Important Idioms and Phrases ( Part -2)

Important Idioms and Phrases ( Part -2)

1.     By and large –( generally speaking) By and large , mothers control the house.

2.     Buy off ( to get rid of by bribery) The prisoner bought off his release.

3.     A piece of cake ( something easy and pleasant) Life these days is not a piece of cake.

4.     At call ( readily available) For some fortunate people money is at call.

5.     Call attention to ( to point out, to recall) Let me call attention to your childhood days when your condition was miserable.

6.     At command ( Available for use) My house is at your command.

7.     Pros and cons ( points in favor and against) You must study the pros and cons of the whole situation.

8.     In a crack ( In a moment ) I shall be there in a crack.

9.     A far cry ( a great distance ) Truth in India is a far cry.

10.                        Cry off ( to withdraw from agreement ) The CPI will cry off from the Congress.

11.                        Cry up ( Praise) People cry up the rising sun.

12.                        Cut and dried ( ready made)  She was offered cut and dried food.

13.                        Cut out for ( fit for) He is cut out for a minister.

14.                        Hue and cry ( noise) There is much hue and cry in the market.

15.                        Cut dead ( refuse to recognize) When she talked to him, he cut her dead.

16.                        At daggers drawn ( In a state of hostility ) America and Russia are at daggers drawn.

17.                        To strike a damp into ( to discourage) I don’t know why some parents strike a damp into the heart of their children in doing some work.

18.                        Sword of Damocles ( A big danger ) The Pakistan – China alliance is a sword of Damocles hanging over India.

19.                        Call it a day ( leave off) Let us call it a day and go home now.

20.                        Dash out ( knock out ) She has dashed out her enemies one by one.