Idioms test14

1. The actress took cue from her brother and became successful.

2. We wanted the gift to be a surprise for my mother, but my sister gave the game away.

3. Let us have a heart to heart talk to solve this problem.

4. His speech fell short on the audience.

5. He put across his ideas to the Minister.

6. George and I are neighbours, but we don’t see eye to eye with each other.

7. The question of unemployment is a hard nut to crack.

8. The rat race among the leaders is revolting.

9. People were dropping like flies in the intense heat.

10. He knows the ins and outs of the case.

11. The news of the President's death spread like wild fire.

12. Negative arguments generally end up in smoke when team members sit together to discuss important strategies.

13. When my friend was in Kolkata, he ran into an old friend at the theatre.

14. Going abroad for a holiday was out of the question.

15. to eat a humble pie

16. to break the ice

17. not my cup of tea

18. to have second thoughts

19. Sarala is always ready to eat anyone’s salt.

20. He will certainly come to grief if he does not leave his present friends.

21. If you develop friendship with an individual you must stand by him through thick and thin.

22. Nowadays, one gets good literary books once in a blue moon.

23. He decided to bury the hatchet.

24. Reena is a kind of person who wears her heart on her sleeve.

25. I hope to talk him over to our view.

26. Fresh out of college, Ram found it difficult to get a job as he was wet behind the ears.

27. The officer kicked up a row over the issue.

28. “If he does not perform his duties properly, I will send him packing,” said the manager.

29. to foam at one’s mouth

30. to feel like a fish out of water