GyanCentral - The hub for engineering and law students - IIT-JEE, AIEEE, BITSAT, CLAT, AILET - 2012: Idioms and phrases Sep 2nd 2012, 05:47 GyanCentral - The hub for engineering and law students - IIT-JEE, AIEEE, BITSAT, CLAT, AILET - 2012 | The most comprehensive career education and test preparation forums in india. | | Idioms and phrases Sep 2nd 2012, 05:15 Idioms And Phrases for CLAT 1. Reading between the lines-Understanding the sense rather than the actual words 2. By fits and starts-Irregularly 3. Put up with-Tolerate 4. Talking through his hat-Talking nonsense 5. Go through fire and water-Undergo any risk 6. Ran riot-Acted without restraint 7. Give in-Yield 8. Cheek by jowl-Very near 9. Gave the game away-Gave out the secret 10. Turn an honest penny-Make a legitimate living 11. To be at one's wits end-To be sorely perplexed 12. To be on the horns of a dilemma-To be in a fix 13. To be under a cloud-To be in disgrace 14. To beat a retreat-To withdraw 15. To break the ice-To overcome initial awkwardness 16. A pipe dream-An impracticable plan 17. To get into hot waters-To get into trouble 18. Something up one's sleeve-A secret plan 19. To catch a Tartar-To deal with a person who is more than one's match 20. To have a dig at-To criticise someone 21. To be at sea-To be perplexed 22. To keep the pot boiling-To maintain interest 23. Red letter day-A happy and memorable day 24. Makes one's hair stand on end-Frightens one 25. Took to heels-Ran away 26. Called forth-Evoked 27. To put one on one's mettle-Rouse one to do one's best, to put one's courage to test. 28. Red rag to a ball-To infuriate 29. Out of sorts-Indisposed 30. Won laurels-Acquired distinction 31. Lost his grip-Lost control 32. To blow hot and cold-To be inconsistent 33. To hit the jackpot-To make money unexpectedly 34. To put the cart before the horse-To reverse the natural order of things 35. All and sundry-Everyone without distinction 36. Sea of humanity-Too many people 37. Rude shock-Sudden grief 38. Master stroke-deft handling 39. Set back-Loss of face 40. Waterloo-End of the career 41. Fiasco-Nothing came out of it 42. Farce-Ridiculous PLEASE READ IT AND IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS DO REPLY!! | | | | |
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