BSc BA English Notes Idioms Part 1
Meaning: To put down in writing.
Sentence: She took down everything the teacher said that morning
2. Take in
Meaning: To grant admittance to; receive as a guest or an employee.
Sentence: This office is going to take in five new employees this year.
3. Throw up
Meaning: To vomit.
Sentence: She was feeling nausea and threw up finally.
4. Walk away with OR Walk off with
Meaning: To win or get something easily.
Sentence: She got a minor injury and walked off with a million-dollar insurance settlement.
5. Strike down
Meaning: To knock someone or something down by striking.
Sentence: They struck down the tree with sharp blades.
6. Stand for
Meaning: To represent; symbolize.
Sentence: Statue of Liberty stands for freedom.
7. Ring out
Meaning: Sound loudly.
Sentence: A shot rang out in the woods.
8. Fall foul of
Meaning: Quarrel with.
Sentence: I have fallen foul of the boss for coming late to work.
9. Stick to the point
Meaning: To limit yourself one topic or thing.
Sentence: Please leave out details and stick to the point.
10. Hush up
Meaning: Cover up a fault or error.
Sentence: He tried to hush up the newspapers with political influence.
11. Bring through
Meaning: Bring into safety.
Sentence: We brought through most of the victims of the bomb attack.
12. Beat back
Meaning: to move back something or someone by force or influence.
Sentence: Our army beat back the invaders to their hideouts.
13. Die away
Meaning: Become less in amount or intensity.
Sentence: The storm died away with the passage of time.
14. Go about
Meaning: deal with, undertake.
Sentence: You need to go about your project in a responsible way.
15. Run down
Meaning: review.
Sentence: I will run down the list once more for the possible corrections.
16. Broken reed
Meaning: An unreliable or undependable person.
Sentence: A jobless person is a broken read and no one can rely upon him.
17. Lame Excuse
Meaning: unacceptable lies.
Sentence: We should not make lame excuses to avoid work.
18. Flog a dead horse
Meaning: To waste time trying to do something useless.
Sentence: He keeps trying to teach his dumb students but I think he is flogging a dead horse.
19. Come about
Meaning: To happen.
Sentence: All this damage came about due to the windstorm.
20. Fix up
Meaning: to restore to a former state of health or good repute
Sentence: The doctor fixed up the wounded hunter with some pills and sent him home.
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