Sunday, 1 April 2012

UFS201 1st Vocabulary Entry





List 20 Idioms and explain the meaning of each Idiom




1.       All In The Same Boat:
·         When everyone is facing the same challenges

2.       An Axe To Grind:
·         To have a dispute with someone

3.       Back To Square One:
·         Having to start all over again.

4.       Between A Rock And A Hard Place:
·         Stuck between two very bad options.

5.       Bite Your Tongue:
·         To avoid talking.

6.       Cup Of Joe:
·         A cup of coffee

7.       Chow Down:
·         To eat.

8.       Down To The Wire:
·         Something that ends at the last minute or last few seconds

9.       Dry Run:
·         Rehearsal.

10.    Elvis has left the building:
·         The show has come to an end. It's all over.

11.    Cock and Bull Story:
·         An unbelievable tale.

12.    Finding Your Feet:
·         To become more comfortable in whatever you are doing

13.    Fixed In Your Ways:
·         Not willing or wanting to change from your normal way of doing something.

14.    Get Your Walking Papers:
·         Get fired from a job.

15.    Great Minds Think Alike:
·         Intelligent people think like each other.

16.    He Lost His Head:
·         Angry and overcome by emotions.

17.    Joshing Me:
·         Tricking me.

18.    Keep An Eye On Him:
·         You should carefully watch him.

19.    Know the Ropes:
·         To understand the details.

20.    Mum's the word:
·         To keep quiet. To say nothing.

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