What are Idiomatic Expressions?

 Idiomatic Expressions

A  type of informal language  which has a particular meaning but different from the meaning of the words in the expressions. 

Ex. Break a leg. ( From words it seems to us that someone is asking to break the leg. But it is not so. It is an idiomatic expression that means,' Good luck'. .These make our expressions more lively, beautiful and impressive.They also work to decorate our expressions and make them more crispy.

Here is a list containing some interesting idiomatic expressions with meaning and sentences:

1.To call at-  To visit a place

  He called at my house but I was not there.

2.To give away- to distribute

   The Principal gave away the prizes to the toppers.

3.To keep back-  to hide.

  We shall not keep back anything from them.

4.To look down upon- to regard with contempt

 We should not look down upon the others even if we do not agree with them.

5.To make out- to discover, to find out

 She could not make out the meaning of what I said.

6.To put up with - to bear

I could not put up with such an insult.

7.To take after - to resemble

In looks, Sheetu  takes after his father.

8.To pass away - to die

 The old man passed away peacefully.

9.To bury the hatchet- to forget past quarrel

 Let us bury the hatchet and be friends again.

10.For good - forever

    They left the country for good and settled in Singapore.

11.Kith and kin - close relatives

They attended the function with kith and kin.

12.In the nick of time - just in time

We reached the railway station in the nick of time.

13.To leave in the lurch - to leave in a helpless condition

  We should not leave our friends  in the lurch.

14.To take to task - to scold

 The junior officer was taken to task for his carelessness.

15.To cut a sorry figure - to create a bad impression

 He got up to speak but cut a sorry figure.

16. For want of- in the absence of

 They could not buy the car for want of money.

17.To burn the midnight oil - to study till late in the night

 If we study regularly, we will not have to burn the midnight oil near the exams.

18. To cut your coat according to your cloth -undertake only what you have the money/ability to do and no more

We should cut our cloth according to our cloth to avoid many problems.

19. To catch hold of- to seize

     The little child tightly caught  hold of her mother's arm.

20.To win laurels - to win honor

 Shakespeare won laurels as a poet, writer and dramatist.

21.To break down-to go out of order,to go wrong

      Their scooter broke down on the way to office.

      He worked so hard that his health broke down.

22.To come by-to obtain

      How did you come by such a wonderful painting?

23. To set in-to begin

       Rains have set in.

24.Part and parcel- an inseparable part

     Health education is the part and parcel of our education system.

25. Out of pocket- having no money

      Towards the end of the month I am always out of the pocket.

26.To keep off- to remain at a distance

     Kindly keep off the fence.

27.In order to- with the purpose of

  They worked very hard in order to pass the exam with very good marks

28.In black and white- in writing

     I was asked to give the explanation in black and white.

29. Apple of one's eyes- very dear

     Every child is the apple of her/his mother's eyes.

30 To beat around the bush-to speak vaguely or euphemistically, avoid getting to the point of an issue

  .Stop beating around the bush and tell me the exact reason behind the fuss.

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