IDIOMS

 IDIOMS: Use these Idioms to make sentences

1.       Bark is worse than your bite: empty threats

2.       Black Sheep of the family: the odd one out in a family

3.       Bull in a China Shop: a clumsy person

4.       A leopard cannot change his spots: one cannot change his nature

5.       Crocodile tears: false tears

6.       Cry wolf: raise false alarm

7.       Eager Beaver: hardworking person

8.       Go to the dogs: get ruined

9.       Hold your horses: go slow or slowdown

10.   Make a mountain out of a molehill or To stir storm in a kettle: to exaggerate; to make something sound larger than it really is.

11.   Accidentally on purpose: to deliberately do something but make it appear accidental.

12.   Somebody’s Achilles heel: the only weak point in an otherwise perfect person

13.   Chalk and Cheese relationship: very different

14.   Comparing apples to oranges: false comparison

15.   Between the devil and the deep blue sea or Catch-22: No choice left

16.   Run like clockwork: when everything happens as per the schedule

17.   Blessing in disguise: an apparent curse that turns out to be good for you

18.   A tough act to follow: a feat that is very difficult to repeat

19.   There are too many chiefs and not enough Indians: too many people giving orders but none to follow them.

20.   Raining cats and dogs: heavy downpour or heavy rainfall.

21.   Square pegs in round holes: misfits

22.   Bee in your bonnet:to keep talking about something again and again because you think it is important;

23.   Cloak and Dagger: mysterious; "Cloak and dagger" is an English term sometimes used to refer to situations involving intrigue, secrecy, espionage, or mystery.

24.   Sitting duck: In a position where one can be easily hurt.

25.   Bats in your belfry: A crazy idea

26.   Wolf in a sheep’s clothing: Someone who looks harmless but may actually be very dangerous

27.   Straight from the horse’s mouth: from the original source or get some news directly from the person concerned.

28.   Ace up your sleeve: a secret advantage.

29.   Kill two birds with one stone: To accomplish two deeds with one action

30.   Smell a rat: To be suspicious or get a feeling that something is wrong

31.   Get a pink slip: to lose your job

32.   Green thumb: to have a talent for gardening

33.   Once in a blue moon: Very rarely

34.   Out of the clear blue sky: Without any warning

35.   Red carpet treatment: Special treatment given to someone conveying honour and respect.

36.   Red herring: Anything that misleads you

37.   Show your true colours: To show what you really are

38.   Eat your hat: Saying that you will do something impossible if your words are proven wrong.

39.   Feather in your cap: a great achievement

40.   Goody two shoes:  of those who think they are perfect.