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19th June 2015, 11:29 AM
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Re: Important Idioms for SBI PO

As you want I am here providing you list of important Idioms for SBI PO examination.

Idioms: A gate crasher
Meaning: Someone who attends a party without being invited
Sentence: Nitish warned his friends to expect Gaurav and Ayushi at the party because they are known to be a gate crasher.

Idioms: A heart-to-heart talk
Meaning: A frank and open discussion
Sentence: I, wet and Owen had a heart-to-heart talk about their troubled friendship.

Idioms: A go-getter
Meaning: Someone who is determined to succeed in life
Sentence: Uma is a go-getter; she will do anything to achieve her dreams.

Idioms: A necessary evil
Meaning: A negative / unpleasant thing that has to be done in order to survive
Sentence: Divya needn't regret her decision as it was a necessary evil ground her son in order to teach him an important lesson.

Idioms: A nest egg
Meaning: Money saved for the future
Sentence: Neeraj has very wisely started a nest egg for his retirement.

Idioms: A queer fish
Meaning: A strange person
Sentence: Geronimo is a queer fish--he behaves in the strangest way and says the oddest things

Idioms: A rap on the knuckles
Meaning: A scolding , criticism
Sentence: The Mayor received a rap on the knuckles from the Prime Minister for allowing the streets in the town to remain dirty .

Idioms: A rotten apple
Meaning: someone who is a bad influence on others
Sentence: Tom's friend avoid him because he is a rotten apple

Idioms : A skeleton in the cupboard
Meaning : A secret
Sentence : Roxy wanted to get more information from Layla as she knew there was a skeleton in the cupboard.

Idioms : A sight for sore eyes
Meaning : Something very beautiful to look at.
Sentence : Khushi was a sight for sore eyes in her new party dress.

Idioms : drop in the bucket
Meaning : something that is not important because it is very small.
Sentence : "I'm sorry I scratched your car."
Reply: "Don't worry about it. It's just a drop in the bucket. That car has more scratches on it than I can count."

Idioms : Give somebody The Slip
Meaning : to escape, or get away from that person
Sentence : Quick-there is a police car behind us; let's give him the slip.

An eye for an eye
Meaning: Punishment as severe as the crime or injury
Example: In some countries punishment still follows the principle of an eye for an eye.

In the eyes of law
Meaning: From the legal viewpoint
Example: In the eyes of law your second marriage is illegal.

See eye to eye
Meaning: To agree
Example: I can’t see eye to eye with you on this issue.

In the mind’s eye
Meaning: In imagination
Example: The poet sees even distant things clearly in the mind’s eye.

Pull a long face
Meaning: To look sad
Example: He pulled a long face at not being taken to the cinema.

Face the music
Meaning: To be ready to face the consequences
Example: If I have committed the mistake, I must face the music.

Take a fancy to
Meaning: Like someone
Example: He has taken a strong fancy to his new pet dog.

Come into fashion
Meaning: become fashionable
Example: High heels have come into fashion again.

Play fast and loose
Meaning: To change one’s attitude towards someone often
Example: He played fast and loose with his girl friend.

A feather in one’s cap
Meaning: An achievement to be proud of
Example: The successful launching of a father and you can find them at the races every day.


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