No written communication is complete without an idiom thrown in appropriately to make the writing interesting or effective.Given below are list of top 20 idioms with meanings and phrases.
- to be one's age- not to be childish.
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The mother told her son to be his age and not demand an ice-cream in the barber's shop.
- to be badly off- to be in poor position financially.
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I couldn't afford to go to college because my family was badly off.
- to take one's breath away- surprise one.
-The magnificent beauty of the Taj Mahal took my breath away.
- to carry one's point-to convince people to accept one's argument.
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Despite severe opposition from the members attending the meeting, Sam carried his point.
- to come to grips with- to deal with a problem.
-He came to grips with the reality of the situation only after the ultimely death of his father.
- to fans the flames- to make (one's emotions) fiercer.
-The child's mischief merely fanned the flames of it's father anger.
- to go downhill- to decline ; to deteriorate.
-Mumbai was once a clean city but now it is going downhill.
- to go up in smoke- to result in failure.
-All his plans for the future went up in smoke when his miserable SSC result came out.- a close shave- a narrow escape from an accident.
-His encounter with a snake was a close shave, indeed.
- in a person's good graces- regarded favorably and with kindness by.
- Sam is not in the good graces of his teacher because of his mischievous ways.
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