25 Important phrases and idioms:
1) Thick and thin: Under all conditions
2) Put up with: Endure
3) To get along with: To adjust
4) Hold water: Believable
5) To get out of hand: To get out of control
6) To hit the roof: To be very angry
7) Kith and kin: Family and Friends
8) End in smoke: Come to nothing
9) Smell a rat : Suspect something
10) Turn a deaf ear: Disregard(Don’t consider)
11) Hole and Corner: Secrecy
12) Sine die: Uncertain
13) To sit on the fence: To remain neutral
14) Throw cold water: Discourage
15) To pull strings: To exert hidden influence
16) Catch a tartar: Meet a very powerful
opponent
17) Soft soap: Flatter for self motives
18) Road block: Obstacle
19) Hard and fast : Rigid
20) A snake in the grass: A hidden enemy
21) To keep one’s head: To keep clam
22) To meet trouble half way: To worry about
any thing before it comes
23) Cut and dry : Already decided
24) A stones throw: At a short distance
25) Make good: Compensation
1) Thick and thin: Under all conditions
2) Put up with: Endure
3) To get along with: To adjust
4) Hold water: Believable
5) To get out of hand: To get out of control
6) To hit the roof: To be very angry
7) Kith and kin: Family and Friends
8) End in smoke: Come to nothing
9) Smell a rat : Suspect something
10) Turn a deaf ear: Disregard(Don’t consider)
11) Hole and Corner: Secrecy
12) Sine die: Uncertain
13) To sit on the fence: To remain neutral
14) Throw cold water: Discourage
15) To pull strings: To exert hidden influence
16) Catch a tartar: Meet a very powerful
opponent
17) Soft soap: Flatter for self motives
18) Road block: Obstacle
19) Hard and fast : Rigid
20) A snake in the grass: A hidden enemy
21) To keep one’s head: To keep clam
22) To meet trouble half way: To worry about
any thing before it comes
23) Cut and dry : Already decided
24) A stones throw: At a short distance
25) Make good: Compensation
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