ab initio
alter ego
mala fide
to iron something out
neck or nothing
behind the scenes
turn away
no laughing matter
more or less
an open mind
a matter of opinion
rattle through
patch up
swan song
part company with
fluctuate
vibrate
impatient
modest
moderate
a whitle elephant
fight tooth and nail
at a stone's throw
a lion's share
beat about the bush
carry the day
a rolling stone
make both ends meet
beat black and blue
pocket an insult
give away
put down
put off
out of character
collect call
in common with
in toto
ex-parte
to run through
in good time
the olive branch
to keep one's weather eye open
the weather vane
shallow
to make amends
to be in a rut
the sixth sense
an uphill task
to build castles in the air
to swim against the current
a bolt from the blue
a thorn in the flesh
of no avail
to fall flat
against one's grain
behind the scenes
a blind alley
to make away with
to call off
in good time
to be at cross purposes
viva voce
on the horns of dilemma
the loaves and fishes of office
a laconic speech
a broken reed
go give one the sack
to give up the ghost
to keep the wolf from the door
to pull a long face
an oily tongue
jaundiced eye
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1- A skeleton in the cupboard:
Meaning: a past event or fact which is kept secret ( usually something embarrassing or shameful)
Sentence: An ideal leader must have an immaculate past record, but most people have a skeleton in the cupboard somewhere ..

2- To monkey with:
Meaning: to bother or interfere with someone or something
Sentence: Come on, don't monkey with my new camera. Don't mess with me unless you want trouble.

3- To talk through one's hat
Meaning: talk foolishly or ignorantly
Sentence: What he said was nonsense. He was talking through his hat again ..

4- Bag of bones
Meaning: an extremely skinny person or animal with bones showing.
Sentence: She has lost so much weight that she's turning into a bag of bones ..


5- Hotchpotch
Meaning: A jumbled or confused mixture, a motley assortment of things
Sentence: A badly written essay contains hotchpotch errors ..

6- Out and out
Meaning: Complete, thoroughgoing
Sentence: To claim that one doesn't lie at all is an out and out lie ..

7- Figure head
Meaning: A person given a position of nominal leadership but having no actual authority.
Sentence: Ban Ki Moon is no more than a figurehead in the UNO ..

8- Underhand
Meaning: Marked by or done in a deceptive, secret, or sly manner; dishonest and sneaky.
Sentence: India claims that Pakistan is sponsoring terrorists with an underhand movement ..

9- Honourable mention
Meaning: A citation to one who has performed well in a competition but has not been awarded a prize.
Sentence: The top most student gained much popularity, while the other position holders remained honourable mentions ..

10- Topsy-turvy
Meaning: With the top downward and the bottom up; upside-down.
Sentence: The fight against terrorism has turned the ordered lives of our people topsy-turvy ..

11- Zig-zag
Meaning: Having short sharp turns or angles, not straight or aligned.
Sentence: Its hard to drive on a zig zag road.

12- Small fry
Meaning: Persons or things regarded as unimportant.
Sentence: Government regards family business as small fry, no matter how significant they are for economy ..

13- Rub shoulders with
Meaning: to meet or be with someone socially
Sentence: The conference offered a chance for business people to rub shoulders with business people from other countries.

14- Immanent
Meaning: Existing or remaining within; inherent
Sentence: Belief in God is immanent in humans.

15- A good samaritan
Meaning: someone who tries to help people who have problems
Sentence: He's such a good samaritan. He used to help others in finding idioms ..

16- Look askance (at)
Meaning: To be surprised or shocked at someone or something.
Sentence: The teacher looked askance at the student who had acted so rudely.

17- Between scylla and charybdis
Meaning: In a position where avoidance of one danger exposes one to another danger.
Sentence: Pakistan is between scylla and charybdis in the war against terrorism. If the U.S leaves Afghanistan, Pakistan will have to fight alone.

18- To sound the alarm
Meaning: To notify or let someone know about something
Sentence: The recent petrol price hike clearly sounds the alarm of higher inflation.

19- To put up with
Meaning: To tolerate
Sentence: I can't put up with my neighbour's noise any longer, its driving me mad.

20- To strain at the gnat and swallow a camel
Meaning: make a big to-do out of the little things and let the big things escape.
Sentence: Often social injustice is done when the people strain at the gnat and swallow a camel.


Enough for now ..
Will find others as well InshaAllah ..
Corrections will be appreciated ..

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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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Salam to all friends , can any one tell me these idioms Waiting for your reply.

their meaning in urdu or english and use in sentences:
  1. To give a good dressing down
  2. old bird
  3. a chip on the shoulder
  4. to sound the alarm
  5. to beat the drum
  6. penny wise, pound foolish
  7. wast not, want not
  8. to take for a ride
  9. tp get into one's stride
  10. a raw deal
  11. a tall order
  12. to get in the neck
  13. to rip up old scores
  14. pretensions
  15. off the mark
  16. pierce through
  17. streamline
  18. a straight fight
  19. to fight shy of
  20. to drop a brick
  21. to pull one's socks up
  22. to mind one's own business
  23. to clinch the matter
  24. to swallow an insult
  25. time and again
  26. on the threshold
  27. catch the fancy of
  28. in a nutshell
  29. to let sleeping dogs lie
  30. a sad dog
  31. a rope of sand
  32. yeoman's service
  33. a crown of wild olive
  34. ab initio
  35. Mala fide
  36. Neck or nothing
  37. no laughing matter
  38. more or less
  39. an open mind
  40. a matter of opinion
  41. rattle through
  42. patch up
  43. part company with
  44. a collect call
  45. in common with
  46. in toto
  47. ex-parte
  48. to run through
  49. The olive branch
  50. keep one's weather eye open
  51. the weather vane
  52. to be in a rut
  53. the sixth sense
  54. to swim against the current
  55. a thorn in the flesh
  56. of no avail
  57. to fall flat
  58. against one's grain
  59. a blind alley
  60. to make away with
  61. viva voce
  62. the loaes and fishes of office
  63. a laconic speech

i think no any senior member is ready to answer my question. waiting

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a chip on the shoulder: (A perceived grievance or sense of inferiority.) "He was a man with a chip on his shoulder. Everyone seemed in a conspiracy to slight or injure him."

to sound the alarm (If you raise the alarm or sound the alarm, you warn people of danger. ) His family raised the alarm when he had not come home by 9pm.

to beat the drum (: to proclaim as meritorious or significant : publicize vigorously )


a raw deal (an instance of unfair or bad treatment) Mary got a raw deal on her traffic ticket. She was innocent, but she had to pay a big fine.

a tall order (a request that is difficult to fulfill.)That's a tall order. Do you think anyone can do it? Well, it's a tall order, but I'll do it.


I've collected these idioms from Google. You can get most of the idioms from
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Red face what is the meaning of "going to have to"

like in this sentence "You're going to have to pull your socks up."
going to & have to are used separately and have definite meanings but what does it mean when we say "going to have to"?
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i think kisi ko yeh Idioms nahi aty hain, kiya CSSforum par koi b aisa nhi jis ko yeh idioms aty hon????

ya phir Seniors are not ready for help me?????
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