Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Next TOP 10 POPULAR IDIOMS.


  • to keep one's hair on- not to become angry.
-Despite severe provocation he kept his hair on.

  • to kick up a row- cause a disturbance.
-The students kicked up a row by demanding better conditions in the college canteen.

  • to be a law unto oneself- a person or things that is outside established laws.
-He never listen to anyone. He is a law unto himself.

  • to make a mountain out of a molehill- to make a trivial matter seem important.
-Sam failed in Exams by just 1 marks but his mother made a mountain out of a molehill by scolding him.

  • a slip of the tongue- a minor error in speaking.
- A slip of the tongue made me say Ram instead of Sam.

  • put in touch with-to cause or help someone to communicate with someone or something.
-Would you please put me in touch with the main office?

  • let the chips fall-to not worry about the effects of your actions.
-We just try to enforce the law fairly and let the chips fall where they may.

  • be on cloud nine-to be very happy.
-For a few days after I heard I'd got the job, I was on cloud nine.

  • root in- to start a plant growing roots in something.
- I tried to root the plants in sand, but they died. You have to root this kind of tree in very rich soil.

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