English With Pooja Rana

✅✅IDIOMS AND PHRASES

1. Rank and File – Ordinary People

2. By fits and starts – In short periods, not regularly

3. Between the devil and the deep sea – Between two dangers

4. Hit the nail on the head – Do or say the exact thing

5. To play ducks and drakes – To act foolishly or inconsistently

6. Like a cat on hot bricks – Very nervous

7. C**k and bull story – Made up a story that one should not believe

8. Put the cart before the horse – Put or do things in the wrong order

9. In the nick of time – Just at the last moment

10. Read between the lines – Understand the hidden meaning

✅Most common idioms

❗️She is a peach.
▪️She's sweet and helpful.

❗️He's full of beans.
▪️He's not telling the truth.

❗️It's not my cup of tea.
▪️I don't care for that.

❗️He's full of baloney.
▪️He doesn't know what he's talking about.

❗️It's just sour grapes.
▪️They have resentment.

❗️That's corny.
▪️It's sentimental, old, and not funny anymore.

❗️I'm in a pickle.
▪️I'm in a dilemma.

❗️He brings home the bacon.
▪️He brings home the family money.

❗️She's in a stew.
▪️She's upset.

❗️He's the top banana.
▪️He's the headman.

❗️He's the salt of the earth.
▪️He's a very good person.

❗️She's worth her salt.
▪️She's a valuable employee.

❗️They're two peas in a pod.
▪️If you see one you see the other.

❗️I'm nuts about you.
▪️I'm in love with you.

❗️It's a piece of cake.
▪️It's quite simple.

❗️You can't have your cake and eat it too.
▪️You can't use it and save it.

❗️He's a real ham.
▪️He's just an actor (a bad actor.)

❗️It's a hard nut to crack.
▪️It's a difficult problem to solve.

❗️He's a bad egg.
▪️He cannot be trusted.

❗️We need to break the ice.
▪️Everyone's a little tense - lets be friendly.

❗️We'll get a baker's dozen.
▪️We'll get 13 items (one extra.)

❗️He's got a finger in every pie.
▪️He has many deals going.

❗️You'll have to take potluck.
▪️Be happy with what we have on hand.