SSC IDIOMS AND PHRASES-3

To  give  chapter  and  verse for  athing	To produce the proof of something
To beggars’ description	Beyond one’s power to describe adequately
To plough the sands	To busy oneself in a way which cannot lead to any profitableresult
Foar in the mouth	To be furious
To take umbrage	To be offended
Something up one’s sleeve	A secret plan
Adam’s ale	Water
To draw the long bow	To make and exaggerated statement
To fight to the bitter end	To carry on a contest regardless of consequences
Queer somebody’s pitch	Upset one’s plan
To make the grade	To come out successful
To be up and doing	To be actively engaged
To see eye to eye with	To agree
A jaundiced eye	prejudice
To see red	To find fault with
To rip up with old sores	To revive a quarrel which was almost forgotten
To carry off the bell	To bag the first position
To live in clover	To live in great comfort and luxury
Pin‐money	Allowance made to a lady for her expenses
Get down to brass tracks	Begin to talk in plain, straight forward terms
Spick and span	Neat and clean
To take the wind out ofanother’s sails	To anticipate another and to gain advantage over him
To carry the coal to Newcastle	To do unnecessary things
To turn the cover	To pass the crisis
A sop to Cerberus	Ransom to an enemy
To hit the nail on the head	To guess right
A baker’s dozen	Thirteen
To run amuck	To run about in frenzy
To look down one’s nose at	To regard with half‐hidden displeasure or contempt
Hard pressed	In difficulties
To be at one’s finger’s end	To be completely conversant with
To pull strings	To exert hidden influence
A green horn	An inexperienced man
To look sharp	To be quick
To pour oil in troubled water	To calm a quarrel with soothing words
To play on a fiddle	To be busy over trifles
To mind one’s P’s and Q’s	To be careful one one’s mind
To oil the knocker	To tip the office boy
To cut the crackle	To stop talking and start
To cool one’s heels	To be kept watching for sometime
By the rule of thumb	By practical experience which is rather rough
A fool’s errand	A useless undertaking
To put somebody in his place	To make him humble
To talk shop	To talk about business or professional affairs
To keep one’s head above eater	To keep out of debt
To live fast	To lead a life of dissipation
To hold a brief for	To defend someone
To pay off old scores	To harm someone because they have harmed you in the past
To take  a  leaf  out  of somebody’sbook	To take him as a model
To set he Thames on fire	To try to do the impossible
To cast the pearl before a swine	To offer someone a thing which he cannot appreciate
To bear the palm	To win

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