Most Important IDIOMS & PHRASES For SSC CHSL / SSC MTS
Ques.1. A night owl
Ans. A person who prefers to be awake late at night
Ques.2. At your beck and call
Ans. To have absolute control over someone
Ques.3. Bag and baggage
Ans. With all belongings
Ques.4. Bed of roses
Ans. A pleasant condition of life
Ques.5. After one’s own heart
Ans. Having likes and dislikes similar to one’s own
Ques.6. The whys and wherefores
Ans. Underlying reason
Ques.7. To call in question
Ans. Challenge
Ques.8. In dire straits
Ans. Very bad situation
Ques.9. Steal someone’s thunder
Ans. To take the credit for something someone else did
Ques.10. Flash in the pan
Ans. Something that looks promising in the beginning but fails to deliver anything in the end
Ques.11. Go the extra mile
Ans. Do much more than required
Ques.12. Get the picture
Ans. To understand what’s happening
Ques.13. An axe to grind
Ans. Personal and selfish reason
Ques.14. Light at the end of tunne
Ans. Something that signals the end of a difficult situation
Ques.15. Fit as a fiddle
Ans. In good health
Ques.16. Take it with a grain of salt
Ans. To understand that something is likely to be untrue
Ques.17. Wild goose chase
Ans. To do something pointless
Ques.18. Blow one’s own trumpet
Ans. To praise oneself
Ques.19. Add fuel to the flames
Ans. Making a bad situation even worse
Ques.20. To put a spoke in one’s wheel
Ans. To thwart someone in execution of one’s design
Ques.21. Hang in there
Ans. Don’t give up
Ques.22. Bite off more than you can chew
Ans. Take on a task that you cannot finish
Ques.23. Lose your marbles
Ans. To become insane
Ques.24. To be in the doldrums
Ans. To be in low and dull spirits
Ques.25. The best thing since sliced bread
Ans. A really good invention
Ques.26. A herculean task
Ans. A tough job
Ques.27. Bounce something off someone
Ans. Discuss ideas with someone to get their views
Ques.28. Raining cats and dogs
Ans. A very heavy downpour
Ques.29. Level playing field
Ans. A fair competition
Ques.30. An arm and a leg
Ans. Very expensive
Ques.31. In the blink of an eye
Ans. Happen fast and instantaneously
Ques.32. Rain on someone’s parade
Ans. To spoil and ruin a happy moment
Ques.33. Miss the boat
Ans. Fail to take advantage of an opportunity
Ques.34. Bone to pick
Ans. Having a complaint that needs to be discussed
Ques.35. . Hit the sack
Ans. To go to bed in order to sleep
Ques.36. Out of the woods
Ans. Not in danger
Ques.37. On the ball
Ans. Aware of any changes or developments and quick to react to them
Ques.38. Gate-crasher
Ans. A person who enters an event without any invitation
Ques.39. Bear a grudge
Ans. To feel angry against somebody for a past incident
Ques.40. Beside oneself
Ans. Feeling overwhelming fear or worry
Ques.41. Risk life and limb
Ans. In danger of death or serious injury
Ques.42. Throw caution to the wind
Ans. Ignore the risk
Ques.43. Lay hands on
Ans. To touch or grasp someone, often with the threat of violence
Ques.44. To succeed in competitive exams is not an easy task
Ans. child’s play
Ques.45. Snake in the grass
Ans. Treacherous person
Ques.46. Wrangle for an ass’s shadow
Ans. Argue over petty issues
Ques.47. Bury the hatchet
Ans. To end a quarrel
Ques.48. Chew someone out
Ans. To scold someone
Ques.49. The pot calling the kettle black
Ans. People are guilty of the very fault they identify in others
Ques.50. Explore all avenues
Ans. Try out every possibility to get a result
Ques.51. Spinning one’s wheels
Ans. To make a lot of effort without achieving anything
Ques.51. Grease someone’s palm
Ans. To bribe one discreetly
Ques.52. A man of means
Ans. A wealthy man with lots of money and assets
Ques.53. Done for
Ans. Ruined
Ques.54. Called for
Ans. To require somethin
Ques.55. It takes two to tango
Ans. A conflict where both people are at fault
Ques.56. Back to square one
Ans. Having to start all over again
Ques.57. Spill the beans
Ans. Tell something that should be kept secret
Ques.58. Fish out of water
Ans. Not feeling comfortable in a new environment
Ques.59. Sow wild oats
Ans. Engaging in rebelliousness or promiscuity
Ques.60. Let the cat out of the bag
Ans. To reveal a secret accidentally
Ques.61. Pull yourself together
Ans. Calm down
Ques.62. Face the music
Ans. To face the unpleasant consequences of one’s actions
Ques.63. Royal road
Ans.Achieving something trouble free
Ques.64. Public enemy number one
Ans. Someone who is the greatest threat to a group or community
Ques.65. Silver tongue
Ans. Speaking with an eloquent expression to convince people
Ques.66. Where the shoe pinches
Ans. Where the difficulty lies
Ques.67. In the fast lane
Ans. In great excitement
Ques.68. Penny wise and pound foolish
Ans. Careful in trivial matters but wasteful in large
Ques.69. Blaze the trail
Ans. Be first to do something important
Ques.70. Spick and span
Ans. To be neat and clean
Ques.71. Keep a straight face
Ans. Look serious though you want to laugh
Ques.72. At the drop of a hat
Ans. Do something immediately without hesitation
Ques.73. A vicious cycle
Ans. When one problem causes another problem
Ques.74. Be riding high
Ans. To be very successful
Ques.75. . Will-o-the-wisp
Ans. An unrealistic or unattainable goal
Ques.76. Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t
Ans. It is easier to be in a known bad situation than being in an unknown worse situation
Ques.77. Like oil and water
Ans. Two people who are different from each other
Ques.78. White elephant
Ans. Something that costs a lot of money but has no useful purpose
Ques.79. Has bigger fish to fry
Ans. Has more important work to do
Ques.80. A cakewalk
Ans. An easy task or victory
Ques.81. Be in seventh heaven
Ans. To be extremely happy
Ques.82. Taste of your own medicine
Ans. Have the same bad treatment that you have given to others
Ques.83. To go through fire and water
Ans. To face many challenges
Ques.84. Forty winks
Ans. To take a short nap
Ques.85. A Penelope’s web
Ans. An endless job
Ques.86. Once in a blue moon
Ans. Very rarely
Ques.87. Have your heart in your mouth
Ans. Feeling extremely nervous
Ques.88. Head over heels
Ans. To be madly in love
Ques.89. A chip on one’s shoulder
Ans. An attitude that leads one to become easily angered
Ques.90. Pour out one’s heart
Ans. To express openly
Ques.91. A slap on the wrist
Ans. A small punishment
Ques.92. Armed to the teeth
Ans. Carrying a lot of weapons
Ques.93. In the long run
Ans. In the end
Ques.94. On the fence
Ans. Halting between two options
Ques.95. To add fuel to fire
Ans. To make a bad situation worse
Ques.96. Wear your heart on your sleeve
Ans. Expressing emotions very openly
Ques.97. Up a creek without a paddle
Ans. In a troublesome and serious situation
Ques.98. Get a second wind
Ans. Have renewed energy after having been tired
Ques.99. at the last minute
Ans. at the eleventh hour
Ques.100. An ox on their tongue
Ans. Bribed to remain silent
