Top 50 Idiom And Phrase for SSC CGL
Choose the alternatives which best expresses the meaning of the given Idiom / Phrase.
1. To fish in in troubled waters
Ans : To try to gain advantages from a disturbed state.
2. A lion's share
Ans : A large part
3. To turn one's back on
Ans : To avoid
4. To take to one's heels
Ans : Run away
5. To bite the dust
Ans :
6. A bolt from the blue
Ans : An unexpected event
7. Has an axe to grind
Ans : Has a private agenda
8. Drew a blank
Ans : did not find him
9. To go against the tide
Ans : To oppose the majority
10. To pick a hole in my coat
Ans : To find fault with me
11. On tenterhooks
Ans : Waiting nervously for the outcome
12. In black and white
Ans : In writing
13. Mind one's own business
Meaning :
Not to interfere in the affairs of others
14. To grease the palm
Meaning :
To offer bribe
15. At daggers drawn
Meaning :
Bitter enemies
16. To strain every nerve
Meaning :
to make utmost efforts
17. To flog a dead horse
Meaning :
Waste one's efforts
18. To feather one's nest
Meaning :
To profit in a dishonest way
19. Paying through the nose
Meaning :
Paying too much
20. Egged you on
Meaning :
Urged
21. Out of the woods
Meaning :
To be out of a danger
22. Burnt his fingers
Meaning :
Got himself into trouble
23. Crying for the moon
Meaning :
Wishing for something impossible
24. To the core
Meaning
Completely
25. A wolf in sheep's clothing
Meaning
A wicked man who pretends to be good
26. Gift of the gab
Meaning
Talent for speaking
27. Kicked the bucket
Meaning
Died
28. A black sheep
Meaning
A mean fellow
29. A small fry
Meaning
Unimportant
30.Get a feel or the pulse of
Meaning
Know the exact feeling and attitude of
31. Go to the dogs
Meaning
Get ruined
32. The apple of one's eye
Meaning
Very dear
33. Stand on his feet
Meaning
To be independent
34. Bone of contention
Meaning
A subject of dispute
35. Turned a deaf ear
Meaning
Paid no heed
36. To take the bull by the horns
Meaning
to face danger
37. Child's play
Meaning
something very easily done
38. At full pelt
Meaning
As fast a possible
39. A standstill
Meaning
Complete halt
40. Crossed swords
Meaning
Disagreed
41. To make both ends meet
Meaning
To live within one's income
42. A square deal
Meaning
A fair bargain
43. To cut a sorry figure
Meaning
To create a bad impression
44. In lieu of
Meaning
Instead of
45. Put out
Meaning
To extinguish
46. To make out
Meaning
To understand
47. Throw cold water upon
Meaning
Discourage a plan
48. End in smoke
Meaning
To end in nothing
49. To build castles in the air
Meaning
To indulge in day-dreaming
50. To catch forty winks
Meaning
To have a short sleep
51. At random
Meaning
Without a definite aim
52. To make a clean breast of
Meaning
To confess one's guilt
53. To keep the wolf from the door
Meaning
Escape starvation
54. Sailing in the same boat
Meaning
Being in the same difficult situation
55. A bolt from the blue
Meaning
Unexpected
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