1)To
keeps ones head – To keep calm
2)To
read between the line – To grasp the hidden meaning
3)Raise
ones brow – Surprise
4)Bring
to pass – Cause to happen
5)Through
thick and thin – Under all conditions
6)Maiden
speech – First speech
7)Out
and out – Thoroughly
8)After
ones own heart – To ones own liking
9)Bull
market – Prices rising
10)Three
score – Three times twenty
11)
Bottom line – The essential point
12)
Back up – Support
13)
In black and white – In writing
14)
All at once – Suddenly
15)
Tide over – Overcome
16)
Dilly daily – Waste time
17)
Red letter day – A memorable day
18)
At a stretch – Without break
19)
Bag and baggage – Leaving nothing behind
20)
Hard and fast – Fixed
21)
Cats and dogs – Heavy
22)
Beggar description – Indescribable
23)
Dogs day – Hot weather
24)
Soft soap – Flatter for self motives
25) A
speech full of too many words – A verbose speech
26) A
slow coach – A dull fellow
27)
Hold water – Bear examination
28)
By fits and starts – Irregularly
29)
Get rid of – To be free from
30)
Tooth and nail - Strongly
31)
In a body – Together
32)
Silver lining – Hope
33)
Dead letter – Law not in force
34)
Looked into – Investigate
35) A
green horn – An inexperience man
36)
Capital punishment – Death penalty
37)
Black sheep – A wicked man
38)
For good – Permanently
39)
Few and far between – Rarely
40)
By and lar41) A
bolt from the blue – An unexpected calamity
42)
Crocodile tears – Heartless men and women
43) A
snake in the grass – A hidden enemy
44) A
dark horse – An unknown person
45)
Blue blood – Noble birth
46)
Kith and kin – Blood relation
47)
Pros and cons – Good and bad
48)
Burning question – A hotly discussed question
49)
Make good – Compensation
50)
At daggers drawn – On the point of fightingge - Mostly
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