Ideams inter part 2 important

A

• Alpha and omega: Allah Almighty is alpha and omega.
• A.B.C: Everybody should know the A.B.C of economics.
• An open secret: It is an open secret that some political parties have been weakening the country for many years. 
• After ones own heart: He married after his owns heart.
• Apple of ones eyes: He is an apple of his father's eyes.
• Apple of discord: Sometimes the property becomes an apple of discord among the brothers.
• A bed of roses: Modern day scientific inventions have made our life a bed of roses.
• Animal spirit: Students display animal spirit in the recess.
• Above board: Her love for me is above board.
• A close fisted: Her father being a close fisted man does not give any money to his son.
• A fish out of water: He is like a fish out of water
• A jail (goal ; alternative) bird: One of the most notorious jail birds El Pacho escaped from the Jail last night.
• A man of letter: He is a famous man of letters in our city.
• A narrow escape: We had a narrow escape from fatal accident yesterday.
• A wild goose chase(fruitless effort): His attempt to win the scholarship proved to be a wild goose chase.
• A bird's eye view: We had a bird's eye view of the whole city from the top of the tower.
• A red letter day: Eid-ul-Fitr is a red letter day for all of us.
• A rainy day: You should put aside some money for a rainy day.
• A white elephant: Metro bus project has become a white elephant for the Government.
• All and sundry: He invited all and sundry in the party.
• Add fuel to fire: His fiery speech added fuel to fire and the mob ignited everything.
• Add insult to injury: His remarks added insult to injury and situation became grave.
• At arm's length: He always keeps his lazy class fellows at arm's length.
• At a stone's throw: My college is at a stone's throw from my house.
• A rotten egg: A rotten egg contaiminates the whole flock.
• A maiden speech: When he was delivering his maiden speech, he lost his consciousness.
• At sixes and seven: The economy of Pakistan is at sixes and sevens.
• At the eleventh hour: Pakistani batsmen always deceive at the eleventh hour.
• At dagger's down: The leaders of the two political parties are at dagger's down
• An axe to grind: He will not help you unless he has an axe to grind.
• A snake in the grass: It is the reality that a snake in the grass is more harmful than an open enemy.
• A cat and dog life: He and his wife are spending a cat and dog life.
• A soft corner: Mr. Chips developed a soft corner for Katherine and married her.
• B
• Bosom friend: His bosom friend lives in England.
• Better half: Her better half is a famous artist. 
• Bread and butter: He works hard to earn his bread and butter.
• Bag and baggage: After a fight with her wife he had left country bag and baggage.
• Bad blood: Some hostile countries are creating bad blood between Pakistan and India. 
• Bear the palm: One of my class-fellow bore the palm in the contest. 
• Beat about the bush: He is a lazy bluffer who always beats about the bush. 
• Bird of a feather: Birds of a feather flock together. 
• Blow hot and cold: Nobody likes to have a friendship with him because he always keeps on blowing hot and cold.  
• Blow one's own trumpet: His friend keeps him at arm's length because he always blows his own trumpet. 
• By and large: By and large, the economy of Pakistan is improving. 
• Broken reed: He proved himself a broken reed. 
• Burn midnight oil: These days Ali is burning mid night oil to pass the examination. 
• Burn one's boat: I cannot burn my boat by signing this agreement. 
• Burn the candle at both ends: He doesn't burn the candle at both ends. 
• By hook or by crook: India wants to blame Pakistan by hook or by crook.
• Burn one's finger: If you dont follow my advice, you will burn your finger.
• By leaps and bounds: China is making progress in every field by leaps and bounds. 
• By fits and starts(Irregularly): those students who work by fits and starts seldom succeed in life.  
• Bury the hatchet: The leaders of PTI and PML-N are not ready to bury the hatchet. 
• By and by: Arthur assured Norma that they would get everything by and by.
• Bolt from the blue: The present flood in Chitral is a bolt from the blue for the people. 
• Break the ice: Pakistan and India have decided to break the ice over the Kashmiri issue. 
• Bear the brunt of: If you don't mend your ways, you will have to bear the brunt of my anger.
• C
• Call a spade a spade: I always call a spade a spade. 
• Catch at a straw: A drowning man catches at a straw. 
• Crocodile tears: He sheds crocodile tears at the loss of his opponents. 
• Carry the day: One cricket team carried the day in the last T-20 match against Srilanka. 
• Cast a spell on: Her beauty cast a spell on every college boy.  
• Cast a slur upon: His involvement in the criminal activity has cast a slur upon the good name of his family. 
• Carrry weight: His suggestion always carries weight. 
• Castle in the air: A practical student doesn't build castle in air. 
• Cheek by the jowl: They sit cheek by jowl in the class. 
• Come to the grief: Those student who work by fits and starts always come to grief.
• Cut a sorry figure: Those student who work by fits and starts always cut a sorry figure.  
• Cock and bull story: He always relates a cock and bull story. 
• Cry over a spilt milk: It is useless to cry over split milk. 
• Cry for the moon: His wish to marry a British girl is only a cry for the moon. 
• D
• Die in harness: Many soldiers died in harness. 
• Dark horse: Anwar Ali proved himself a dark horse in the last T-20 match. 
• Do away with: Some college student cannot do away with bad habits. 
• Day by day: Day by day the economy of the Pakistan is going to the dogs.  
• Day in and day out: These days he is working day in and day out to pass exams. 
• Down and out: The Government is doing nothing to change the fate of down and out.  
• Double face: We should keep a double faced person at arm's length.  
• Die a dog's death: A traitor always dies a dog's death. 
• E
• End in smoke: His efforts to win the favours of his superiors ended in smoke.
• Eye-wash: His help for the flood victims is only an eye-wash  
• Eat one's cake and have it: You cannot eat your cake and have it.
• F
• Face the music: If you don't mend your ways, you will have to face the music of my anger. 
• Fish in the troubled waters: It is highly undesirable to fish in troubled waters. 
• First and faremost: The first and faremost responsibility of soldiers is to defend the country.  
• Fall a prey to: Many students in college fall a prey to catchy slogans of the crafty politicians. 
• From hand to mouth: A big portion of our population lives from hand to mouth. 
• For good: He is so much dejected that he is leaving his native country for good. 
• Feather one's nest: Some people are so merciless that always try to feather their nest. 
• Few and far between: Schools, colleges and hospitals are few and far between in the poor countries. 
• French leave: He always enjoys french leave.  
• Flesh and blood: It is flesh and blood to hanker after wealth. 
• Flog a dead horse: Let by-gones be by-gones because it is useless to flog a dead horse.
• G
• Get into hot water: He will get into hot water because he always ignores the instructions of his parents. 
• Get rid of: The writer got rid of his fear of school life when he entered the university. 
• Get wind of: He burst into the tears when he got wind of his results. 
• Go a long way(prove useful):  His financial support will certainly go a long way in solving my problems.
• Gird up one's loin: The final examination is near, so you should gird up your loins. 
• Give oneself airs: The Americans give themeslves airs on having the strongest military in the history.  
• Give the cold shoulders: The U.N always gives the cold shoulders to the appeals of Kashmiri issue. 
• Give the devil his dues: The Prime Minister is in hot water because he doesn't know how to give the devil his due. 
• Give up the ghost: The patient gave up the ghost.
• Go the away of all flesh (die): The patient went the away of all flesh.
• Give went to: David Daiches gives went to his emotion in his short stories.
• Go hand in hand: All the politicians go hand in hand on the Kashmiri issue.
• Go through the fire and water: We are ready to go through the fire and water. 
• Go to the dogs: The economy of Pakistan is going to the dogs.
• Go to the pieces: The economy of Pakistan is going to the pieces.
• Go to the seed: The economy of Pakistan is going to the seed.
• Go to the wall: The economy of Pakistan is going to the wall. 
• H
• Heart and soul: I put heart and soul in my studies. 
• Hand in glove with: Samar and Ayesha are hand in glove with each other. 
• Hard and fast: The Government of Pakistan is planning to make hard and fast rules to eliminate corruption from the country. 
• Hard nut to crack: To restore peace and stability is a hard nut to crack.
• Hold up ones head: He is unable to hold up his head due to financial problems. 
• Hue and cry: The slave raised much cry when storm hit the ship.
• I
• In cold blood: Unfortunately many people are killed in cold blood in Karachi on daily basis.  
• In a jiffy: After killing many people the assaiilant disappeared in a jiffy. 
• In the twinkling of an eye: After killing many people the assailant disappeared in the twinkling of eye.  
• In a fix: These days he is in a fix because his parents want him to marry his cousin. 
• In black and white: All the agreements between Government and traders will be put in black and white. 
• In the long run: It is a reality that a honest person enjoys victory in the long run. 
• In the nick of time: He acted in the nick of time and saved child from drowning. 
• In the teeth of: He is working very hard to achieve his mission in the teeth of many hurdles.
• In the offing: The education policy is in the offing.
• J
• Jack of all trades: He is a jack of all trades but master of none.
• K
• Keep abreast of: A good leader always tries to keep himself abreast of the problems of his workers. 
• Keep an eye on: A good teachers always keeps an eye on his students. 
• Kick the bucket: The patient kicked the bucket last night. 
• Keep up appearances: Despite his financial loss, he is keeping up appearances. 
• Kith and kin: He always supports poors kith and kin.
• L
• Laughing stock: He has become laughing stock due to his funny habbits. 
• Lame excuse: Some college students are expert in making lame excuses.  
• Learn by heart: I am learning some poems by heart. 
• Leave in the lurch: Good books never leave us in the lurch. 
• Leave no stone unturned: I shall leave no stone unturned to pass the examination. 
• Lick the dust: Intelligent students lick the dust in the college examinations due to his wrong thinking.
• Lion share: The ring leader took a lion's share from the stolen goods.
• M
• Make up one's mind: He has made up his mind to join the army. 
• Move heaven and earth: He moved heaven and earth to get the British visa. 
• Make a clean breast of: The accused made a clean breast of his crime.  
• Make a mountain of mole-hill: He always makes a mountain of mole-hill. That's why I avoid him.  
• Make both ends meet: He works very hard to make both ends meet. 
• Make amends for: I am working regularly to make amend for the loss of time. 
• Make faces: Children make faces when they are criticized. 
• Make one's mark: He wishes to make his mark in medicine.
• N
• Null and void: This National Assembly declared the law of Capital Punishment null and void. 
• Now and then: Our principal encourages us null and void.  
• Nip in the blood: We should try to nip the evil in the bud. 
• O
• Off hand: He is such a remarkable orator as can speak on my topic off hands. 
• On the eve of: On the eve of his wedding, he distributed money among poor. 
• On the horns of dilemma: After taking admission in the Model College he was on the horns of dilemma 
• On the spur of moment: He acted on the spur of moment and saved the drowning child. 
• On the whole: On the whole the economy of Pakistan is improving. 
• Out and out: His answer is out and out incorrect.  
• Over head and ears: Mr. Chip was over head and ears in love with Katherine. 
• Once in a blue moon: I meet Leeza once in a blue moon.
• P 
• Part and parcel: Islam is part and parcel of life of Muslims. 
• Pay lip service: Instead of paying lip service we should do something substancial for the country. 
• Pay back in one's own coin: If you will tease him he will pay back in his own coin. 
• Play ducks and drakes with: After the death of his father, he played ducks and drakes with money. 
• Poke one's nose: N.G.Os always try to poke their nose in the national affairs. 
• Play truant: Those students who play truant suffer a lot in their life. 
• Pull a face(Pull a long face): When his application for leave was rejected, he pulled a long face. 
• Q
• Nill
• R
• Run amuck: People ran amuck during the earthquake. 
• Rank and file: The rank and file took an active part in the election. 
• Read between the lines: If you read my letter between the lines you will find out the reality.  
• Red-handed: Some of the college students were caught red handed when they were playing truant. 
• Red tape: The process of red tape has destroyed the trust of government offices in Pakistan.
• Rise to the occasion: He always rises to the occasion and helps the people in the distress. 
• Rolling stone: A rolling stone gathers no moss. 
• Round up: The Principal rounded up all the naughty boys and scolded them. 
• Rip up old scores: Let by-gones be by-gones because it is useless to rip up old scores.
• S
• Safe and sound: I reached home safe and sound. 
• Show the white feather: Pakistani soldiers never show white feathers when they fight against their enemies.
• Set a good example: You can set good example for the posterity(Olad) by donating your money. 
• See eye to eye with: I shall see eye to eye with you.  
• Smell the rat: After smeling the rat he ran away quickly.  
• Small talk: Most of the students love to waste their time in small talk. 
• Spread like a wild fire: The news of the bomb blast spread like a wild fire. 
• Stick to one's gum: If you stick your gums, you will win laurels. 
• T
• Take a fancy to: He always takes a fancy to new mobiles.
• Take advantage of: It is the responsibility of every college student to take the advantage of college education. 
• Take by storm: The police took the gamblers by storm. 
• Take time by the forelock: A student who takes time by the forelock always succeeds.
• Take heart: The task was much difficult but he took heart and completed it successfully. 
• Take to heart: Mr. Hubert took the false allegation to heart and died. 
• Take the bull by horns: A person who takes bull by the horns doesn't fail in life. 
• Take to one's heal: As soon as the boys saw the principal, they took to their heals.  
• Through thick and thin: He has decided to help us through thick and thin. 
• To be caught napping: The peon was expelled from the job when he was caught napping. 
• To keep body and soul together: His father has to work very hard to keep body and soul together. 
• To the back-bone: He is a good muslim to the backbone. 
• Turn a deaf ear to: Sometimes children turn a deaf ear to the advice of their parents. 
• Turn over a new leaf: After marriage he will turn over a new leaf.  
• Turn turtile: He died on the spot when car turned turtile. 
• Turn the tables: Katherine turned the tables at great gables by helping Chips. 
• Through and through: He is through and through a gentleman. 
• Take to task: His father took him to task on showing negligence in studies. 
• U
• Up to the mark: His progress in the studies is up to the mark. 
• Ups and downs: A brave person is not afraid of ups and downs of life.
• V
• Nill
• W
• With open arms: Whenever I visit her home, she welcomes me with open arms.  
• Wolf in sheep clothing: A wolf in sheep clothing is more harmful than an open enemy. 
• Work wonders: Computer works wonders for us. 
• X
• Nill
• Y
• Nill
• Z
• Nill
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• Total = 205(approx)
• Regards: Dua